Finally my trip to Sôrve bird station started and today I arrived to the place. Started earliest ship from Helsinki this morning and I drove to Virtsu and from there I took ferry to Saaremaa.
 |
| From Helsinki to Tallinn. |
 |
| From Virtsu to Kuivastu, Saaremaa. |
After I got my self out of the ferry I drove to Kuressaare, the capital of Saaremaa. There I went to the grocery store and got some food, beverages and even a new pair of gloves for the trip.
Finally around three a clock I arrived to the bird station and got my stuff inside. I was eager to go for some birding and I had nice walk, about hour and a half checking some bushes and the bay. Nice variety of birds around the bay including lone Grey Plover, flock of 19 Dunlins, two Sanderlings, lone Spotted Redshank, nine Greater White-fronted Geese with two Bean Goose and two Great white Egrets. Huge numbers of ducks around the bay and I have to count those tomorrow.
From the bushes I found star bird of the day, Firecrest with hundreds of Goldcrests. I didn´t get any photos of the bird cause it moved soon after I found it. Shame, it was new species for my Estonian list.
Other birds worth to mention were Spotted Flycatcher, flock of 200 Siskins, two flocks of Long-tailed Tits and big numbers of Bramblings.
 |
| Spotted Flycatcher. |
 |
| Area where I found the Firecrest. |
 |
| Great white Egret. |
 |
| Poor photo of Winter Wren. |
 |
| Sôrve lighthouse. |
I will be here the whole week, so post every evening should be possible. Let´s hope a huge load of rare birds and days without rain.
-Tom
Ei kommentteja:
Lähetä kommentti