Krakow, Poland. (1 Viewer)

[Xurek]

Hi Everyone,

The dates and location have recently been confirmed for my end of degree study tour later this year. We will be spending two weeks in the second half of April based at the University of Agriculture in Krakow with a couple days spent somewhere called Krynica Zdroj. The trip itinerary is quite intense but I will have some evenings free and a free day in the middle weekend to do a bit of birding / exploring. I really know nothing of the city as I haven't had a good chance to start researching yet so any help would be very much appreciated to do with the following:

- Some sites I can visit realistically by foot / public transport in the evenings and keeping in mind I have one full day also.
- Notable species / birds to look out for
- Any references online, record / sightings pages, books you think would be worth reading.

Again any help / guidance much appreciated.

Thanks for your time

Sam

 

[sneil]

Try this...............
http://birdingeasterneurope.blogspot.co.uk/2010/09/destinations-las-wolski-krakow-poland.html
and the first bit of this..........
http://www.anytimetours.net/index.php/destinations/europe/poland/birding-in-krakow-and-carpathians
.....some parts may be useful

 

[Xurek]

Thank you very much sneil. Unfortunately the first link doesn't seem to be working for me.

 

[sneil]

.....no, me neither now!
See if this works
http://birdingeasterneurope.blogspot.co.uk/
....and go to the Sept 2010 section: it's the 7th Sept entry 'Las Wolski'

 

[Xurek]

That's great, thanks again!

 

[Xurek]

Hi Everyone, I have been doing some research and thanks to sneil who kicked it off I have found that the most productive spots around the city can be:

Las Wolski Forest
Planty Park
Fishing Ponds

Does anyone have any more information on these areas or personal experience?

Thanks again.

 

[Xurek]

Hello everyone,

Would still greatly appreciate any more specific local site information with regards to
Las Wolski Forest
Planty Park
Fishing Ponds

and any tips on what I should expect to see / look out for.

I leave for my trip in a couple weeks time and of course I will report back everything I find out as I did for my Lapland trip.

Thanks for your time.

 

[stonechat1]

Maybe you should contact OTOP, the polish Birdlife partner. At best the branch office in Kraków (at the bottom of the page): http://www.otop.org.pl/kontakt/
Or you may check out the rare birds of Poland - website, with actual observations:
http://www.clanga.com/index.php/news/show

 

[Xurek]

Thank you very much for your reply stonechat1, I will check out those links.