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Romania
Theres no doubt about it, the Danube delta is the best place in Europe for birds yet still most British birdwatchers haven't been there - so begins Dave Gosney in his booklet about birding in Romania. Indeed, the Danube delta along with the lagoon system and plains south of it host massive numbers of bird species and individuals that make this region a birding Eldorado for the visitors. The 580,000 hectares of the Danube Delta Biospheres Reserve includes the largest reed surface in the world, interrupted by lakes and channels, where thousands of pelicans, herons, ibis, ducks, warblers and other birds breed. Birds like White-Tailed Eagle, Paddyfield Warbler, Pied Wheatear and Dalmatian Pelican may be of interest for list keepers, but the main attraction here is the great show of nature, with huge wild areas reachable only by rowing boat, and all the birds seen at close range. South of the delta Histria is a reserve where, stopping the car anywhere on a road near a lake, you can see thousands of water birds including 60 species of waders, terns, ducks, gulls, geese, cormorants, pelicans, herons, and egrets. And in the reeds a few meters from the road, Paddyfield Warblers, Bearded tits. In the steppes just one kilometer away, you can easily see Calandra Larks. In the last years things have changed, the wetlands of Histria are dried out most of the year, only in early spring the area has water and it is abundand in waterbirds, including a good number of waders. For the last 2-3 years, by the end of May the area was already dry and birds were gone. The mountains are even less well known to birders and we heartily recommend a visit to Piatra Craiului and Retezat mountains, or to the large Bicaz Gorges, and again not just for easy ticking of Wallcreeper and other alpine species, but also for the large areas that are still wild and untouched by human influence, they can offer spectacular birding. In Romania, birding is a new and developing hobby. The Romanian Ornithological Society (SOR) - BirdLife Romania only has about 5000 members. |
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Florin Feneru
(Bacau ROMANIA)
flfeneru@yahoo.com
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Bird Observations in the Danube Delta and in the Dobrodgea (Romania)
S Brehme, T M?ller and J Redlich Series: WIWO REPORT SERIES 43 49 pages, 9 b/w photos, maps, figs. Foundation Working Group International Wader 1992ISBN: 24526
Buy this book from NHBS.com
Romania - A Birdwatching and Wildlife Guide
James Roberts 330 pages, col photos, maps. Burton Expeditions Distributed by NHBS 2000ISBN: 0951351362
Buy this book from NHBS.com
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Proact
Coordinator: none (why not apply?)
see http://www.proact-campaigns.net/coordinators
Members: 7
Join us at http://www.proact-campaigns.net/team
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Aves Foundation for Protection of the Birds and Environment
http://www.avestours.ro/index.phpThe Aves Foundation for Protection of the Birds and Environment founded in March 1997 in a Romania. Our foundation is an independent and nongovernmental civil organization. Our main aim is the protecting of the birds, but our activity covers other public environmental protecting problems too. Our organization has been existed since 1972, and worked illegal during the dictatorship.
Eco Pontica Foundation
http://www.eco-pontica.ro/php/index.phpThe Danube Delta is a huge (almost 2,000 square miles), spread of water, reed and sun where the 1,177 mile long Danube meets the Black Sea, in the southeast part of Romania. It was created over the past 5,000 years—through much of recorded history...
Milvus
http://www.milvus.ro/The Association for Bird and Nature Protection Milvus Group is a non-profit, non-governmental organization, acting in the fields of education, research and advisory, in order to make Romania a better place for birds, wildlife and people. A few very enthusiastic young bird-watchers founded the Milvus in autumn 1991. Soon after this, we joined the Romanian Ornithological Society, becoming its branch in Tirgu Mures. Since the end of 2001 the Association for Bird and Nature Protection Milvus Group became an independent registered NGO...
SOR BirdLife Romania
http://www.sor.roRomanian Ornithological Society
Str Gheorghe Dima 49/2, RO-3400 Cluj. +40 64 438086 sorcj@codec.ro
It is the official page of BirdLife`s partner in Romania, it has some English pages too.
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Banat Timisoara Museum of Natural History
The collection of birds (Ornithology) is made up of over 3,000 items. They are organized in a scientific collection, arranged in systemic order, as well as naturalized birds for exhibitions. Additional collections display birds` eggs and bones...
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Danube Delta
http://www.turism.ro/english/danube.phpA wildlife paradise unique in Europe; over 300 species of birds and one of the worlds major bird migration routes.
Danube Delta
http://www.brasovtravelguide.ro/en/index.phpThe Danube Delta is an exotic place, hosting more than 1,200 species of trees and plants, 300 species of birds - with unique pelicans colonies, 150 fish species, such as the Danube herring and the sturgeon...
Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve
http://www.unesco.org/mabdb/br/brdir/directory/biores.asp?mode=all&code=ROM-UKR+01Over 300 species of bird have been recorded, of which over 176 species breed...
Dumbravita Protection Area
http://www.dumbravita-natura2000.ro/The birdwatching is one of the most important activities within Dumbravita protection area. This area is annually visited by various groups of tourists from different countries to see the birds, plants and the beautiful landscapes.
Wetlands
http://www.ramsar.orgRomania presently has 2 sites designated as Wetlands of International Importance, with a surface area of 664,586 hectares...
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Travelling Birder
http://www.travellingbirder.com
The Travellingbirder.com birding trip report search engine guides you to 7,000+ birding trip reports on the Internet. You can search for trip reports from a specific country and time of year. Not all these reports are in English. So, if you can’t find the trip report you want on this Fatbirder page… give them a try!
2002 [June] - Honeyguide - Danube Delta
http://www.honeyguide.co.uk/pdfs/danubedelta2002.pdfPDF File
2002 [September] Keith Grant
http://www.naturalist.co.uk/reports2002/romania2.phpAfter an uneventful early flight from Heathrow, we arrived at Bucharest to meet up with Roxana and Viorel, and drove through the city centre before heading eastwards towards Calarasi. The city gave way to rolling agricultural land, mainly sunflower and maize yet to be harvested, and large flocks of white ducks, geese and turkeys. We stopped for a drink at a roadside cafe with a Peregrine circling overhead...
2003 [June] - Honeyguide - Danube Delta
http://www.honeyguide.co.uk/pdfs/2003danubedelta.pdf2003 [June] Stephanie Kimsey
http://www.birdtours.co.uk/tripreports/romania/rom1/rom-jun-03.htmA 2 centre holiday starting in the Carpathian mountains, moving to the Danube Delta with some exploration of Drobrogea. This holiday was run from England using a well known eastern European expert Gerard Gorman and we were looked after in Romania by Ibis tours Romania. There were 6 of us on the trip...
2005 [August] - Ken Tucker
http://www.pterodroma.homecall.co.uk/page7.htmlFor a trip with only six days of dedicated birding at a time of year when many species have finished breeding and gone to ground, we did much better than I had dared to hope. With the help of Hobby Tours we managed to see all of the specialities of the Danube Delta as well as isabelline and pied wheatears, sombre tit, 5 woodpeckers and 15 birds of prey. The list total for just those six days was 160 species...
2005 [June] - Honeyguides
http://www.honeyguide.co.uk/pdfs/Danube-Delta-2005.pdf2006 [September] - Sunbird
http://www.birdtours.co.uk/sunbird/Transylvania%202006.htmOnce more our Transylvania and Hortobágy tour proved the perfect pairing. The two habitats – vast open atmospheric puszta and fishponds on the one hand, dramatic mountain scenery, gorges, and high-elevation conifer forests on the other - offer a satisfying contrast; the hotels are comfortable; and the food and wines remarkably good...
2008 [December] - Alexandru Dorosencu
http://www.ornitholidays.co.uk/tourreports/Romania%20Dec%202008.pdf...The impressive numbers of Black-necked Grebes in winter plumage, spread all over the lake in small parties, were a highlight and gave us great close views. We continued our drive along the lake to its end. Lake Techirghiol, with its saltish waters, is the well-known wintering site for the rare White-headed Duck...
Aves Tours
http://www.avestours.roHere are a series of pdf's of trip reports for recent tours in Romania...
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Absolute Carpathian
http://www.absolute-nature.ro/birding.htmlAbsolute Carpathian is your local tour operator for wildlife watching tours in Transylvania, Romania. Mountain birding: Ural owl, Alpine Accentor, Sombre Tit, Wallcreepers, Alpine swifts, Eagle owl, Golden eagles, woodpeckers, Tawny Owls, buzzards and other birds of prey…
Avestours
http://www.avestours.roAvestours is the most experienced Romanian wildlife tour agency. They specialize in wildlife tours in Romania: birdwatching in the Danube Delta and Carpathians, Brown Bear-tours in Transylvania, and other combined ecotours with mammals, plants, amphibians, reptiles and bats in Romania and Hungary. We atrract financial assistance for wildlife, nature and bird protection.
Birding Pal
http://www.birdingpal.org/Romania.htmLocal birders willing to show visiting birders around their area...
Chettusia Birdwatching Tours
http://www.chettusia.com/Chettusia Tours is a small private tourism company established in 2001 by two PASSIONATES, Baciu Mihai and Sorin Cismaru, of nature that afther a long work experience at Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve Authority, have decided to demonstrate their own capabilities and acknowledges got both in Romania and abroad...
Danube Holidays
http://www.danubeholidays.com/The Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve is, without doubt, the best area of Europe for bird watching...
Diana Travel
http://www.dianatravel.ro/content.php?cat=wildlife&page=00Over the past decade, Romania has grown in her appeal to foreign birdwatchers and wildlife explorers from all over the world. With a remarkably diverse landscape and old-fashioned countryside, Romania is simply one of Eastern Europe's most rewarding wildlife destinations...
Ecotours
http://www.ecotours.huRomania should be high on the list of destinations for every birdwatcher. The Danube Delta is for those who enjoy spectacular birdwatching: huge flocks of pelicans, waders, cormorants, the reedbeds full of warblers, lakes and marshes full of herons, egrets and ibises. Woodpeckers, Hoopoe, Roller, Bee-eater and Golden Oriole are plentiful...
Fides Travel
http://www.fidestravel.ro/travelro/tours.htmlThis amazing wetland shelters over 310 species of birds countless fish from royal sturgeon down to carp and perch, while its 1,150 kinds of plants range from sinuous lianas suggesting tropical forests to gently blossoming water lilies...
Finesse Travel & Explore
http://www.finesse.ro/The day-to-day itinerary should be considered a guide only, as to some extent we will plan our program as we go along, to allow for greater flexibility. The propram tends to be determined by prevailing local condition (e.g. weather, water depth in channels). The delta is incredebly rich in breeding birds. The Danube Delta comprises a vast complex of reed beds, willow forest, and wetland, crossed by an intricate network of channels. We shall explore as wide a variety as possible of these habitas, both on foot and using a combination of the Flotel and a small motor boat...
Green Eye Ecotours
http://greeneye.org.uk/home.htmToday we provide outdoor-oriented tours, adventures, expeditions...
Hobby Tours
http://www.hobbytours.ro/Our trip is designed to offer you as much as possible from its wonders at a reasonable price. You will be guided by experienced field ornithologist leaders with strong conservation ethics and background, all fluent in English. Discover more than 150 bird species including: White & Dalmatian Pelicans, Pigmy Cormorant, White-tailed Eagle, Squacco Heron, Spoonbill, Glossy Ibis, Ruddy Shelduck, Red-crested Pochard and Roller. You do not have to be an expert in birds, our guides will help you locating and identifying species...
Honeyguide Wildlife Holidays
http://www.honeyguide.co.ukIf you are looking for a quality natural history holiday, this is a great place to start. The Honeyguide programme offers a mix of the very best of wildlife in fascinating parts of Europe..
Probirder
http://www.probirder.comGerard Gorman is available to guide you in Romania...
Sakertour
http://www.sakertour.huEstablished in 1994 by Prof. J. Oláh and field ornithologists. Specialising in bird tours in The Carpathians, covering Hungary, Slovakia and Transylvania...
Spatia
http://wildlife.spatia-tour.com/l0107.htmThe lakes and wetlands in Eastern Romania, together with the unique Danube Delta will reveal enourmous number of White & Dalmatian pelicans, Red-necked Grebes, and Collared pratincoles, among other highlights like Marsh Sandpiper, Penduline Tit, Black Woodpecker and the Majestic White-tailed Eagle...
Strix Tours
http://www.birdingdelta.com/Our aim is an organized, nature friendly tourism for those who really want to enjoy their vacation in exceptional places. Our tours are widely opened for every one who is interested, everything is flexible, special tours can be added upon request.
Sunbirds
http://www.sunbirdtours.co.uk/brochure_2003/europe/romania/romania.htmlThe remote province of Bucovina in the north of Moldavia is a land in a time-warp. Far from the rush of the late twenty-first century, White Storks follow black clad nuns as they scythe hay, while Black Redstarts sing from nearby monastery roof-tops...
Wild Danube Company
http://wilddanube.tripod.com/Birds are created the delta fame, notorious, even from the beginning of the century as a bird paradise. The renown is due to the 327 species we can meet in the delta and which represent 81% of Romanian bird fauna...
Wings
http://wingsbirds.com/tours/view/58The remote province of Bucovina in the north of Moldavia is a land in a time-warp. Far from the rush of the late twenty-first century, White Storks follow black clad nuns as they scythe hay, while Black Redstarts sing from nearby monastery roof-tops...
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Danube Holidays - Somova near Tulcea, Danube delta
http://www.danubeholidays.com/index.htmlDanube Vacations is a family business, established in Britain. Our aim is to provide you with a genuine back-to-nature experience. All our accommodation is in traditional Romanian village-style homes which are either owned by ourselves, members of our family or individuals who have purchased their property through our sister operation: Danube Homes...
Delta Nature Resort
http://www.deltaresort.com/Designed for premium comfort in natural surroundings, the Delta Nature Resort harmonizes traditional living with sophisticated luxury Each of the 32 spacious luxury villas at the resort has a breath-taking view of the wilderness of the Delta...
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rombirdgroup
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rombirdgroup/To post to list:rombirdgroup@yahoogroups.com
List contact:rombirdgroup-owner@yahoogroups.com
To subscribe to list:rombirdgroup-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
A list dealing and sharing information about birds and birdwatching in Romania. Bine ai venit pe lista ornitologilor din Romania! Acesata lista de email-uri este destinata pentru a schimba idei si informatii despre pasari si conservarea naturii. Este o lista deschisa, oricine poate trimite si primii informatii cu si despre pasari si mediul inconjurator. Lista este nepolitica! Te rugam nu folosi ptr. scopuri populiste! Lista este necomerciala! Te rugam nu folosi drept loc ptr. reclama! Toate cele bune si asteptam scrisorile/ideile/observatiile tale!
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Bird Species in Romania
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds_of_RomaniaFull list...
Birds in the Wild in Romania & beyond…
http://birds.nature4stock.com/Birds in the Wild in Romania & beyond… Cosmin Ovidiu Manci is a biologist at the Retezat National Park Administration in Romania. Ever since he was a young boy he was passionate about nature, plants, bugs, animals…you name it. He used to spend endless hours surrounded by a fantastic world, and as he grew up this feeling didn’t leave...
BLOG - Pasarile si Lumea Pasarilor de Robert Hitter
http://pasari-birdwatching-roberthitter.blogspot.comDupa un an de zile am hotarat sa incep un nou blog , incep ziua , luna cu ceva ce imi place " birdwatching"-ul care imi da satisfactie si placere…
BLOG - Wiid About Nature
http://chettusia.ecosapiens.roBird & Nature BLOG [Un blog EcoSapiens pentru natura]
Checklist
http://www.bsc-eoc.org/avibase/avibase.jsp?lang=IT&pg=checklist®ion=ro&list=clementsWhite Stork Protection in the Carpathian Basin
http://milvus.ro/working-groups/stork-conservationWhite Stork Protection in the Carpathian Basin is a cross-border cooperative environmental project, supported financially by the Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe. In English, with Romanian, Hungarian and Serbian versions under construction.
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Photographer – Andor Marton
http://www.andormarton.comA few years ago I've discovered my passion for photography. After some experiences (studio, fashion, portrait, etc) I realized that the wildlife, especially the bird, and travel photography represents me. Romania
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