Birds of the Danube Delta - Wild travel in Danube Delta

Bird Watching Trips - Danube Delta

Bird Watching in Danube Delta

All the photos on this site are taken by your guide: Mihai BACIU.

Ornithologist, nature photographer, good connoisseur of the delta, offers you the opportunity to see what species you could observe during your stay in the Danube Delta.

Alexandrine parakeet – Psittacula eupatria

Alpine swift (Tachymarptis melba)

Bar-headed goose (Anser indicus)

Bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica)

swallow

Barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)

Barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis)

sylvia nisoria

Barred warbler (Sylvia nisoria)

panurus biarmicus

Bearded tit (Panurus biarmicus)

merops apiaster

Bee eater (Merops apiaster)

milvus migrans

Black kite (Milvus migrans)

Black necked grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)

Black redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)

Black stork (Ciconia nigra)

Black tern (Chlidonias niger)

Driocopus martius

Black woodpecker (Driocopus martius)

emberiza melanocephala

Black-headed bunting (Emberiza melanocephala)

larus ridibundus

Black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)

rissa trydactila

Black-legged kittiwake (Rissa trydactila)

limosa limosa

Black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa)

gavia arctica

Black-throated Loon (Gavia arctica)

Black-winged kite (Elanus caeruleus)

glareola nordmanii

Black-winged pratincole (Glareola nordmanii)

himantopus himantopus

Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)

Blue rock thrush (Monticola solitarius)

blue tit

Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)

luscinia svecica

Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)

booted eagle

Booted Eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus)

Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)

Brent goose – Branta bernicla

Broad-billed sandpiper (Limicola falcinellus)

Melanocorypha calandra

Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha calandra)

canada goose

Canada goose (Branta canadensis)

Caspian gull (Larus cachinnans)

Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)

Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)

cettia cetti

Cetti’s warbler (Cettia cetti)

Aegypius monachus

Cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus)

motacilla citreola

Citrine wagtail (Motacilla citreola)

Coal tit (Parus ater)

ficedula albicollis

Collared Flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis)

Collared Pratincole (Glareola pratincola )

Common Blackbird (Turdus merula)

buteo buteo

Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)

Common Chaffinch (Fringila coelebs)

phylloscopus collybita

Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybyta)

grus grus

Common crane (Grus grus)

cuculus canorus

Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)

somateria mollissima

Common eider (Somateria mollissima)

Regulus ignicapillus

Common firecrest (Regulus ignicapillus )

goldeneye

Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)

Tringa nebularia

Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)

larus canus

Common gull (Larus canus)

Common House Martin (Delichon urbicum)

Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)

king fisher

Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)

carduelis cannabina

Common linnet (Carduelis cannabina)

cufundar mare

Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)

moorhen

Common Moorhen (Galinulla chloropus)

Common nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)

Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)

coturnix coturnix

Common quail ( Coturnix coturnix )

tringa totanus

Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)

redstart

Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)

Emberiza-schoeniclus

Common Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)

Charadrius hiaticula

Common ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula)

Common Rock Thrush (Monticola saxatilis)

mugurar rosu

Common rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus )

Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)

Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)

Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)

sturnus vulgaris

Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

apus apus

Common swift (Apus apus)

sterna hirundo

Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)

sylvia communis

Common whitethroat (Sylvia communis)

columba palumbus

Common Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus)

miliaria calandra

Corn bunting (Miliaria calandra)

crested lark

Crested Lark (Galerida cristata)

calidris ferruginea

Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)

dalmatian pelican

Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus)

Demoiselle crane (Grus virgo)

oenanthe deserti

Desert wheatear (Oenanthe deserti)

Dunlin (Calidris alpina)

Dunnock (Prunella modularis)

phy. fuscatus

Dusky warbler – (Phylloscopus fuscatus)

Eastern Bonelli’s warbler – Phylloscopus orientalis

aquila heliaca

Eastern imperial eagle (Aquila heliaca)

iduna palida

Eastern olivaceous warbler (Iduna pallida)

Eastern Orphean warbler – Sylvia cassirostris

Eastern subalpine warbler – Curruca cantillans

Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca)

hoitar

Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus)

falco eleonorae

Eleonora’s Falcon (Falco eleonorae)

botaurus stellaris

Eurasian Bittern (Botaurus stellaris)

Sylvia atricapilla

Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)

mugurar

Eurasian Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)

Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)

coot

Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)

curlew

Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata)

Eudromias morinellus

Eurasian dotterel (Eudromias morinellus)

uhu

Eurasian eagle-owl – (Bubo bubo)

oriolus oriolus

Eurasian Golden Oriole (Oriolus oriolus)

Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius)

meg pie

Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)

sitta europaea

Eurasian Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)

Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)

acrocephalus agricola

Eurasian Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)

carduelis carduelis

Eurasian Siskin (Carduelis spinus)

alauda arvensis

Eurasian Skylark (Alauda arvensis)

accipiter nisus

Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)

burhinus oedicnemus

Eurasian stone-curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus)

anas crecca

Eurasian Teal (Anas crecca)

passer montanus

Eurasian tree sparrow (Passer montanus)

cojoaica

Eurasian Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)

anas penelope

Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope)

Eurasian woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)

Eurasian Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)

Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla)

carduelis carduelis

European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)

pernis apivorus

European Honey Buzzard (Pernis apivorus)

Caprimulgus europaeus

European Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)

penduline tit

European Penduline Tit (Remiz pendulinus)

ficedula hypoleuca

European pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)

robin

European Robin (Erithacus rublecula)

European serin – (Serinus serinus)

Phalacrocorax aristotelis

European shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)

aythya nyroca

Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca)

fieldfare

Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)

flamingo

Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)

anas strepera

Gadwall (Anas strepera)

Garden warbler (Sylvia borin)

garganey

Garganey (Anas querquedula)

plegadis falcinellus

Glossy ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)

Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)

Pluvialis apricaria

Golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria)

larus marinus

Great black-backed gull (Larus marinus)

great cormoran

Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)

podiceps cristatus

Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus)

great egret

Great Egret (Ardea alba)

lanius excubitor

Great Grey Shrike (Lanius exubitor)

Great reed warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus)

clamator glandarius

Great spotted cuckoo (Clamator glandarius)

dendrocopus major

Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)

blue tit

Great tit (Parus major)

Greater sand plover – (Charadrius leschenaultii)

Greater scaup (Aythya marila)

Calandrella brachydactyla

Greater Short toed Lark (Calandrella brachydactyla)

clanga clanga

Greater Spotted Eagle (Aquila clanga)

anser albifrons

Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)

Tringa ochropus

Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)

Phylloscopus nitidus

Green warbler – (Phylloscopus nitidus)

picus viridis

Green woodpecker – (Picus viridis)

florinte

Greenfinch – Chloris chloris

Phylloscopus trochiloides

Greenish warbler – (Phylloscopus trochiloides)

ardea cinerea

Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)

perdix perdix

Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix)

pluvialis squatarola

Grey plover (Pluvialis squatarola)

motacilla cinerea

Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)

picus canus

Grey-headed Woodpecker (Picus canus)

anser anser

Greylag Goose (Anser anser)

Griffon vulture (Gyps fulv)

Gelochelidon nilotica

Gull-billed tern (Gelochelidon nilotica)

botgros

Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)

Circus cyaneus

Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus)

Herring gull (Larus argentatus)

falco subbuteo

Hobby (Falco subbuteo)

hooded crow

Hooded Crow (Corvus corone)

upupa epops

Hoopoe (Upupa epops)

Horned grebe (Podiceps auritus)

horned lark

Horned lark (Eremophila alpestris)

passer domesticus

House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)

Hume’s leaf warbler (Phylloscopus humei)

iduna icterina

Icterine warbler (Hippolais icterina)

oenanthe isabellina

Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina)

Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)

corvus monedula

Jackdaw ( Corvus monedula)

Kentish plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus fuscus)

Lanius minor

Lesser Grey Shrike (Lanius minor)

Lesser Spotted Eagle (Aquila pomarina)

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos minor)

Anser erythropus

Lesser white-fronted goose (Anser erythropus)

Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)

accipiter brevipes

Levant sparrowhawk (Accipiter bevipres)

Ixobrychus minutus

Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus)

Little bunting – Emberiza pusilla

tetrax tetrax

Little Bustard (Tetrax tetrax)

porzana parva

Little crake (Porzana parva)

little egret

Little egret (Egretta garzetta)

Tachybaptus ruficollis

Little grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)

little gull

Little Gull (Larus minutus)

little owl

Little Owl (Athene noctua)

Charadrius dubius

Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)

calidris minuta

Little Stint (Calidris minuta)

sterna albifrons

Little tern ( Sterna albifrons)

asio otus

Long-eared Owl (Asio otus)

Buteo rufinus

Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus)

Long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis)

pitigoi codat

Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)

Anas platyrhynchos

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos )

circus aeruginosus

Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)

tringa stagnatilis

Marsh sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)

pitigoi de livada

Marsh Tit (Parus palustris)

Marsh warbler (Acrocephalus palustris)

Meadow pipit – Anthus pratensis

larus melanocephalus

Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus)

falco columbarius

Merlin (Falco columbarius)

dendrocopus medius

Middle Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos medius)

turdus viscivorus

Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)

circus cyaneus

Montagu’s harrier (Circus pygargus)

Acrocephalus melanopogon

Moustached warbler (Acrocephalus melanopogon)

cygnus olor

Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)

Nycticorax nycticorax

Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)

Northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)

lapwing

Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)

Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)

oenanthe oenanthe

Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)

Olive-tree warbler – Hippolais olivetorum

emberiza hortulana

Ortolan Bunting (Emberiza hortulana)

pandion haliaeetus

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)

Ovenbird – Seiurus aurocapilla

pluvialis fulva

Pacific golden plover (Pluvialis fulva)

Paddyfield warbler (Acrocephalus agricola)

Pallas gull

Pallas,s gull (Larus ichthyaetus)

Phylloscopus proregulus

Pallas’s leaf warbler – (Phylloscopus proregulus)

circus cyaneus

Pallid Harrier (Circus macrourus)

lup de mare

Parasitic skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)

calidris melanotos

Pectoral sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)

peregrine falcon

Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)

recurvirostra avosetta

Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)

Oenanthe pleschanka

Pied wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka)

Pine bunting – Emberiza melanocephala

anas acuta

Pintail (Anas acuta)

aythya ferina

Pochard (Aythya ferina)

ardea purpurea

Purple heron (Ardea purpurea)

pygmy cormoran

Pygmy Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pygmaeus)

Radde’s warbler – Phylloscopus schwarzi

raven

Raven (Corvus corax)

branta rufficolis

Red breasted goose (Branta rufficollis)

Red footed falcon (Falco vespertinus)

milvus milvus

Red kite – (Milvus milvus)

calidris minuta

Red knot (Calidris canutus )

podiceps griseigena

red necked grebe (Podiceps griseigena)

lanius collurio

Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio)

ficedula parva

Red-breasted flycatcher (Ficedula parva)

Mergus serrator

Red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator)

netta rufina

Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina)

tarsinger cyanistes

Red-flanked bluetail (Tarsiger cyanurus)

Red-necked phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)

red rumped swallow

Red-rumped swallow ( Cecropis daurica)

Red-throated loon (Gavia stellata)

anthus cervinus

Red-throated Pipit (Anthus cervinus)

inarita

Redpoll (Carduelis flammea)

turdus iliacus

Redwing (Turdus iliacus)

anthus richardii

Richard’s pipit (Anthus richardi)

turdus torquatus

Ring ouzel (Turdus torquatus)

roller

Roller (Coracias garrulus)

raven

Rook (Corvus frugilegus)

lacustar

Rosy Starling ( Pastor roseus)

buteo lagopus

Rough legged buzzard (Buteo lagopus)

tadorna ferruginea

Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)

arenaria interpres

Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)

ruff

Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)

falco cherrug

Saker falcon (Falco cherrug)

riparia riparia

Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)

calidris alba

Sanderling (Calidris alba)

sterna sandvicensis

Sandwich tern (Sterna sandvicensis)

sylvia melanocephala

Sardinian warbler (Sylvia melanocephala)

savi,s warbler

Savi’s Warbler (Locustella luscinioides)

Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)

ficedula hypoleuca

Semicollared flycatcher – (Ficedula semitorquata)

Circaetus gallicus

Short-toed snake eagle (Circaetus gallicus)

siberian dunnock

Siberian accentor – (Prunella montanella)

sibilatrix

Siberian chiffchaff (Philloscopus tristis)

Siberian stonechat (Saxicola maurus)

larus genei

Slender-billed gull (Chroicocephalus genei)

Smew (Mergus albellus)

Snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)

Chen caerulescens

Snow goose (Chen caerulescens)

Sombre tit (Poecile lugubris)

turdus philomelos

Song thrush (Turdus philomelos)

passer hispaniolensis

Spanish Sparrow (Passer hispaniolensis)

Spoonbill – Platalea leucorodia

Spotted crake (Porzana porzana)

muscicapa striata

Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)

Nucifraga caryocatactes

Spotted nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes)

Spotted redshank

Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)

vanellus spinosus

Spur-winged lapwing – (Vanellus spinosus)

ardeola ralloides

Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides)

buteo buteo vulpinus

Steppe Buzzards (Buteo buteo vulpinus)

clanga nipalensis

Steppe eagle – (Aquila nipalensis)

columba oenas

Stock dove (Columba oenas)

Stone chat (Saxicola rubicola)

Syrian Woodpecker (Dendrocopos syriacus)

anser fabalis

Taiga bean goose (Anser fabalis)

strix aluco

Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)

anthus campestris

Tawny Pipit (Anthus campestris)

teminckii stint

Temminck’s stint (Calidris temminckii)

xenus cinereus

Terek sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)

Thrush nightingale – (Luscinia luscinia)

anthus trivialis

Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)

aythya ferina

Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)

Cygnus columbianus

Tundra swan – Cygnus bewickii

streptopelia turtur

Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur)

Velvet scoter (Melanitta fusca)

anthus spinoletta

Water pipit (Anthus spinoletta)

Water rail (Rallus aquaticus)

Western black-eared wheatear – (Oenanthe hispanica)

Western Bonelli’s warbler (Phylloscopus bonelli)

Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)

Saxicola rubetra

Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)

Chlidonias hybrida

Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida)

white pelican

White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus)

white stork

White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)

haliaeetus albicilla

White tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)

motacilla alba

White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)

Chlidonias leucopterus

White winged tern (Chlidonias leucopterus)

oxyura leucocephala

White-headed duck (Oxyura leucocephala)

vanellus chettusia

White-tailed lapwing (Vanellus leucurus)

cygnus cygnus

Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)

Phylloscopus trochilus

Willow warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)

aix sponsa

Wood duck – (Aix sponsa)

tringa glareola

Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)

phylloscopus sibilatrix

Wood warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix)

lanius senator

Woodchat Shrike (Lanius senator)

llula arborea

Woodlark (Lullula arborea)

Yelkouan shearwater (Puffinus yelkouan)

Yellow wagtail – Motacilla flava

Yellow-billed loon – (Gavia adamsii)

phy.inornatus

Yellow-browed warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus)

pescarus picioare galbene

Yellow-legged gull (Larus michahellis)

Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)

Our tours in Danube Delta

2025

22 – 29 june 2025 Birdwatching and photo nature trip in the Danube Delta – Romania

Day 1. Transfer from the airport to Tulcea, in the Delta hotel. Accommodation in this beautiful hotel,

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14 – 21 june 2025 Birdwatching and photonature trip in Danube Delta – Romania

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6 – 13 june 2025 Birdwatching and photo nature trip in the Danube Delta – Romania

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29 may – 5 june 2025 Birdwatching and photonature trip in the Danube Delta – Romania

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21 – 28 may 2025 Birdwatching and photo nature tour in the Danube Delta – Romania

WE DISCOVER TOGETHER THE DANUBE DELTA The best way to take in the majestic beauty of the

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14 – 20 mai 2025 Birdwatching and photo nature tour in the Danube Delta – Romania 2025

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