Trip reports

Germany & Poland, August-September 2010

Jeremy Barker

Bird species seen:

Grey Partridge Perdix perdix

Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus

Mute Swan Cygnus olor

Greylag Goose Anser anser

Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea

Gadwall Anas strepera

Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope

Mallard Anas platyrhynchos

Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata

Garganey Anas querquedula

Common Teal Anas crecca

Goosander Mergus merganser

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos minor

Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos medius

White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos

Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major

Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius

Eurasian Green Woodpecker Picus viridis

Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis

Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus

Common Swift Apus apus

Feral Pigeon Columba livia

Stock Dove Columba oenas

Common Woodpigeon Columba palumbus

European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur

Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto

Common Crane Grus grus

Water Rail Rallus aquaticus

Little Crake Porzana parva

Spotted Crake Porzana porzana

Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus

Common Coot Fulica atra

Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago

Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata

Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus

Common Redshank Tringa totanus

Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia

Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus

Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola

Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos

Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus

Common Gull Larus canus

Herring Gull Larus argentatus

Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus

Black Tern Chlidonias niger

Osprey Pandion haliaetus

European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus

Red Kite Milvus milvus

White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla

Western Marsh-Harrier Circus aeruginosus

Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus

Common Buzzard Buteo buteo

Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus

Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo

Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis

Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo

Grey Heron Ardea cinerea

Great Egret Ardea alba

Black Stork Ciconia nigra

White Stork Ciconia ciconia

Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio

Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor

Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius

Eurasian Magpie Pica pica

Eurasian Jackdaw Corvus monedula

Rook Corvus frugilegus

Carrion Crow Corvus corone

Hooded Crow Corvus cornix

Common Raven Corvus corax

Eurasian Golden-Oriole Oriolus oriolus

Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula

Fieldfare Turdus pilaris

Redwing Turdus iliacus

Song Thrush Turdus philomelos

Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus

Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata

European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca

Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis

Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva

European Robin Erithacus rubecula

Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros

Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus

Whinchat Saxicola rubetra

Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe

Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris

Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea

Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris

Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla

Winter Wren Nannus troglodytes

Eurasian Penduline-Tit Remiz pendulinus

Marsh Tit Poecile palustris

Willow Tit Poecile montana

Coal Tit Periparus ater

Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus

Great Tit Parus major

Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus

Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus

Sand Martin Riparia riparia

Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica

Northern House-Martin Delichon urbicum

Goldcrest Regulus regulus

Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla

Eurasian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus

Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus

Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus

Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita

Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix

Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla

Garden Warbler Sylvia borin

Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis

Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca

Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis

House Sparrow Passer domesticus

Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus

Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba

Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava

Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea

Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis

Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis

Dunnock Prunella modularis

Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs

European Greenfinch Carduelis chloris

Eurasian Siskin Carduelis spinus

European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis

Eurasian Linnet Carduelis cannabina

Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra

Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula

Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes

Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella

Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus

Other species

Lepidoptera

Large White Pieris brassicae

Small White Artogeia rapae

Green-veined White Artogeia napi

Pale Clouded Yellow Colias hyale

Moorland Clouded Yellow Colias palaeno

Clouded Yellow Colias crocea

Common Blue Polyommatus icarus

Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae

Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta

Painted Lady Vanessa cardui

Comma Polygonum c-album

Queen-of-Spain Fritillary Issoria lathonia

Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria

Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus

Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina

Buttoned Snout Hypena rostralis