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Good Reasons to Visit Romania
Pygmy Cormorant
Dalmatian Pelican
White Pelican
Red-breasted Goose
Ferruginous Duck
Levant Sparrowhawk
Collared Pratincole
Caspian Gull
Syrian Woodpecker
Rose-coloured Starling
Pied Wheatear
Olivaceous Warbler
Paddyfield Warbler
Sombre Tit
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Romania
Romania is a large country with some of the wildest forests and
mountains in Europe in Transylvania and Europe's greatest wetland, the
remarkable Danube Delta. Several visits are needed to do this country and
it's birds justice. It is still a rather undeveloped country though roads,
hotels etc are improving rapidly. Truth is, the bad press the country
often gets in the "west" is misleading. Visiting birders rarely
experience anything negative.
And the birds? Well, Transylvania has Wallcreepers, Ural and Tengmalm's
Owls, a good range of raptors and all of Europe's woodpeckers, but this is
a vast and often wild region (with Brown Bear, Wolf & Lynx) needing
time and probably a guide to get the best from it. In the Danube Delta
White and Dalmatian Pelicans, Pygmy Cormorants, Glossy Ibis and numerous
herons abound from spring to autumn. To the south the Dobrugea Plain and
the Black Sea coast is the home of 10s of 1000s of Red-breasted Geese and
White-fronted Geese in winter and Booted Eagle, Levant Sparrowhawk,
Long-legged Buzzard, Paddyfield Warbler, Sombre Tit and Pied Wheatear
amongst others from spring to summer: see Where to Watch Birds in Eastern
Europe.
Bucharest is the gateway for most international flights, though
charters land at the Black Sea resorts in summer and cities around the
country can be reached on domestic flights from the capital. All in all,
Romania is superb for a birding trip at any time of year.
PROBIRDER'S CLASSIC TOURS TO ROMANIA
We have been leading tours to Romania for over 20 years. Our
itineraries are now established as classics and include The Danube Delta
in Summer, Large Carnivores in Transylvania, Eastern Romania for Autumn
Migration and Winter for Red-breasted Geese, the latter the first of its
kind. The areas we explore include the Piatra Craiului National Park in
the Carpathians, home to Brown Bear, Wolf and Wallcreeper. Further east
the Macin National Park is superb for both breeding and passage raptors
and home to Pied and Isabelline Wheatears. The Dobrudja Plain and the
lagoons along the Black Sea coast has birds such as Levant Sparrowhawk,
Great Black-headed Gull, Paddyfield Warbler and Rose-coloured Starling. In
the Danube Delta we stay on comfortable house-boats, a concept devised by
Probirder which allows us to explore the very heart of this vast
wetland. Join us on a superb birding holiday experience in Romania!
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