Prior to the hol I had been concerned that there is not a good fieldguide for this area of Russia but on this showing all you need is Collins British Birds.
Just returned from a week in Moscow and St Petersberg. In fairness this was not a birding hol but I took the binos wherever I went hoping to see somethign different but have to say there was a dirth of birds and all I did see, I have seen in Britain. In the cities the main birds were hooded crows, feral pigeons, house sparrows, swifts and whitefaced wagtails. On the rivers were gulls: little,herring and black headed plus some common terns. The countryside around St P offered a skylark, whitethroats and lesser whitethroats, starlings and fieldfare. Tufted and Mallard ducks on ponds and single sightings of a chaffinch, blue and great tit, rook, house martin and swallow.
Prior to the hol I had been concerned that there is not a good fieldguide for this area of Russia but on this showing all you need is Collins British Birds.
[QUOTE=chris w;1221620]Just returned from a week in Moscow and St Petersberg. In fairness this was not a birding hol but I took the binos wherever I went hoping to see somethign different but have to say there was a dirth of birds and all I did see, I have seen in Britain. In the cities the main birds were hooded crows, feral pigeons, house sparrows, swifts and whitefaced wagtails. On the rivers were gulls: little,herring and black headed plus some common terns. The countryside around St P offered a skylark, whitethroats and lesser whitethroats, starlings and fieldfare. Tufted and Mallard ducks on ponds and single sightings of a chaffinch, blue and great tit, rook, house martin and swallow.
Prior to the hol I had been concerned that there is not a good fieldguide for this area of Russia but on this showing all you need is Collins British Birds.[/QUOTE]I thought you would had seen more birds than you did there are some excellent birding areas around Moscow and St Petersberg where you can see Thrush Nightingales,Rosefinches,Icterine Warblers ,Greenish Warblers and many other birds I. have had some excellent birding not far from St Petersburg a few years ago saw Three toed Woodpecker,White backed Woodpecker Caper,Black Grouse.Ural Owl,Great Snipe, and many more good birds.