Poland in the Spring - Part 1/2
If I could imagine a place where the air was alive with birdsong, where the atmosphere was organic and pure, and observing nature felt unobscured by time and pressure, I found this place in Poland. This for me was birding heaven. Birds that I had been longing to see, I was fortunate to catch up with. Some passed me by, but this just makes another trip back there an absolute certainty. An initial visit to a relatively small area of woodland in the suburbs of Warsaw held a chorus of singing Wood Warblers with up to four birds present. I was to find out later just how widespread these birds are within the country. Singing Common Redstart , Woodlark , a flyover Hobby , and I hadn't even started. The journey to Bialowieza took over four hours, accounting for misdirections (ie. we got lost getting out of Warsaw) arriving at our accommodation located behind a petrol station. A lovely place though and one that comes totally recommended. ...