Bird Diversity in the delta of 2ndlargest river delta in Europe, after the Volga Delta is very high. Over 320 species of birds are found in the delta during the summer, of which 166 are breeding species. A group of bird-photographers decided to visit this site in May 2012 on a trip with Sakertours. Highlights of the tour you will find in the gallery. Among others there were photoshots of 7 species of herons (Little Egret, Egretta garzetta, Grey Heron, Ardea cinerea, Purple Heron, Ardea purpurea, Great Egret, Casmerodius albus, Squacco Heron, Ardeola ralloides, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Nycticorax nycticorax, Little Bittern, Ixobrychus minutus), 2 species of pelican (Great White Pelican, Pelecanus onocrotalus and Dalmatian pelican, Pelecanus crispus), 3 species of grebes (Red-necked Grebe, Podiceps grisegena, Great Crested Grebe, Podiceps cristatus, Black-necked Grebe, Podiceps nigricollis), 2 species of Chlidonias-terns (Whiskered Tern, Chlidonias hybridus and Black Tern,) Chlidonias niger), 2 species of ibises (Glossy Ibis, Plegadis falcinellus and Eurasian Spoonbill, Platalea leucorodia) and top birds like Pygmy Cormorant, Phalacrocorax pygmeus, White-tailed Eagle, Haliaeetus albicilla among others
Starting from Mila 23, a village right in the middle of the Romanian part of the delta we visited on 3 days the surrounding lakes and channels, e.g. Lacul Radacinos and Lacul Ligheanca.
After approx. 2850 km the Danube flows into the Black Sea. At the Romanian-Ukrainian border area the Danube widens into a vast river delta. The surface is roughly 5000 km², of which 3500 km² are in Romania. The Danube Delta falls within east European steppe ecosystem, with Mediterranean influences. As a young region in full process of consolidation, the Danube Delta represents with its lowland forests, tributaries, lakes, Europe’s largest reed-beds and dry habitats on the dunes an ecological paradise, is a magnet for birds from six major eco-regions of the world and consequently a top place for the development of highly diverse flora and fauna, unique in Europe.
1991 UNESCO declared large parts of the Delta to the World Heritage Site and Biosphere Reserve.
Wildlife in winter is also great. More thann one million individuals (swans, ducks, coots, etc.) winter here.
To cope with the growing demand for top shots of the rarer species of the Palearctic Bird-Lens is keen to enrich the range of pictures of birds you can find in the western palearctic. Trips to remote places as described above – but also to the in Macin Mountains and the Black Sea coast – to capture images of rare birds of western palearctic were very successful. The nice images you find in the gallery are only a first impression, what you will find in the gallery in the “Pictures Shop” very soon. Just give me a message, if I could serve you with an image needed before the new pictures are online.
Other successful shootings you can see under: www.bird-lens.com.