Best of the Baltic - Bird List - July 2019 Note: *Species are listed in order of first seeing them ** H = Heard Only July 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th Mute Swan Cygnus olor X X X X X X X X Whopper Swan Cygnus cygnus X X X X Greylag Goose Anser anser X X X X X Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis X X X Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula X X X X Common Eider Somateria mollissima X X X X X X X X Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula X X X X X X Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator X X X X X Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo X X X X X X X X X X Grey Heron Ardea cinerea X X X X X X X X X Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus X X X X White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla X X X X Eurasian Coot Fulica atra X X X X X X X X Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus X X X X X X X Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus X X X X X X X X X X X X European Herring Gull Larus argentatus X X X X X X X X X X X X Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus X X X X X X X X X X X X Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus X X X X X X X X X X X X Common/Mew Gull Larus canus X X X X X X X X X X X X Common Tern Sterna hirundo X X X X X X X X X X X X Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea X X X X X X X Feral Pigeon ( Rock) Columba livia X X X X X X X X X X X X Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus X X X X X X X X X X X Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto X X X Common Swift Apus apus X X X X X X X X X X X X Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica X X X X X X X X X X X Common House Martin Delichon urbicum X X X X X X X X White Wagtail Motacilla alba X X X X X X X X X X X X Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe X X European Robin Erithacus rubecula X X X X X X Common Blackbird Turdus merula X X X X X X X X X X X Eurasian Magpie Pica pica X X X X X X X X X X Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula X X X X X X X X X X X X Hooded Crow Corvus cornix X X X X X X X X X X X X Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris X X X X X X X X X X X House Sparrow Passer domesticus X X X X X X X X X X X X Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs X X X X X X X X X European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis X X X X X X X X X X X Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus X Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis X Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope X X Northern Pintail Anas acuta X Gadwall Mareca strepera X X Mallard Anas platyrhynchos X X X X X X X X X X X Eurasian Teal Anas crecca X X X X Western Osprey Pandion haliaetus X X Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula X X X X Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus X X X X Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia X X X X Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola X X X Stock Dove Columba oenas X X Dunnock Prunella modularis X X Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis X X X X Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis X X X Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus X X Eurasian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus X X X X X X Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla X X X X X Garden Warbler Sylvia borin X X X X X Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus X X X X X X X Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus X X X Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus X X X X X X X X X Great Tit Parus major X X X X X X X X X X European Greenfinch Chloris chloris X X X Common Linnet Linaria cannabina X X X X X Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus X X X X Canada Goose Branta canadensis X X Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus X X Common Merganser/ X X X X Mergus merganser Goosander Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus X X X X X X Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata X Ruff Calidris pugnax X X Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos X X Common Redshank Tringa totanus X X X X Razorbill Alca torda X X X Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle X Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia X Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major X X X Coal Tit Periparus ater X X Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris X X Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes X X X X X X X Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix X X X Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata X X X European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca X X Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus X X Song Thrush Turdus philomelos X X X X Redwing Turdus iliacus X Fieldfare Turdus pilaris X X X X X Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus X X Sand Martin/Bank Swallow Riparia riparia X X X X Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus X X X X European Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus X X Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus X Parasitic Jaeger/Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus X Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis X X X X Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea X X X Northern Shelduck Tadorna tadorna X X X X X X X Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio X X X X Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina X X Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoria X Water Rail Rallus aquaticus X Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella X X X X Common Scoter Melanitta nigra X Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita X X X X Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo X X Common Crane Grus grus X X X Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula H Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocoptes medius X Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus H Great Egret Ardea alba X Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes X X X Common Buzzard Buteo buteo X X X X X Goldcrest Regulus regulus X Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus X X X Whinchat Saxicola rubetra X Common Murre/Guillemot Uria aalge X Arctic/Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica X Rook Corvus frugilegus X X Northern Raven Corvus corax X X X X Little Tern Sternula albifrons X X X White Stork Ciconia ciconia X X Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava X Black Tern Chlidonias niger X Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus X Red Kite Milvus milvus X Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis X Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata X Common Pochard Aythya ferina X Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago X Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus H Marsh Tit Poecile palustris H Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica X Little Stint Calidris minuta X Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea X Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius X Notes - Species listed in order of first seeing or hearing them - Using the IOC Bird List version 9.2 (June 2019) - List includes all species seen on the day of Embarkation to the MS Serenissima Itinerary 6th July - Stockholm 7th July - Raisionlahti Park, Turku (Finland) 8th July - Espoo Park, Helsinki (Finland) 9th & 10th July - Saint Petersburg (Russia) 11th July Paljassaare Nature Reserve, Tallinn (Estonia) 12th July Tallinn (Estonia) 13th July Various sites including Kemeri National Park, Riga (Latvia) 14th July Various Sites including Museum Lars Jonsson - Visby (Sweden) 15th July - Vente Cape, including the Bird Banding Station, Klaipeda (Lithuania) 16th July - Ptasi Raj Nature Reserve on Sobieszewo Island, Gdansk (Poland) 17th July - Various Sites, Bornholm (Denmark).