estonia’s best birding sites
estonia’s best birding sites
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