Snakebunk – Trips

Dobrogea 2018

This trip was arranged and operated by Sakertour. It took place in the beginning of June, was 8 days long (6 full days of photography) and called the Danube delta and Dobrudja bird photography tour in spring. Tour leader was the excellent guide, photographer and ornithologist Zoltán Nagy, and fellow nature photographers George Dyne, Kent Falk and Viktor Sundberg provided for fun and helpful company.

Amphibia

Hylidae

• Hyla arborea

Ranidae

• Pelophylax ridibundus

Aves

Anatidae

• Aythya ferina

Cuculidae

• Cuculus canorus

Columbidae

• Streptopelia turtur

Rallidae

• Gallinula chloropus
• Fulica atra

Podicipedidae

• Podiceps grisegena
• Podiceps cristatus
• Podiceps nigricollis

Charadriidae

• Charadrius alexandrinus

Glareolidae

• Glareola pratincola

Laridae

• Larus cachinnans
• Sterna hirundo
• Chlidonias hybrida
• Chlidonias niger

Phalacrocoracidae

• Microcarbo pygmeus

Threskiornithidae

• Plegadis falcinellus
• Platalea leucorodia

Ardeidae

• Ixobrychus minutus
• Nycticorax nycticorax
• Ardeola ralloides
• Bubulcus ibis
• Ardea purpurea
• Egretta garzetta

Pelecanidae

• Pelecanus onocrotalus
• Pelecanus crispus

Accipitridae

• Circaetus gallicus
• Accipiter brevipes
• Haliaeetus albicilla
• Buteo rufinus

Strigidae

• Asio otus

Alcedinidae

• Alcedo atthis

Picidae

• Dendrocopos syriacus

Falconidae

• Falco vespertinus

Laniidae

• Lanius minor

Corvidae

• Corvus cornix

Alaudidae

• Calandrella brachydactyla

Sturnidae

• Pastor roseus

Muscicapidae

• Oenanthe pleschanka

Motacillidae

• Motacilla flava

Fringillidae

• Coccothraustes coccothraustes

Mammalia

Felidae

• Felis catus

Sciuridae

• Spermophilus citellus

Reptilia

Colubridae

• Natrix natrix

Magnoliopsida

Nymphaeaceae

• Nymphaea alba

Romania

• Danube delta
• Măcin

Hyla arborea

European tree frog / Lövgroda

Vadu, Constanta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-08 10:13

Vadu, Constanta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-08 10:01

Pelophylax ridibundus

Marsh frog / Sjögroda

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-05 09:56

Aythya ferina

Common Pochard / Brunand

Male

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-05 07:29

Female

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-05 07:06

Cuculus canorus

Common Cuckoo / Gök

Male

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-03 09:43

Streptopelia turtur

European Turtle Dove / Turturduva

Flipped vertically – Măcin, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-06 14:45

Gallinula chloropus

Common Moorhen / Rörhöna

Downy young

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-05 19:24

Fulica atra

Eurasian Coot / Sothöna

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-03 09:19

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-03 09:20

Podiceps grisegena

Red-necked Grebe / Gråhakedopping

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-03 09:35

Podiceps cristatus

Great Crested Grebe / Skäggdopping

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-03 08:58

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-04 07:27

Podiceps nigricollis

Black-necked Grebe / Svarthalsad dopping

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-04 08:16

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-04 18:35

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-04 18:38

Charadrius alexandrinus

Kentish plover / Svartbent strandpipare

Male

Vadu, Constanta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-08 07:06

Glareola pratincola

Collared Pratincole / Rödvingad vadarsvala

Vadu, Constanta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-08 06:39

Vadu, Constanta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-08 08:30

Vadu, Constanta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-08 08:38

Vadu, Constanta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-08 08:41

Vadu, Constanta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-08 08:49

Larus cachinnans

Caspian Gull / Kaspisk trut

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-03 16:29

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-04 17:40

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-03 15:26

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-04 15:56

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-03 17:40

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-03 16:29

Sterna hirundo

Common Tern / Fisktärna

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-04 08:30

Chlidonias hybrida

Whiskered Tern / Skäggtärna

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-03 17:52

After mating – Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-03 17:56

With nest material – Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-03 18:08

With Northern pike – Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-04 19:12

Chlidonias niger

Black Tern / Svarttärna

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-04 07:41

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-04 08:29

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-04 07:50

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-04 08:23

Microcarbo pygmeus

Pygmy cormorant / Dvärgskarv

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-03 16:30

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-03 07:43

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-04 15:51

Plegadis falcinellus

Glossy Ibis / Bronsibis

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-03 16:50

Platalea leucorodia

Eurasian Spoonbill / Skedstork

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-05 19:06

Ixobrychus minutus

Little Bittern / Dvärgrördrom

Male

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-04 05:18

Nycticorax nycticorax

Black-crowned Night Heron / Natthäger

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-05 19:21

Second summer

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-05 07:43

Ardeola ralloides

Squacco Heron / Rallhäger

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-03 05:29

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-03 06:00

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-03 07:50

Swallowing a fish – Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-04 06:53

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-05 06:05

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-04 06:57

Bubulcus ibis

Western Cattle Egret / Kohäger

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-05 19:32

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-05 19:06

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-05 18:54

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-05 19:33

Breeding plumage

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-05 19:27

Ardea purpurea

Purple Heron / Purpurhäger

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-05 06:54

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-05 06:29

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-03 07:13

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-05 06:58

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-05 06:37

Egretta garzetta

Little Egret / Silkeshäger

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-05 06:44

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-05 18:04

Breeding plumage

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-03 05:23

Pelecanus onocrotalus

Great White Pelican / Vit pelikan

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-03 06:05

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-04 08:56

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-04 17:30

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-04 17:37

Fishing – Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-05 08:18

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-05 08:34

Vadu, Constanta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-08 09:51

Pelecanus crispus

Dalmatian Pelican / Krushuvad pelikan

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-04 08:54

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-04 08:55

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-03 20:35

Circaetus gallicus

Short-toed Snake Eagle / Ormörn

Sitorman Quarry, Palazu Mic, Constanta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-08 17:54

Accipiter brevipes

Levant Sparrowhawk / Balkanhök

Male

Măcin Mountains National Park, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-06 09:35

Haliaeetus albicilla

White-tailed Eagle / Havsörn

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-05 16:47

With a Hooded Crow – Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-05 17:20

Buteo rufinus

Long-legged Buzzard / Örnvråk

Măcin, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-06 20:15

Asio otus

Long-eared Owl / Hornuggla

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-04 10:04

Alcedo atthis

Common Kingfisher / Kungsfiskare

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-05 09:15

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-05 10:17

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-05 10:18

Dendrocopos syriacus

Syrian Woodpecker / Balkanspett

Female

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-05 13:37

Falco vespertinus

Red-footed Falcon / Aftonfalk

Male

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-05 16:41

Lanius minor

Lesser Gery Shrike / Svartpannad törnskata

Sinoe, Constanta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-09 06:23

Sinoe, Constanta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-09 06:23

Corvus cornix

Hooded Crow / Gråkråka

Stealing an egg from Whiskered terns – Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-04 19:10

Calandrella brachydactyla

Greater Short-toed Lark / Korttålärka

Măcin, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-06 19:06

Pastor roseus

Rosy Starling / Rosenstare

Sitorman Quarry, Palazu Mic, Constanta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-07 19:22

Sitorman Quarry, Palazu Mic, Constanta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-07 19:27

Male

Sitorman Quarry, Palazu Mic, Constanta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-07 19:10

Sitorman Quarry, Palazu Mic, Constanta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-07 19:41

Sitorman Quarry, Palazu Mic, Constanta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-08 19:58

Sitorman Quarry, Palazu Mic, Constanta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-07 19:35

Female

Sitorman Quarry, Palazu Mic, Constanta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-07 19:03

Sitorman Quarry, Palazu Mic, Constanta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-07 19:17

Sitorman Quarry, Palazu Mic, Constanta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-07 19:01

Oenanthe pleschanka

Pied Wheatear / Nunnestenskvätta

Male

Măcin Mountains National Park, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-06 09:47

Măcin Mountains National Park, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-07 09:01

Female

Sitorman Quarry, Palazu Mic, Constanta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-07 18:58

x melanoleuca, male

Sitorman Quarry, Palazu Mic, Constanta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-07 19:18

Motacilla flava

Western Yellow Wagtail / Gulärla

Male

Sinoe, Constanta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-09 06:21

Coccothraustes coccothraustes

Hawfinch / Stenknäck

Male

Măcin, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-06 13:42

Felis catus

Cat / Katt

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-05 18:24

Spermophilus citellus

European ground squirrel / Sisel

Măcin, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-06 19:53

Măcin, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-06 19:54

Natrix natrix

Grass snake / Snok

Măcin, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-06 13:29

Nymphaea alba

European white water lily / Vit näckros

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-04 08:38

Danube delta

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-04 16:20

Danube-delta, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-05 18:28

Măcin

Măcin, Dobrogea, Romania, 2018-06-07 08:33