Birding in the Danube Delta and Dobrogea: Notes for Birders
Checklists and species notes from guides who are on the water every day of the year.
Checklists
What you can see here
Our checklists for the birds and mammals of Dobrogea and the Danube Delta, and for the birds of Transylvania, are built from the field notes of our guides and kept up to date. Download them before your trip.
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Bird List of the Danube Delta and Dobrogea
The 385 birds of the Danube Delta and Dobrogea, month by month: what you can see on your dates, with names in five languages.
Mammals2 min read
Mammal List of the Danube Delta and Dobrogea
58 mammals of the Danube Delta and Dobrogea, from golden jackals and European mink to sousliks and Black Sea dolphins, with names in five...
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Birds of Transylvania: Birding Around Brasov and Sibiu
Old forests, alpine ridges and hay meadows: the birds of Transylvania around Brasov and Sibiu, with a checklist of more than 275 species.
Reptiles & Amphibians3 min read
Reptile and Amphibian List of the Danube Delta and Dobrogea
30 reptiles and amphibians of the Danube Delta and Dobrogea, from fire-bellied toads and pond turtles to the meadow viper, with names in five...
Species notes
Birds from our checklist
Identification, habitat and behaviour, and where and when we see each species in the Danube Delta and Dobrogea.
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Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
The largest heron in Europe and the most common in the Danube Delta today, a bird the dredged canals and their willows helped to...
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Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)
The heron of the reed beds: once the most common heron of the Danube Delta, now second to the Grey Heron, and the reason...
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Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
The smallest grebe in Europe: a round little diver that comes to the Danube Delta in numbers for the winter.
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Black-necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
Golden fans behind the eyes and red eyes: in spring, one of the most elegant water birds of the Danube Delta lakes.
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Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)
A brick red neck, pale grey cheeks and a dagger bill with a yellow base: a shy breeding grebe of the quiet lakes of...
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European Roller (Coracias garrulus)
Turquoise wings and a cinnamon back on a dry branch over the steppe: the bird our photographers come to Dobrogea for in June.
Birding with us
Go birding with biologists and ornithologists
Small groups, open boats at low speed and the best hours of the day, with guides who share every sighting with the whole team.