Just had an intensive few days in NE Poland while guiding a couple from Ohio, US. We spent only one full day in the Forest and additionally one day at the Marshes. Despite a small amount of time we had in the field we saw a lot! A full set of sedentary forest woodpeckers (8 species), Pygmy Owl, Hazel Grouse (flew over our heads), Greater Spotted Eagle, many Red Deers, a family of Beavers, we also had a few encounters with Bisons.
At our last dusk, we went to have a look at Ławki Bog in search of Elk. Just in few minutes the mist covered almost everything around us. There wasn’t much to see but I heard some noise in the bushes next to us so I decided to stay a bit longer. And after some time a female Elk with a young calf appeared at the edge of the forest and not longer than a minute later dissappeared in the sea of fog…
That was something magical, even for me…
Below a few photos made during the trip. The last three photos are from the another 9-days trip described in the previous post and were made by Neil McMahon.
