


A quite cloudy and foggy day, spent in Istria (Croatia), roving around the mount Učka and its surroundings. Not so many interesting birds though: Sparrowhawk, GOLDEN EAGLE (1 adult perching on cliffs and pine trees-first pic above), 1 Peregrine, 1 male Black Woodpecker, Skylarks on passage, Woodlark, Meadow Pipit, Water Pipit (some on the top of mount Učka), Black Redstart (literally loads!), Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, Goldcrest, Marsh Tit, Great Grey Shrike (1 near Sočerga in Slovenia), Raven, 2 Hawfinches, BRAMBLING on passage, Siskin, Serin, Bullfinch (1 nice female posing-see pic above), Linnet, a flock of Crossbills on passage, 1 Corn Bunting (singing on the Podgorski Kras in Slovenia), Yellowhammer - large flocks on fields, Cirl Bunting.