This trip in august combined as touristic purposes as birdwatching purposes. Anyway I found some lifers there. The timetable was easy:06.08 (Friday evening) arrive,07.08 the whole day for Curonic spit examination,08.08 Svetlogorsk examination and departure back to Moscow in the evening. The departures in both directions were delayed for some hours.Telling about Curonic spit, it is a place where you can observe both 'northern' and 'southern' bird species. Here are arctic and sandwich terns, brambling and tawny pipit, common shelduck and black scoter. [...... read more ]

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