estonia’s best birding sites

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Spithami and Dirhami - for rare migrants and spectacular flocks of seaducks


Sutlepa Meri - an impressive reedbed


Haapsalu - including the best places to look for wildfowl and Citrine Wagtail


Matsalu Bay - including directions to all the best bird towers in the area


Pogari-sas - spectacular numbers of Barnacle Geese by the roadside


Tuhu Soo - a peat bog for waders, cranes etc


Vonnu - a fantastic place for bird photographers


Sorve - one of the best places for bird migration in Europe


Kubassaare - lots of birds off the beaten track


Puhtulaid - waders and ducks in spring, woodland birds in summer


Audru - for spectacular flocks of geese and swans at close range


Pikla pools - a wetland on a major migration route


Haardemeeste - where to look for Greenish Warbler and breeding Citrine Wagtail


Kabli - one of Europe’s most famous migration watchpoints


Nigula - exactly where to look for Hazel Grouse, White-backed Woodpecker, Nutcracker, red-breated Flycatcher and Greenish Warbler (all at ‘Gosney’s magic corner’)


Sangla pools - a great place for passage waders, wildfowl and gulls


Ilmatsalu - great birding at an area of fishponds


Karevere, Hollywood Hill and Alam Pedja - including exactly where to look for great Snipe and Spotted Eagle


Aardla - superb wetland for passage geese and breeding birds. Includes details of exactly where to look for specialities such as Citrine Wagtail and Marsh Sandpiper


Rapina polders - how to get to this terrific but often overlooked wetland


Taevaskoja - beautiful woodlands for Red-breasted Flycatcher and Greenish Warbler



The following sites are all included in my book Finding Birds in Estonia and many are also covered in my DVD of the same title.

Click here for a sample page from one of my books

Click here for a trailer of the DVD series.

Click on any of the sites below to find photos as well as updates provided by myself or other readers. If you have further information to add to these pages, please email me at dave@easybirder.co.uk