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Kosovo? (1 Viewer)
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dalat
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Henc, Kosovo
Hi,
My question for birding sites in Kosovo yielded no answer in birdforum and also nothing to be found on the numerious birding sites in the internet. The only thing I could find was a flickr-page with lots of birds and birdwatching Kosovars in it: http://www.flickr.com/photos/haxhinexha/
So I contacted the guy and received a friendly answer and invitation to join them for a birding morning. They run a birdwatching and nature protection club called "NGO Finch" and are based in Prizren. Very friendly people!
We went to a spot near the Airport of Pristina, which can be accessed via the villages of Henc (coming from Pristina) or Radevo (coming from Lipjan). There are some large old fishponds, partly dried out but some still holding water. Conditions at my visit were less than optimal, we arrived late in the morning and it was pretty hot. Still some nice birds there, e.g. Lapwings, Redshanks, Common Snipes, Hobby, Marsh Harrier, Little Grebes, Penduline Tits, Stonechats, Whinchats, Red-backed Shrikes, Little Gull, a Black Stork flying over etc.
I think it's definitly worth a visit, being so close to Pristina it makes an easy morning visit.
See map here.
I hope to join the Finch guys on other occassions and I'll try to keep posting more info on birding sites here (no subforum for Kosovo yet in the countries forum, perhaps that could be created by someone who knows how to do that?)
Florian
Hi,
My question for birding sites in Kosovo yielded no answer in birdforum and also nothing to be found on the numerious birding sites in the internet. The only thing I could find was a flickr-page with lots of birds and birdwatching Kosovars in it: http://www.flickr.com/photos/haxhinexha/
So I contacted the guy and received a friendly answer and invitation to join them for a birding morning. They run a birdwatching and nature protection club called "NGO Finch" and are based in Prizren. Very friendly people!
We went to a spot near the Airport of Pristina, which can be accessed via the villages of Henc (coming from Pristina) or Radevo (coming from Lipjan). There are some large old fishponds, partly dried out but some still holding water. Conditions at my visit were less than optimal, we arrived late in the morning and it was pretty hot. Still some nice birds there, e.g. Lapwings, Redshanks, Common Snipes, Hobby, Marsh Harrier, Little Grebes, Penduline Tits, Stonechats, Whinchats, Red-backed Shrikes, Little Gull, a Black Stork flying over etc.
I think it's definitly worth a visit, being so close to Pristina it makes an easy morning visit.
See map here.
I hope to join the Finch guys on other occassions and I'll try to keep posting more info on birding sites here (no subforum for Kosovo yet in the countries forum, perhaps that could be created by someone who knows how to do that?)
Florian
