If you need, the telescope and binocular are available; you should not bring it with you. The program of the tour includes birdwatching in 2 spots in Lviv area and visit to Cholginy Ornithological Reserve and Roztochia Nature Reserve.

Transportation is included.
Guide: English speaking field guide.
Duration: 4-6 hours, starts in early morning if other is not required.

The program is available from March to October.

Total bird list is above 100 bird species

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List of birds:

Ural Owl, Towny Owl, White-backed Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker,  Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Syrian Woodpecker, Grey-headed Woodpecker, Buzzard, Honey Buzzard, Lesser Spotted Eagle, Marsh Harrier, Kestrel, Goshawk,  Great Crested Grebe, Red-necked Grebe, Black-necked Grebe, Little Grebe, Bittern, Grelag Goose, Mute Swan, Garganey, Mullard, Shoveler, Gadwall, Great White Egret, Grey Egret, White Stork, Coot, Moorhen, Lapwing, Greenshank, Common Sandpiper, Redshank, Ruff, Curlew, Common Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, Avocet, Black-headed Gull, Black Tern, Common Tern, White-winged Black Tern,  Cornkrake, Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Cuckoo, Swift, Hoopoe, Kingfisher, Wryneck, Sand Martin, Swallow, House Martin, Crested Lark, Skylark, Yellow Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Red-backed Shrike, Starling, Jay, Magpie, Jackdaw, Rook, Hooded Crow, Raven, Wren, Savi’s Warbler, Grasshopper Warbler, Sedge Warbler,  Great Reed Warbler, Blackcap, Garden Warbler, Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Wood Warbler, Goldcrest, Spotted Flycatcher, Pied Flycatcher, Collared Flycatcher, Wheatear, Redstart, Black Redstart, Robin, Fieldfare, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Bearded Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Blue Tit, Marsh Tit, Great Tit, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, House Sparrow, Tree Sparrow, Chaffinch, Serin, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Linnet, Hawfinch, Corn Bunting, Reed Bunting.

If you need, the telescope and binocular could be provided.

Meals: breakfast, lunch boxes or regular lunch, dinner.
Transportation: minivan
Guides: English speaking guide-assistant and ornithologist.

Half of a day program is for busy customers and lasts 4 hours and includes birdwatching of 2 spots in Lviv area.

Total bird list is above 190 bird species

The program:

1st day

Birdwatching in two spots in Lviv, National Park of Roztochia and Cholginy Ornithological Reserve.

2nd day

Birdwatching in the upper meadow of The Dniester River. Uzhany National Park. Visit to primeval beech tree forest.

3rd day

Birdwatching in Beregovo area. Owls and colony of Whiskered Tern

4th day

Birdwatching in the Carpathian Mountains. Skole Beskydy National Park.

5th day

Brief birdwatching stops on the meadows of the Stryy and the Dniester river meadows

The program is available from March to October.

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List of birds:

Ural Owl, Towny Owl, Long-Earred Owl, Scops Owl, Little Owl, Barn Owl, Eagle Owl, Black Woodpecker,White-backed Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Three-toed Woodpecker, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Syrian Woodpecker, Grey-headed Woodpecker, Buzzard, Honey Buzzard, Lesser Spotted Eagle, Black Kite, Montagu’s Harrier, Marsh Harrier, Booted Eagle, Red-Footed Falcon, Kestrel, Hobby, Goshawk, Short-toed Eagle, Golden Eagle, Great Crested Grebe, Red-necked Grebe, Black-necked Grebe, Little Grebe, Bittern, Grelag Goose, Mute Swan, Garganey, Mullard, Shoveler, Gadwall, Pochard, Ferruginous Duck, Great White Egret, Grey Egret, White Stork, Black Stork, Quail, Coot, Moorhen, Lapwing, Wood Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Redshank, Greenshank, Ringed Plover, Ruff, Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit, Common Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, Common Gull, Avocet, Black-headed Gull, Whiskered Tern, Black Tern, Common Tern, White-winged Black Tern, Hazel Grouse, Black Grouse, Capercaillie, Cornkrake, Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Cuckoo, Swift, Hoopoe, Bee-eater, Kingfisher, Wryneck, Sand Martin, Swallow, House Martin, Crested Lark, Skylark, Woodlark, Tawny Pipit, Tree Pipit, Meadow Pipit, Water Pipit,Yellow Wagtail, Citrine Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Red-backed Shrike, Lesser Grey Shrike, Golden Oriole, Starling, Jay, Nutcracker, Magpie, Jackdaw, Rook, Hooded Crow, Raven, Wren, Dipper, Dunnock, Savi’s Warbler, River Warbler, Grasshopper Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Marsh Warbler, Great Reed Warbler, Icterine Warbler, Blackcap, Garden Warbler, Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Wood Warbler, Goldcrest, Spotted Flycatcher, Pied Flycatcher, Collared Flycatcher, Whinchat, Stonechat, Wheatear, Redstart, Black Redstart, Robin, Thrush Nightingale, Nightingale, Fieldfare, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Ring Ouzel, Crested Tit, Bearded Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Penduline Tit, Blue Tit, Willow Tit, Marsh Tit, Great Tit, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Short-toed Treecreeper, House Sparrow, Tree Sparrow, Chaffinch, Serin, Siskin, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Linnet, Crossbill, Parrot Crossbill, Hawfinch, Corn Bunting, Yellowhammer, Reed Bunting, Ortolan Bunting.

If you need, the telescope and binocular could be provided.

Meals: breakfast, lunch boxes or regular lunch, dinner.
Transportation: minivan
Guides: English speaking guide-assistant and ornithologist.

The list is 190 species but depends on weather and season.

The program:

1st – 2nd day

Arrival. Birdwatching in two spots in Lviv, National Park of Roztochia and Cholginy Ornithological Reserve.

3rd day

Birdwatching in the upper meadow of The Dniester river. Uzhany National Park in Transcarpatians. Visit to primeval beech tree forest.

4th day

Birdwatching in Beregovo area. Owls and colony of Whiskered Tern.

5-6th day

Birdwatching in the Carpathian Mountains. The Carpathian Biosphere Nature Reserve. Primeval Pine tree forests and alpine fields.

7th-8th day

Birdwatching in Galych National Park. Step biotope. Burshtyn power station water reserve.

8-10th day

Birdwatching in Volynian region. Aquatic Warbler and Azur Tit. Shatsky Lakes National Park. The Prypyat river. Wetlands.

11th day

Return to Lviv. Departure

The program is available from March to October.

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List of birds:

Ural Owl, Towny Owl, Long-Earred Owl, Scops Owl, Little Owl, Barn Owl, Eagle Owl, Black Woodpecker,White-backed Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Three-toed Woodpecker, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Syrian Woodpecker, Grey-headed Woodpecker, Osprey, Buzzard, Honey Buzzard, Spotted Eagle, Sparrowhawk, Lesser Spotted Eagle, Red Kite, Black Kite, Montagu’s Harrier, Marsh Harrier, Booted Eagle, Red-Footed Falcon, Kestrel, Hobby, Goshawk, Short-toed Eagle, White-tailed Eagle, Golden Eagle, Cormorant, Great Crested Grebe, Red-necked Grebe, Black-necked Grebe, Little Grebe, Greylag Goose, Mute Swan, Teal, Garganey, Mallard, Shoveler, Gadwall, Pochard, Ferruginous Duck, Tufted Duck, Goldeneye, Goosander, Crane, Great White Egret, Grey Egret, White Stork, Black Stork, Bittern, Quail, Coot, Moorhen, Lapwing, Wood Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Little Stint, Curlew Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Redshank, Greenshank, Ringed Plover, Ruff, Curlew, Great Snipe, Woodcock, Bar-tailed Godwit, Black-tailed Godwit, Common Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, Common Gull, Avocet, Black-headed Gull, Whiskered Tern, Black Tern, Common Tern, White-winged Black Tern, Little Tern, Hazel Grouse, Black Grouse, Capercaillie, Cornkrake, Water Rail, Spotted Crake, Little Crake, Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Cuckoo, Swift, Hoopoe, Bee-eater, Kingfisher, Wryneck, Sand Martin, Swallow, House Martin, Crested Lark, Skylark, Woodlark, Tawny Pipit, Tree Pipit, Meadow Pipit, Water Pipit, Yellow Wagtail, Citrine Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Red-backed Shrike, Lesser Grey Shrike, Golden Oriole, Starling, Jay, Nutcracker, Magpie, Jackdaw, Rook, Hooded Crow, Raven, Wren, Dipper, Dunnock, Savi’s Warbler, River Warbler, Grasshopper Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Marsh Warbler, Great Reed Warbler, Icterine Warbler, Acquatic Warbler, Blackcap, Garden Warbler, Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Wood Warbler, Goldcrest, Spotted Flycatcher, Pied Flycatcher, Collared Flycatcher, Whinchat, Stonechat, Wheatear, Redstart, Black Redstart, Robin, Thrush Nightingale, Nightingale, Fieldfare, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Ring Ouzel, Redwing, Mistle Thrush, Crested Tit, Bearded Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Penduline Tit, Blue Tit, Willow Tit, Marsh Tit, Great Tit, Azure Tit, Coal Tit, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Short-toed Treecreeper, House Sparrow, Tree Sparrow, Chaffinch, Serin, Siskin, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Linnet, Scarlet Rosefinch, Crossbill, Parrot Crossbill, Hawfinch, Corn Bunting, Yellowhammer, Reed Bunting, Ortolan Bunting.

If you need, the telescope and binocular could be provided.

Meals: breakfast, lunch boxes or regular lunch, dinner.
Transportation: minivan
Guides: English speaking guide-assistant and ornithologist.
The program is available: March-May.

Total bird list is above 190 bird species

The program:

1st Day

Arrival to Simferopol by plane.Alushta. On the way birdwatching in the bays of southern sea shoreline. Transfer to the wood and bushes area. Birdwatching on the beach and in the parks of the town.

2nd Day

Visit to Crimean Biosphere Nature Reserve with beech tree forests. Target species: Black Vulture, Griffon Vulture.

3rd Day

Visit to Yalta. Nikitsky botanic garden. Vorontsov Palace. Elevation to Ai Petri. Watching birds of Crimean alpine fields (yayla).

4th Day

Transfer to the hotel in Feodosia area. On the way: visit of Karadag Nature reserve. Brief walk around reserve. Boat trip along the sea shoreline. Target species: Saker, Peregrine Falcon, Shag colony, Rockdove. Option: Visit of fortress in Sudak. Birdwatching on the territory of the fortress.

5th Day

Transfer to Bagerovo. Birdwatching. Target species: Steppe Eagle, Demoiselle Crane, Great Bustard, Stone Curlew. On the back way to hotel birdwatching of Red-footed Falcon colony. Short-eared Owl. Return to hotel. Option: visit of famous seascapes painter Ajvazovsky museum.

6th Day

Transfer to Kazantyp Cape. Birdwatching at Aktash lake. Visit to Eastern Syvash. Transfer to Jankoy area. Night stay in hunting farm.

7th Day

Birdwatching in the Central Syvash area.

8th Day

Check out. Transfer to Western Syvash area. Visit to Askania Nova National park with primeval steps. Transfer to Hola Prytan.

9th Day

Boat trip around the Dnieper River delta. Target species: Pygmy Cormorant, Night Heron, Bearded Tit. Birdwatching in the Wetlands. Farewell dinner.

10th Day

Transfer to Simferopol. On the way: brief stop on rise fields near Krasnoperekopsk for birdwaching. Departure.

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List of birds:

White Pelikan, Short-earred Owl, Little Owl, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Syrian Woodpecker, Wryneck, Osprey, Buzzard, Honey Buzzard, Long-Legged Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Lesser Spotted Eagle, Pallid Harrier, Montagu’s Harrier, Marsh Harrier, Booted Eagle, Red-Footed Falcon, Kestrel, Lesser Kestrel, Hobby, Short-toed Eagle, Imperial Eagle, Steppe Eagle, Black Vulture, Griffon Vulture, Saker, Peregrine Falcon, Cormorant, Shag, Pygmy Cormorant, Great Crested Grebe, Red-necked Grebe, Black-necked Grebe, Little Grebe, Greylag Goose, Mute Swan, Teal, Garganey, Mallard, Shoveler, Gadwall, Pochard, Shelduck, Ruddy Shelduck, Ferruginous Duck, Pochard, Red-crested Pochard, Eider, Chukar, Partridge, Pheasant, Demoiselle Crane, Crane, Great White Egret, Grey Egret, Squacco Heron, Little Egret, Purple Heron, Night Heron, Little Bittern, Bittern, Spoonbill, Glossy Ibis, White Stork, Quail, Coot, Moorhen, Great Bustard, Stone Curlew, Oystercatcher, Grey Plover,  Golden Plover, Kentish Plover, Little Ringed Plover, Ringed Plover, Turnstone, Dotterel, Lapwing,  Black-Winged Stint, Avocet, Grey Phalarope, Grey-necked Phalarope, Ruff, Little Stint, Curlew Sandpiper, Dunlin, Knot, Purple Sandpiper, Broad-billed Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Redshank, Greenshank, Curlew, Whimbrel, Snipe, Bar-tailed Godwit, Black-tailed Godwit, Collared Pranticole, Black-winged Pranticole, Common Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, Mediterannian Gull, Common Gull,  Black-headed Gull, Great Black-headed Gull, Slender-billed Gull, Little Gull, Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Whiskered Tern, Black Tern, Common Tern, White-winged Black Tern, Little Tern, Gull-billed Tern, Sandwich Tern, Caspian Tern, Little Tern, Cornkrake, Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Trurtle Dove, Rock Dove, Cuckoo, Swift, Alpine Swift, Hoopoe, Bee-eater, Roller, Nightjar, Kingfisher, Wryneck, Sand Martin, Swallow, House Martin, Crag Martin, Short-toed Lark, Lesser Short-toed Lark, Calandr Lark, Crested Lark, Skylark, Woodlark, Tawny Pipit, Tree Pipit, Meadow Pipit, Black-headed Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Red-backed Shrike, Lesser Grey Shrike, Golden Oriole, Starling, Jay, Magpie, Jackdaw, Rook, Hooded Crow, Raven, Savi’s Warbler, River Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Paddyfied Warbler, Great Reed Warbler, Barred Warbler, Blackcap, Garden Warbler, Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Wood Warbler, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Spotted Flycatcher, Whinchat, Stonechat, Wheatear, Isabelline Wheatear, Pied Wheatear, Black-eared Wheatear, Redstart, Black Redstart, Robin, Thrush Nightingale, Nightingale, Blackbird, Rock Thrush, Song Thrush, Bearded Tit, Penduline Tit, Willow Tit, Marsh Tit, Great Tit, Wallcreeper, Nuthatch,  House Sparrow, Tree Sparrow, Chaffinch, Serin, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Linnet, Scarlet Rosefinch, Hawfinch, Corn Bunting, Black-headed Bunting, Rock Bunting,  Reed Bunting, Ortolan Bunting.

If you need, the telescope and binocular are available; you should not bring it with you. The program of the tour includes birdwatching in 3 spots of Lviv area.
Transportation is included.
Guide: English speaking field guide.
Duration: 4-6 hours, starts in early morning if other is not required.

The program is available from March to October.

The list is above 50 species but depends on weather and season.

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The bird list :

Ural Owl, Towny Owl, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Syrian Woodpecker, Grey-headed Woodpecker, Buzzard, Kestrel, Garganey, Mullard, White Stork, Coot, Moorhen,  Common Tern, Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Cuckoo, Swift, Wryneck, Swallow, House Martin, Woodlark, Tree Pipit, Pied Wagtail, Golden Oriole, Starling, Jay, Magpie, Jackdaw, Rook, Raven, Wren, Dunnock, Icterine Warbler, Blackcap, Garden Warbler, Chiffchaff, Wood Warbler, Spotted Flycatcher, Pied Flycatcher, Collared Flycatcher, Redstart, Black Redstart, Robin, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Long-tailed Tit, Blue Tit, Marsh Tit, Great Tit, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, House Sparrow, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch,  Hawfinch.

THE PROGRAM:

1st day
Arrival to Lviv airport.
V.I.P. meeting in the airport (going through the customs without queue).
Checking in the hotel. Meeting with the guides. Discussing the program.

2nd-3rd day
Breakfast. Drive to the forest for watching badgers. Return to the hotel. Evening meal.

4th-8th day
Breakfast. Drive to the Carpathian mountains to watch wolves.
Four night staying in the hotel***. Watching wolves. Return to Lviv.
Farewell party in the national restaurant

9th day
Breakfast. Departure transfer to the airport.

The program includes the next services:

• Transport supply with foreign brand car or minivan
• Staying in the 2-star hotel in Lviv and in the 3 star hotel in The Carpathians
• Guide-interpreter
• Professional guide-biologist
• Full board
• Dinner at the national restaurant excluding alcohol drinks
• vegetarian meals are available
• V.I.P. going through the boarder and the custom in the airport