Hardcore Birder
8 DAYS TRIP ALPS
Preferred Period: mid-April – mid-June
O/Night Accommodation: 4-star city hotel.
Transfer early to Valbone via ferry boat and birding in lake Koman for Birds of prey, Goosander, Cormorants and Gulls. Lunch in the boat. Afternoon birding hike to see Larks, Swallows and Martins, Wagtails and Pipits, Dippers, Wrens, Accentors, Thrushes, Old World warblers, Old World flycatchers, Nuthatches, Treecreepers Shrikes, Crows, Starlings, Buntings, Siskins etc.
O/Night Accommodation: Rural homestay, pension or small family run hotel – Valbone/Dragobi.
Full day birding hike in Valbona: Morning hike towards Maja e Gjarprit and afternoon hike towards Stanet e Milloshit with potentials for Capercaille, Hazel Grouse, Rock Partridge, Grey Partridge, Golden Eagle, Peregrine Falcon, Goshawk, Pigeons, Cuckoo, Owls, Nightjar, Woodpeckers, Larks, Wagtails, Dipper, Accentors, Wheatears, Thrushes, Warblers, Tits, Nuthatches and potentially Wallcreepers.
O/Night Accommodation: Rural homestay, pension or small family run hotel – Thethi
Hiking to see Northern Goshawk, Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Golden Eagle, Common Buzzard, Short-toed Snake-Eagle, Pallid Harrier, Bonelli's Eagle, Booted Eagle, Merlin, Common Kestrel, Peregrine Falcon, Eurasian Hobby etc. Picnic lunch stop in Valbona pass. Evening optional and cultural visits in Thethi.
O/Night Accommodation: Rural homestay, pension or small family run hotel – Thethi
With a visit to the unique stone steppe habitat near Koplik. Very few areas in Europe can be compared with the steppe areas connected with Lake Skadar. The Albania lake landscape offers a uniquely wide view over the steppe plain called Fostopoja. Gravel originating from the mountains spreads out right to the shores of Lake Skadar between Koplik and Bajsha forming a stone steppe. The recent observation of a Little Bustard (Tetrax tetrax), is one of the key indicators for such steppe areas in Europe. The habitat inside the Lake Skadar Ramsar Site and along the road to Theth from the town of Koplik is an impressive example and perhaps the best preserved habitat of this kind in Europe. After a lunch stop close to Koplik we continue to Lake Skadar for a sunset birding visit. Lunch at the shore of lake Shkoder.
O/Night Accommodation: Rural homestay, pension or small family run hotel – Lake Shkoder.
Picnic breakfast in the riparian forest of Velipoja for Finches, Black Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Syrian Woodpeckers, Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers, breeding waterbirds and shorebirds including Ferruginous Duck and Terns. Lunch at lake Shkoder and afternoon kayaking for Dalmatian Pelican, Whiskered Terns, Grebes and Pygmy Cormorants that use the entire Lake as breeding and feeding site.
O/Night Accommodation: Pension or small family run hotel – Lake Shkoder.
Departure to Vermosh for birds of prey and passerines including the Golden Eagle, Goshawk, Peregerine Falcon, Hobby, Thrushes, Alpine Accentor, Stonechat, Whinchat, Thrushes, Coughes etc. Picnic lunch in Vermosh.
O/Night Accommodation: Rural homestay, pension or small family run hotel – Vermosh.
Morning trip in Vermosh for songbirds, woodpeckers, birds of prey etc. Lunch in Vermosh. Afternoon trip to Tirana with short stop in Fostopoja plain and Shkoder lake.
O/Night Accommodation: Private apartments, pension or small family run boutique hotel – Tirana
Transfer according to your time.
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3200 Euro / Group
1 - 3 People * Transport in 4+1 car
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4 - 7 People * Transport in 7+1 minivan
800 Euro / Person
8 - 14 People * Transport in 16 + 1 minibus
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