Birds of prey near the Morava River

Sunday, March 2, 2014

bird walk V2

Public bird walk to Devínske jazero area, a regularly flooded site near the Morava River. The exact route will be therefore adapted to the actual water level. Walk will be focused on birds of prey (White-tailed Eagle, Red Kite, Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Northern Goshawk, Kestrel, Hen Harrier, Peregrine Falcon, Imperial Eagle), waterbird (ducks, herons) and birds of floodplain forest (woodpeckers, song birds).

Transport: together by train, possible to use your own car or a bicycle

Meeting place and time: the entrance hall of Bratislava main train station (Hlavná stanica), 8:00.

Departure from Bratislava at 8:16, possibility to entrain also at station Lamač at 8:24 or Devínska Nová Ves 8:31, we will get of in Devínske jazero at 8:35. Participants buy their tickets individually.

Return by train at 1:22 pm  from Devínske jazero. Arrival of the train to Bratislava main train station at 1:42 pm. It is possible to walk from Devínske jazero to Devínska Nová Ves (ca 5 km).

Participants interested in coming by own car can park at the “U starého bicykla” buffet, where we meet at 8:50. In case you´re coming with small children or less mobile participants, you can park also next to the military object at railway ramps. We will be there around 9:45. You will find a map here.

Trip length: 5 hours

Route and terrain: easy, terrain is plain, walk will be approx. 8 – 11 km long; good field shoes recommended due to the possibility of mud on the pathway

Participant fee optional. We provide binoculars, identification guide for determining birds and a spotting scope to the participants.

You can find more information on this area and birds we recorded in trip reports from our trips last year and Bird Day trip in year 2012 here.