Winterdune
Well-known member
Hi all,
In the interests of cutting carbon emissions (and having an adventure) I and a couple of friends have bought interrail tickets (senior versions!) and are planning to visit 3 or 4 eastern European cities (Sofia is definitely one) at some point this year.
I've done a lot of birding in Asia, Australasia and the Americas, but much less in Europe, despite living here! Consequently I have quite a big list of European birds I've never seen.
Although our interrail adventure will not primarily be a birding trip, I'd definitely like to see one or two of the species on the list if at all possible!
So my question is which cities should we go to (and when)?
Ideally the birding sites need to be within the cities, or easily accessible by public transport on a day trip (or a two day trip at most). If there's an absolutely amazing, not-to-be-missed site that is hard to get to, but where I could see lots of my targets, then I wouldn't be averse to hiring a car for a couple of days for it.
Any suggestions are very welcome! I'll post my 'target' list below. It's all of the European spp I haven't seen, so I'm aware that loads of them are out of the question in eastern Europe.
Many thanks,
Sean
In the interests of cutting carbon emissions (and having an adventure) I and a couple of friends have bought interrail tickets (senior versions!) and are planning to visit 3 or 4 eastern European cities (Sofia is definitely one) at some point this year.
I've done a lot of birding in Asia, Australasia and the Americas, but much less in Europe, despite living here! Consequently I have quite a big list of European birds I've never seen.
Although our interrail adventure will not primarily be a birding trip, I'd definitely like to see one or two of the species on the list if at all possible!
So my question is which cities should we go to (and when)?
Ideally the birding sites need to be within the cities, or easily accessible by public transport on a day trip (or a two day trip at most). If there's an absolutely amazing, not-to-be-missed site that is hard to get to, but where I could see lots of my targets, then I wouldn't be averse to hiring a car for a couple of days for it.
Any suggestions are very welcome! I'll post my 'target' list below. It's all of the European spp I haven't seen, so I'm aware that loads of them are out of the question in eastern Europe.
Many thanks,
Sean