Just came back home after guiding wildlife tours for several companies (Wild Poland, ACE Cultural Tours and reliable Naturetrek).

That was a month of uncountable encounters with birds and mammals enriched by picturesque habitats of North East Poland.

In this post I will only name a few things that we observed to show you how succesful the trips were…

Hazel Grouse, Grebes (Black-necked, Red-necked, Slavonian), Little Bittern, both species of Spotted Eagles, White-tailed Eagle, Honey Buzzard, 2 species of Storks, Little, Spotted and Corn Crake, Black-throated Diver, Great Snipe, Marsh Terns, Pygmy Owl, Tengmalm’s Owl, Short-eared Owl, Bee-eater, 9 species of Woodpecker, Tawny Pipit, Citrine Wagtail, Thrush Nightingale, Bluethroat, all 4 species of Flycatchers, Warblers (Barred, Savi’s, Grasshopper, River, Marsh, Wood, Icterine, Aquatic), Firecrest, Penduline Tit, Crested Tit, Red-backed and Great Grey Shrikes, Rosefinch and Hawfinch, Bearded Tit.

As well as Bisons, Elks, Red deers, Roe deers, Beavers, Stoat, Red Squirrels, Wolves howling and much more…