4-8 July - a short Naturetrek trip for Butterflies produced a good bird list despite cool, showery weather. The region contains many fishing lakes surrounded by forest and is thinly populated. Birds on the lakes included Black-necked Grebes (photo) and many pairs of Whiskered Terns (photo), also Purple Herons (photo) together with Great White, Little and Cattle Egrets. Warblers were much less obvious than earlier in the season but included Savi's, Marsh and Melodious. Raptors were widespread - Honey Buzzard, Marsh Harrier and Black Kite, also single Short-toed Eagle and Osprey (photo) and a couple of Hobbies. Golden Orioles, Turtle Doves and Red-backed Shrikes were common and Black Redstarts were seen in several villages. Altogether, 90 species logged.
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