Sunday 4th May - Friday 16th May 2008

From the Danube Delta and Black Sea Coast, to Transylvania and the Carpathian Mountains! 

Romania should be high on the list of destinations for every birdwatcher with possibly the greatest variety and best birding in the whole of Europe.

The Danube Delta is for those who enjoy spectacular birdwatching, with hundreds of pelicans, waders and cormorants, reedbeds full of warblers, lakes and marshes full of herons, egrets, ibises and terns. On the Black Sea Coast of Dobrogea sought-after raptors fly overhead and in the forests, hills and plains nearby you find Calandra Lark, Pied Wheatear and Sombre Tit. The extensive wetlands along the sea provide habitat for rare resident species and thousands of migrating birds as well, including pelicans, Ruddy Shelduck and Paddyfield Warbler. Moving on to Transylvania the scenery is characterised by beautiful landscapes, scenic gorges and lakes, vast hay meadows and endless forests, where Golden Eagle, Capercaillie, Hazel Grouse, Wallcreeper and Alpine Swift are found. The Carpathian Mountains provide a good opportunity to discover exciting mountain species including Ural and Tengmalm’s Owl, Ring Ouzel and Nutcracker. We also have a chance there to view rare mammals such as Chamois and Brown Bear.

Hazel Grouse