south east Poland April (1 Viewer)

[rob lee]

Is there any one out there who knows anything about this region. I am hopefully going to be visiting the Bieszczady to Chelm region in late April & would appreciate any help on Owls/Woodpeckers. I know i may be early for stuff like River & Aquatic Warblers but what about G.Snipe? All info greatfully received.

 

[Strandman]

Is there any one out there who knows anything about this region. I am hopefully going to be visiting the Bieszczady to Chelm region in late April & would appreciate any help on Owls/Woodpeckers. I know i may be early for stuff like River & Aquatic Warblers but what about G.Snipe? All info greatfully received.

Great Snipe can be well. great..in early spring (last few days of April) as the vegetation at the lek is much shorter and may even still be part flooded. So you can watch them display much more easily than in mid to late May. But that is based on visits a while ago- hopefully someone with more recent gen. will pop up. Good luck if you go!

 

[rob lee]

Hi Ed, dont look like theres too much recent gen coming my way, i guess most people do the usual circuit further north. Were your G.Snipe from the Chelm area or did you visit further north too ?

 

[lukasz]

Is there any one out there who knows anything about this region. I am hopefully going to be visiting the Bieszczady to Chelm region in late April & would appreciate any help on Owls/Woodpeckers. I know i may be early for stuff like River & Aquatic Warblers but what about G.Snipe? All info greatfully received.

Hi there,

Aquatic Wblr arrives late April/early May so you have a chance, River Wblr around mid May so a bit too late for you.

Great Snipe arrives around mid April so surely try it!

If you PM me I can give you an email to Przemek Kunysz - a well known local birder and a guide, maybe he could help with detailed locations of Owls and Woodpeckers. Myself I just go into the forests around Muczne for Grey-headed, black, 3-toed. For Ural Owl just try the main asphalt road from Muczne to Tarnawa at night. They often sit perched up the road lamps!

Good luck!

 

[rob lee]

Hi Lukasz,
Sorry for the late reply but i havent checked this forum for a while due to the lack of response. We have now changed our plans & are going to do the usual Biebrza/Bialowiesza area as things seem to be more "pinned down"

 

[lukasz]

We have now changed our plans & are going to do the usual Biebrza/Bialowiesza area as things seem to be more "pinned down"

Definitions of pinned down on the Web:

* "Pinned down" is a common military term for a unit that is currently being suppressed by enemy fire ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinned_down

||What to say.. good choice anyway.. you won't regret the usual double B tour, for sure

Good luck!