Sorbulak

The short trip to Sorbulak with Victoria Zvyagintseva. Trip was short, not until sunset but until traffic jam, the target is just watching birds without something special. Route was the driving around lakes of Little Sorbulak, in total aproximally half of possible, then the southern coast of Big Sorbulak, and the Savkino lake in final. There are many Ducks, but if in my last visit the majority of Ducks was formed by Pintails, but today the most popular Duck was the Garganey, the rest Ducks were very diverse (14 species) but in small number. Wader species was increased (Ruff, Eurasian Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit were added), the number of Pied Avoset was enlarged much more, now hundreds of Avocets are everywhere. Birds of prey are a few, it's really well noticable, just Kites are relatively numerous, the rest others are single birds. Caspian Gulls are already in nests. White-headed Ducks arrived and began the breeding games, number of males is two times more than females, one time we wathced the six males paid all of their attention to one only female in one moment. We saw Pygmy Cormorants, at least three specimens, it's not first summer record for Sorbulak but nice one. It turned out the traditional Sorbulak photosafari, almost all time we were in the car trying to take good quality photos even of the common birds.

1. Dalmatian Pelican

2. Gargeney, the most numerous Duck of day

3. Typical Caspian Gulls

4. Common Redshank

5. Citrine Wagtail with a lack of yellow

6. Water Pipit

7. Yellow Wagtail (thunbergi)

8. Black-necked Grebe

9. Black-winged Stilt

10. male of Common Shelduck

11. Isabelline Shrike

12. Little Grebe in breeding plumage

13. Pied Avocet

14. Red-crested Pochard

15. Bluethroat

16. Siberian Stonechat

17. Eurasian Curlew

18. Black-tailed Godwit

19. Ruddy Shelduck

20. Pygmy Cormorant perhaps nest in Sorbulak

21. White-headed Duck