An interesting day spent birding in the coastal areas. Here are listed the places with the highlights.
Falesie di Duino Nature Reserve - "Rilke path" (TS):
Common Eider (16 at sea),
Alpine Swift,
Peregrine (1 m).
Lisert (GO) - inner and outer "reservoir":
Yellow Wagtail,
Whinchat (4),
Turtle Dove (1),
Hobby (at least 7),
*SLENDER-BILLED GULL* (1 among Bh Gulls in the outer reservoir),
Sedge Warbler,
Reed Warbler,
LITTLE TERN (about 5-10),
Common Tern,
Black Tern (1),
Squacco Heron (1 flying),
Red-backed Shrike (1 f),
Great Reed Warbler plus the usual marshland species. Also a
Black-tailed Skimmer.
Hobby:
Black-tailed Skimmer:
Isola della Cona nature reserve (GO):
Glossy Ibis (19 in two separate flocks!),
Spoonbill (1),
OYSTERCATCHER (3 on the Quarantia canal - at close distance-see pics),
Black-winged Stilt,
Curlew Sandpiper (4),
Little Stint (6-7),
Wood Sandpiper,
Black-tailed Godwit (1),
Little Gull (9 together, mostly 1st winters),
WHISKERED TERN (2),
Cuckoo (m and f in courtship display),
Bee-eater (in small flocks),
Great Reed Warbler and a stunning female
Little Bittern (showing well). Also a few
Broad-bodied Chasers around.
Oystercatcher:



Little Bittern:
Whiskered Tern & Little Gull:
Little Gulls and Whiskered Tern:
Glossy Ibises:
