List of species noted on a coach trip to Hopfgarten in the Tyrol, June 15-23.
In the village and up the Hohe Salve mountain( approx 6000 feet, so not high enough for true alpine species):
Black Redstarts House Sparrows Tree Sparrow 1 Blackbirds Blackcaps Swifts Fieldfare 1 White Wagtails Black Kites 2 Goshawk 1 Kestrel 1 Common Buzzard 1 Peregrine 1 Crag Martin 2 Rock Thrush 1 Chaffinches Starlings Carrion Crows Wrens Swallows Greenfinches Goldcrests Crested Tit 1 Water Pipits Chiffchaffs Great-spotted Woodpecker Linnets Song Thrush 1 Robins Great Tits Blue Tits Yellowhammer 1
Innsbruck:
Common Redstart 1 singing near ski jump. Serin 1 singing in a park. Hobby 1 seen enroute
Salzburg:
Raven 1 enroute Black-headed Gulls Woodpigeons Goldeneye 1f on the river Salzac. Do they breed in Austria?
Enroute to Calais:
Red Kites Marsh Harriers 2 near Calais.
Plus Herring Gulls, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Kittiwakes and 4 Gannets seen from the ferry.
In the village and up the Hohe Salve mountain( approx 6000 feet, so not high enough for true alpine species):
Black Redstarts
House Sparrows
Tree Sparrow 1
Blackbirds
Blackcaps
Swifts
Fieldfare 1
White Wagtails
Black Kites 2
Goshawk 1
Kestrel 1
Common Buzzard 1
Peregrine 1
Crag Martin 2
Rock Thrush 1
Chaffinches
Starlings
Carrion Crows
Wrens
Swallows
Greenfinches
Goldcrests
Crested Tit 1
Water Pipits
Chiffchaffs
Great-spotted Woodpecker
Linnets
Song Thrush 1
Robins
Great Tits
Blue Tits
Yellowhammer 1
Innsbruck:
Common Redstart 1 singing near ski jump.
Serin 1 singing in a park.
Hobby 1 seen enroute
Salzburg:
Raven 1 enroute
Black-headed Gulls
Woodpigeons
Goldeneye 1f on the river Salzac. Do they breed in Austria?
Enroute to Calais:
Red Kites
Marsh Harriers 2 near Calais.
Plus Herring Gulls, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Kittiwakes and 4 Gannets seen from the ferry.