World Trip Reports

Short Trip to Switzerland for Mornells



Hello,

I visited Cassonsgrad near Flims for the Mornells ( I have never seen before ).

7 birs I found, which are not really shy.

Also 2 x Goldeneagles, 1 x Barded Vulture and 1 x Rock Trush ( I have never seen before ) was there.
The common mountain birds like Black Redstart, Snow Finch, Water Pipit and Nutcracker are easy to find.

On the way back I made a short visit to lake Bodensee.
I saw
1 x Sanderling
1 x Greenshank
1 x Curlew
1 x Bar-tailed Godwit
7 x Wheatear
many Long-tailed Tit, Chiffchaff
some Lesser Whitethroat

Before I reached Munich I visited Hurlacher Heide near Landsberg ( 60 km west of Munich ).
I saw
Firecrest
Lesser Whitethroat
and a Wesp Spider ( Argiope, I have never seen before in Germany only in south Pacific ).

But I was not there for birds and spiders. I was there for orchids and found some Spiranthes spirales ( I have never seen before ).


Best regards
Dieter


Dotterel in snowy montane habitat - very atmospheric!

Cheers

Mike


It was in about 2.700 m altitude.

It is almost the same altitude like Diadem Sandpiper Plover in El Yeso, not far from Santiago de Chile.


Click here to read entire thread and the replies to this message!

Back to Home Page!