ESTONIA MAY 2016 – TRIP LIST 9th May: Tallinn Bay and Paljassaare peninsula 10th May: Paldiski, Nova, Spithami, Dirhami, Poosapea peninsula, Sutlepa Meri, Haapsalu, Vonnu, Matsalu National Park (Pogari-Sassi and Puise) 11th May: Matsalu National Park (Pogari-Sassi, Haeska, Rannajoe, Kloostri, Penijoe and Keemu), evening Beaver watching trip on Kasari river and delta from Penijoe 12th May: Matsalu National Park (Rannajoe), Tuhu Soo, Puhtilaid peninsula, Virtsu to Kuivastu ferry (Saaremaa island), Kübassaare peninsula 13th May: Sõrve peninsula, Kuivastu > Virtsu ferry, Audru polder 14th May: Audru polder, Soomaa National Park (Toramaa and Kildu road) 15th May: Soomaa National Park (Kildu road and Toramaa), Pikla, Häädemeeste 16th May: Nigula Nature Reserve, Valguta polder 17th May: Aardla polder, Ilmatsalu, Karavere slid 18th May: Taevaskoja, Mehikoorma (Lake Peipus), Ilmatsalu, Aardla polder 19th May: Alam Pedja Nature Reserve, Endla Nature Reserve, Lahemaa National Park 20th May: Lahemaa National Park 21st May: Tallinn Bold = species not seen before i.e. “lifers” Italics = other notable species i.e. birds seen before either as a single UK vagrant or on a few occasions in the UK plus birds seen before elsewhere in Europe (Italics) = heard only 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 1 Red-throated Diver 5 5 2 Black-throated Diver 3 Diver sp. 1 3 Great Crested Grebe 2 c.15 5 2 9 7 1 4 Red-necked Grebe 1 5 3 1 5 Slavonian Grebe 4 6 Cormorant c.70 c.30 ++++ 3 5 7 (Bittern) (1) (1) (4) (1) (2) (2) (2) (1) 8 Little Egret c.15 9 Great White Egret 9 8 1 3 10 Grey Heron 2 c.20 c.45 4 c.15 13 c.15 3 4 7 2 1 11 White Stork 3 2 1 4 6 13 42 22 15 9 4 12 Mute Swan 5 c.320 c.125 13 c.40 c.15 37 10 8 2 c.35 24 13 Whooper Swan 1 4 2 14 White-fronted Goose c.20 ++++ 15 Greylag Goose 12 13 3 2 16 Barnacle Goose +++++ +++++ c.15 17 Shelduck 7 2 24 4 4 18 Wigeon 2 2 19 Gadwall 2 1 2 12 3 2 15 3 20 Teal 6 4 21 Mallard 4 12 c.15 5 c.110 c.10 21 6 c.20 9 c.40 c.10 22 Shoveler 1 1 2 c.15 1 4 4 23 Garganey 4 1 5 3 24 Common Pochard 5 15 25 Tufted Duck c.150 c.20 c.50 +++ 5 1 c.15 c.10 c.20 26 Scaup +++++ +++++ +++ ++ 27 Eider c.30 2 c.50 2 28 Long-tailed Duck +++++ +++++ +++ + 29 Common Scoter +++++ +++++ 16 30 Velvet Scoter 1 31 Goldeneye 7 +++ c.30 13 16 8 5 c.60 c.40 32 Smew 1 33 Red-breasted Merganser 3 2 6 34 Goosander 5 2 6 5 16 21 35 Lesser Spotted Eagle 1 1 1 3 36 White-tailed Eagle 4 15 1 2 4 1 37 Golden Eagle 1 38 Marsh Harrier 1 10 1 2 2 3 39 Montagu's Harrier 2 2 40 Sparrowhawk 1 1 1 1 41 Common Buzzard 1 3 2 1 1 2 5 3 1 1 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 42 Osprey 1 43 Kestrel 2 44 Hazel Grouse 3 45 Black Grouse 9+(✓) (✓) (✓) 46 Quail (1) 47 (Corncrake) (1) (4) (14) (2) (2) 48 Moorhen 1 (1) 49 Coot c.10 c.50 4 c.20 5 c.10 5 50 Crane c.135 21 6 1 5 8 4 4 51 Oystercatcher 1 5 4 9 1 1 52 Avocet 3 53 Little Ringed Plover 2 54 Ringed Plover c.10 c.15 c.20 55 Grey Plover 4 56 Lapwing c.30 + 12 c.40 12 c.40 13 c.35 10 12 3 57 Dunlin 8 58 Ruff +++ 7 6 59 Common Snipe 1 2 4 3+(2) 2 60 Black-tailed Godwit 4 2 2 61 Curlew 2 1 2 1 62 Common Redshank c.20 +++ 2 c.15 63 Greenshank 1 1 64 Spotted Redshank 2 65 Green Sandpiper 2 1 2 66 Wood Sandpiper 1 +++ 3 3 3 67 Common Sandpiper 10 1 2 68 Little Gull c.100 c.10 c.5 69 Black-headed Gull ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 70 Common Gull ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 71 Baltic Gull 2 1 72 Herring Gull ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 73 Yellow-legged Gull ✓ 74 Great Black-backed Gull ✓ ✓ ✓ 75 Caspian Tern 1 2 76 Common Tern + + ++ + + 1 c.15 1 c.15 77 Arctic Tern 2 + + + 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 78 Black Tern c.20 c.10 79 Black Guillemot 4 80 Woodpigeon 9 3 7 41 2 4 6 2 81 Collared Dove 2 82 Turtle Dove (2) 83 Cuckoo (1) (4) (1) 2+(8) 1 1+(3) (10) (4) (2) 1+(3) 1+(5) (4) 84 Swift 4 c.20 c.40 11 1 2 c.20 85 Wryneck 1 (1) 1 86 Black Woodpecker 1 1 1 87 Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 2 1 1 1 1 Woodpecker sp. (2) (2) (2) (1) (1) (1) (2) 88 Skylark ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 89 Sand Martin c.15 90 Swallow ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 91 House Martin ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 92 Tree Pipit 3 2+(1) 1 2 3+(1) 3 3 (1) 93 Meadow Pipit ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 94 Yellow Wagtail 3 95 Blue-headed Wagtail c.20 8 3 c.15 2 3 4 2 96 Grey-headed Wagtail 1 97 Citrine Wagtail 7 2 98 White Wagtail ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 99 Grey Wagtail 100 (Wren) (1) (2) (1) 101 Dunnock 1 (1) (1) (1) 1 102 Robin (1) (2) 1+(1) (1) 1+(1) 103 Bluethroat 1 104 Common Redstart 1 1+(1) 1 1+(1) 1+(1) 3 105 Thrush Nightingale 1+(4) (2) (3) (4) 1+(9) (1) 1+(12) (3) 1+(6) 106 Whinchat 2 7 8 3 10 3 19 1 107 Wheatear 1 16 4 7 5 1 3 1 1 1 108 Blackbird ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 109 Fieldfare 5 14 2 1 5 3 6 2 9 c.10 c.10 c.20 110 Song Thrush 1 2 (1) (1) (1) 2 2 111 Redwing 1+(1) 1 1 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 112 Mistle Thrush 1 3 1 113 Grasshopper Warbler 1+(1) 5+(1) (1) 114 River Warbler (2) (1) 1 1 115 Savi’s Warbler 1+(1) (c.10) 2+(2) 116 Sedge Warbler 1 1 7 2+(4) (1) 4+(+) (1) (1) 117 Blyth’s Reed Warbler 1+(1) (1) 1 118 Marsh Warbler 2 119 Reed Warbler (✓) 1 120 Great Reed Warbler (1) (1) 3 (1) 121 Icterine Warbler 2 (1) 1+(1) 1+(3) 1 (2) 122 Barred Warbler 1 123 Lesser Whitethroat 4+(1) 1+(1) 1+(3) (1) (1) 2 (1) 124 Common Whitethroat 4 1+(1) 3 2 1 5+(1) (1) 10 4 4 1 125 Garden Warbler 1 (1) 1+(2) 126 Blackcap (1) 3+(✓) (1) (1) 1+(2) (1) (2) 1+(1) 127 Wood Warbler (1) 1+(2) (3) (c.25) 1+(6) (1) 3+(7) 1+(12) 1+(2) 128 Chiffchaff (✓) ✓ (✓) 1+(✓) (✓) (✓) (✓) 3+(✓) (✓) (✓) (✓) 2+(✓) 129 Willow Warbler (✓) (✓) (✓) 2+(✓) 1+(✓) (✓) (✓) 1+(✓) 1+(✓) (✓) (✓) 130 Goldcrest (1) (1) (1) (1) 1 (1) (2) 131 Spotted Flycatcher 2 6 1 2 3 1 132 Red-breasted Flycatcher (1) 1+(1) (1) (3) (4) 1 (4) (2) 133 Pied Flycatcher 1 1+(1) 3 2+(1) 4+(1) (1) 134 Bearded Tit 2 135 Crested Tit 1 136 Coal Tit (1) (1) 137 Blue Tit ✓ (✓) ✓ ✓ 138 Great Tit (✓) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ (✓) (✓) ✓ ✓ (✓) (✓) ✓ 139 Nuthatch 2 1 1 2 1 140 Penduline Tit 1 1+(3) 141 Golden Oriole (1) (1) (1) (1) 142 Red-backed Shrike 1 1 1 1 143 Magpie ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 144 Jay 1 2 1 2 2 2 145 Jackdaw ✓ ✓ c.60 c.30 c.15 146 Rook 5 c.20 5 6 c.30 147 Hooded Crow ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 148 Raven 1 6 2 1+(1) c.30 4+(1) 3 149 Starling ✓ 150 House Sparrow ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 151 Chaffinch (✓) ✓ ✓ ✓ (✓) ✓ ✓ ✓ (✓) ✓ ✓ ✓ 152 Greenfinch 1 1 1 1 153 Goldfinch ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 154 Siskin 2 2 1 2 155 Linnet 7 2 2 7 1 156 Common Rosefinch 1 (1) 2+(3) 4+(3) 4+(1) (5) 3+(3) 3+(1) (2) 157 Bullfinch 1 2 2 1 158 Hawfinch 1 3 159 Yellowhammer (1) 4 5 1+(4) 1+(1) 3 5 (1) 1+(1) 1+(1) 1 160 Reed Bunting 3 2 5 3 4 2 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 1 Beaver 8 2 Elk 4 2 3 Pine Marten 1 4 Red Squirrel 1 5 Atlantic Grey Seal 1 6 Roe Deer 1 3 4 1 1 5 1 3 7 Brown Hare 1 1 4 8 Fox 1 1 2 1 1 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 1 Marsh Frog c.10 .