Synopses & Reviews
Nigel Wheatley continues his continent-by-continent guide to the best locales for international birding by turning his binoculars to over 250 of the most productive birding sites in Europe and Russia. Whether you want to know how Golden Eagles are distributed on the Scottish Island of Skye, which birds you'll find in the botanical gardens in Minsk, or where to go if you have your heart set on a Grey Phalarope or Lapland Bunting, this book is the essential travel companion. Though compact and portable, Where to Watch Birds in Europe and Russia contains a tremendous amount of information on travel, geography, and bird distribution that can be used to plan a trip from scratch or get more out of any itinerary.
Wheatley gives excellent coverage not only of the well-trod fields of England and France, but also of countries newly explored by North American birders (such as Romania and Azerbaijan), such bird-rich microclimates as Malta and Greece's Strymon Delta, and several often-overlooked small nations (such as Luxembourg and Moldova). This addition to the acclaimed Where to Watch Birds series will be particularly valuable to birders visiting Eastern Europe, Russia, and other places whose birding sites have not been well publicized.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements 11
Introduction 13
Introduction to Birding in Europe and Russia 22
Taxonomy 33
Conservation 37
General Tips 39
Glossary 41
Maps 43
ALBANIA 45
ARMENIA 48
AUSTRIA 54
Neusiedler See, Seewinkel and Hansag 56
Eastern Austrian Alps 58
Western Austrian Alps 58
Rhein Delta 59
AZERBAIJAN 60
BALEARIC ISLANDS 62
Mallorca 64
Menorca 67
Ibiza 68
BAY OF BISCAY 69
BELARUS 71
Belovezhskaya Pushcha 73
Pripyatsky National Park 73
BELGIUM 75
Ardennes 76
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA 78
BRITAIN and IRELAND 80
England 83
Isles of Scilly 83
West Comwall 85
Lundy 86
Prawle Point 86
Portland 87
Dungeness 88
Minsmere 89
The Brecks 90
Norfolk 91
Spurn Peninsula 94
Flamborough Head 94
Teesside 95
Scotland 96
Islay 97
Inner Hebrides 98
Outer Hebrides 99
Firth of Forth 102
Speyside and Cairngorm 102
Orkney 105
Fair Isle 105
Shetland 107
Wales 110
Northern Ireland 112
Eire 113
North Slob 113
Tacumshin 114
Ballycotton 114
Cape Clear Island 115
Kilcummin Head 117
Killybegs 118
BULGARIA 120
Western Rodopi Planina 123
Central Rodopi Planina 124
Eastern Rodopi Planina 124
Burgas 125
Albena 127
Nos Kaliakra 128
Lakes Durankulak and Shabla 130
Lake Srebama 132
CHANNEL ISLANDS 133
CORSICA 136
CRETE 140
CROATIA 143
CZECH REPUBLIC 146
Iser and Krkonose Mountains 148
Trebon Basin 149
Sumava Mountains 149
Palava 149
Beskydy Mountains 150
DENMARK 151
Copenhagen area 152
Stevns Peninsula 153
Wadden See 153
Limfjorden 154
Skagen 154
ESTONIA 155
Baltic Coast 157
FAROS 159
FINLAND 161
Northern Finland 164
Oulu 164
Kuusamo 165
Ivalo 167
Karigasniemi 167
Southern Finland 168
Helsinki area 168
Siikalahti 169
Joensuu 169
Patvinsuo National Park 169
FRANCE 171
Nord-pas-de-Calais and Picardie 174
Foret de Fontainebleau 176
Lac du Der-Chantecoq 177
French Jura 178
French Alps 178
Massif Central 181
La Camargue 182
La Crau 185
Les Alpilles 186
French Pyrenees 188
Biscay Coast 192
Ile d'Ouessant 192
GEORGIA 194
Mount Kazbek 195
GERMANY 197
Kuhkopf 199
Thuringer Wald 199
Brandenburg 199
Oder Valley 199
Helgoland 200
Wattenmeer 200
Bayerischer Wald National Park 201
Bavarian Alps 201
GREECE 202
Athens 205
Delphi 205
Gulf of Arta 206
Corfu 207
Prespa National Park 208
Lake Kerkini 210
Strim6n Delta 212
Nestos Delta 212
Porto Lago 212
Evros Delta 214
Dadia-Soufli Forest Reserve 216
Lesbos 218
Rhodes 218
HUNGARY 219
Hortobagy National Park 222
Zemplen Hills 224
Budapest 225
Kis-Balaton 225
Kiskunsag National Park 225
ICELAND 226
Breidafjordur 230
Northwest Peninsula 231
Myvatn 232
ITALY 234
Gran Paradiso National Park 236
Golfo di Venezia 237
Tuscany 238
Circeo National Park 240
Abruzzo National Park 240
Gargano Peninsula 240
Strait de Messina 242
Sicily 243
LATVIA 244
LIECHTENSTEIN 247
LITHUANIA 248
LUXEMBOURG 250
MACEDONIA 251
MALTA 254
MOLDOVA 256
NETHERLANDS 257
Amsterdam area 259
Flevoland 259
Wieringen 261
Texel 261
Terschelling 262
Friesland 262
NORWAY 264
Hardangervidda National Park 267
Utsira 267
Dovrefjell National Park 267
Varanger 268
POLAND 272
Biebrza Marshes 274
Puszcza Bialowieska 277
Tatrzanski National Park 279
PORTUGAL 280
Algarve 283
Baixo Alentejo 287
Lagoa de Santo Andre 288
Sado and Tejo Estuaries 289
Berlenga and Farilhoe Islands 290
Castelo Branco 290
ROMANIA 291
Dobrudja 294
Danube Delta 297
Transylvanian Alps 298
RUSSIA 300
Moscow 304
Kola Peninsula 304
Murmansk to the North Pole 304
Polar Urals 304
Taimyr Peninsula 305
Kolyma Delta 305
Wrangel Island 306
Chukotka Peninsula 306
Kamchatka 307
Komandor Islands 308
Kuril Islands 309
Sakhalin 309
Amur Delta 311
Ussuriland 311
Lake Baikal 315
Russian Altai 317
Volga Delta 318
Kalmykian Steppe 319
Russian Caucasus 320
SARDINIA 321
SLOVAKIA 325
Mala Fatra National Park 327
Tatry Mountains 327
Zemplinska Sirava 329
Senne 329
SLOVENIA 330
SPAIN 332
Andalucia (Southern Spain) 335
Almeria 335
Sierra Nevada 337
Laguna de la Fuente de Piedra 338
Ronda 338
Gibraltar 338
Costa de la Luz 340
Laguna de Medina 342
Brazo del Este 344
Coto Donana 344
Extremadura (West-Central Spain) 347
La Serena 348
Trujillo area 348
Parque Nacional de Monfrague 349
Central Spain 351
Sierra de Gredos 351
Sierra de Guadarrama 351
Las Tablas de Daimiel 352
Northern Spain 352
Picos de Europa 352
Zaragoza area 352
Lerida area 354
Spanish Pyrenees 354
Northeast Coastal Spain 358
Aiguamolls de L'Emporda 358
Llobregat Delta 359
Ebro Delta 359
Albufera de Valencia 360
Alicante 360
SVALBARD 363
SWEDEN 365
Falsterbo 367
Homborgasjon 369
Oland 369
Annsjon 371
Holmoarna 371
Muddus National Park 372
Abisko National Park 373
SWITZERLAND 374
Swiss Jura 376
Montreux area 377
Bernese Oberland 377
Vals 379
UKRAINE 380
Northern Danube Delta 382
Crimea 383
YUGOSLAVIA 385
Montenegro 387
Request 389
Calendar 390
Useful Addresses 393
Recommended Books, Videos, CD-ROMS and Computer Software 396
Bird Names Which Differ Between Clements and Various Other Bird Books 401
Index to Sites 403
Index to Species 407