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a trip to Sochi and Caucasus, july 2020


2020-08-03| Michael Nevski

In the second part of July, in the conditions of coronavirus pandemic, I was travelling to the south of Russia, to Krasnodar kray. Despite the fact that birdwatching wasn't planned, I took a binocular and camera with me. I found little lifers, there wasn't a lot, but they were rather interesting for me.
The first part of the trip, I spent in Black sea coast. Once I went to Yew&Boxwood trees grove and some times visited Mzymta river mouth finding birds.
Then, I spent two days in mountains near Krasnaya Polyana and Esto-sadok. As I haven't been to mountains after I had begun doing birdwatching, more interesting species of birds were there in the mountains. And more lifer birds.

P. S. Not all photos are put in chronological sequence.
P. P. S. I couldn't take photo of caucasian subspecies of mountain chiffchaff. Heard only the voice.


1. yellow-legged gull, Larus michahellis


2. yellow-legged gull: all species traits. Big bright eyes, thick beak, bright yellow legs, shape of spots on the wings


3. collared dove, Streptopelia decaocto


4. moorhen's chick


5. red-backed shrike


6. young buzzard, Buteo buteo)


7. greenfinch, Chloris chloris)


8. young mistle thrush, Turdus viscivorus


9. lifer bird! short-toed treecreeper, Certhia brachydactyla


10. little flycatcher, Ficedula parva


11. common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis. I don't know if it is OK if I suppose kingfisher to be a lifer, because I've seen it before I started watching birds.


12. little egret, Egretta garzetta


13. sandwich tern, Thalasseus sandvicensis


14. little gull, Hydrocoloeus minutus


15. little gulls


16. yellow-legged gull caught something (either lancelet, or lamprey)


17. little gulls


18. lifer. red-fronted serin, Serinus pusillus


19. lifer. young griffon vulture, Gyps fulvus


20. family dinner. Red-fronted serins


21. lifer. young rufous-tailed rock thrush, Monticola saxatilis


22. crows (Corvus corax) - almost tame birds


23. griffon vulture


24. water pipit hidden


25. water pipit, Anthus spinoletta


26. one more lifer, alpine accentor, Prunella collaris


27. and lifer, yellow-billed chough, Pyrrhocorax graculus


28. the same accentor, isn't afraid of people


29. green warbler: species traits are looked bad


30. eurasian redstart, Phoenicurus phoenicurus


31. the last lifer. green warbler, Phylloscopus nitidus


32. young grey wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)


# species number

1Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)1

2Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus)1

3Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)1ночью видел и слышал

4Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)10

5Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)2не смог детально рассмотреть птиц и сфотографировать. Мзымта

6Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)20

7Garganey (Anas querquedula)2

8Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)2

9Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)2

10Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus)3

11Eurasian Hobby (Falco subbuteo)2

12Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)7наблюдал за выводком

13Common Coot (Fulica atra)5

14Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)1

15Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)2

16Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)2

17Little Gull (Larus minutus)12

18Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)2

19Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans)10

20Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis)1000очень много на побережье

21Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis)1

22Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)100

23Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)30

24Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)5

25Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)50

26Northern House Martin (Delichon urbica)200

27Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta)50

28Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)10

29White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)50

30Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio)20

31Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius)3

32Alpine Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus)2

33Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)50

34Common Raven (Corvus corax)5

35Northern Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)10

36Alpine Accentor (Prunella collaris)1в чеклисте Ильи Уколова, альпийская завирушка считается залетным видом в Краснодарском крае

37Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)1

38Caucasian Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus lorenzii)1

39Green Leaf-Warbler (Phylloscopus nitidus)20

40Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)5

41Red-breasted Flycatcher (Ficedula parva)5

42Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)30

43Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (Monticola saxatilis)2

44Eurasian Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)2

45Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)5

46European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)15

47Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)10

48Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)1

49Coal Tit (Parus ater)30

50Eurasian Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)2

51Common Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)2

52Short-toed Tree-Creeper (Certhia brachydactyla)1

53House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)300

54Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)30

55Red-fronted Serin (Serinus pusillus)4семья

56European Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)5

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