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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jurek" data-source="post: 3413115" data-attributes="member: 3357">Yes, lots. I don't know sure spots for red-breasted fly and white-backed woodpecker but they are quite common. Grey-headed is often in aspens around the road between car park and Great Snipe lek in Barwik.My idea of such a drive-throu weekend would be to proceed from the south, see Grady-Woniecko for raptors, concentrate on the cut meadows. I saw families of Orioles in the rows of trees on these meadows, but Orioles are everywhere. But you can actually skip the place, go directly to Bagno Wizna for marsh terns and waders, Zajki for Aquatic Warbler. Buy the d*mn park ticket in the obscure ecotourist cottage at Laskowiec. Then hop on the other bank and see panorama of the river at Burzyn and Brzostowo for waterbirds. The road there is good for Ortolan. In the evening go back and north to Barwik, to see Great Snipe lek. If you can, try watchtower at Bagno Wizna or at Barwik behind the lek for Elk, in the evening or morning. Sleep in the pre-booked hotel at Goniadz, Osowiec, or better in some ecotourist room. These rooms are online on Biebrza NP website. If you have trouble getting contact, the best way is to call the guy by phone on Skype. Can be tricky without speaking Polish. Next morning go north to Czerwone Bagno, have a long walk around. Best woodland is perhaps around Czerwone Bagno. For red-breasted fly, keep an eye on the habitat: a spot with older broadleaved trees, it should have closed canopy and no undergrowth, and produce open, shaded airspace. This is the bird I often find casually, see the good spot first and hear male singing a moment later. For white-backed woodpecker, look for dead broad-leaved trees, especially swamp alder forest. Go to Mscichy and try Citrine Wagtail. You can try also Kuligi for soaring BoPs and Osowiec and Dolistowo Stare for marshland birds. There is a good English-language site guide from Polish birders, which is downloadable online or in a booklet form. I was not there for a couple of years, so their info should be better.</blockquote>

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