Those who look for an interesting wintering birds watching and photographing location should visit the Oder Delta.
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Spot and photograph wintering birds and white-tailed eagles
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Feel a peaceful atmosphere, space and silence
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Stay three nights
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Local guides and individual approach to each guest
Winter time is special in the Oder Delta.
The White-tailed eagles’ monitoring shows around two hundreds of individuals wintering on the Polish side of the area instead of breeding one. White-tailed eagles usually target water-based birds as prey. The mid-Winter is the breeding season of White-tailed eagle. The breeding season is characterised by frequent loud calling, especially by the male in the vicinity, sometimes taking the form of a duet between the pair.
In Winter you can find among other, such species as: White-tailed eagles, Smew, Common merganser, Tufted duck, Golden eye, Great egret, Grey heron, Whooper swan, Wigeon, Common coot, Bean goose, Greater white-fronted gooseLong-tailed duck, Common scoter, and such more in the region. The Oder Delta is known for its importance as a wintering site for Smew and Scaup .
In February and March there is a massive return of birds from their wintering areas some of them return earlier like: Northern lapwing, Common crane, Skylark, Greylag goose, Golden plover, Red kite. March-April are by far the best months for spotting woodpeckers.
Usually January and February are much more reliable regarding snow and low temperatures, but there is not so much snow here.
Proposed plan of the visit:
Day 1
Arrival to accommodation in the village located in the Oder Delta. You will meet your guide and talk about attractive fauna of the Oder Delta.
Day 2 and Day 3
In the morning a guide will lead you to check hot spots of a wintering birds by 4×4 car. If you want to see some less-common bird species then it’s worth travelling slightly further afield to find them in their natural habitats or stay in the hides for a while. Guiding trip will take aroud four hours, if you prefere stay in the hide, you can use it even whole day.
Individual approach of our guides and making photos of birdlife in their natural environment will hopefully give you a satisfaction, as well as have a fun cause to be around real nature.
Day 4
It will be a free time to use at your leisure, go for a walk, look around for wildlife, birdlife, experience beauty of sunrise or just chill out.
The schedule may change depends on weather conditions.
- From 750 EUR for the visit per one person (if there are 3 participants);
- The Safari is available for 1 – 3 participants
- Ask for more details
Bookable:
From Mid of November to Mid of March
Booking
For booking and further details please contact us
ACCOMMODATION
The cosy, rural guesthouse is located in the heart of the Oder Delta Poland in a small village Kopice.
There are two double rooms with seperate bathrooms, dinning room with a kitchenette and a fridge, coffee maker and electric kettle in the guesthouse. Your host takes dirty dishes to the dishwasher. In the front of the guesthouse is a wild garden with feeding or drinking sites for birds. There are many spiecies of birds you can spot around the accommodation like: Wryneck, Hoopoe, Golden oriole, Black woodpecker, Green woodpecker, Red-backed shrike, Black Redstart, Redstart, Robin, Yellow hammer, Winchat, Stonechat, White stork, Red kite, Black kite, White-tailed eagle, Crane and such more. In spite of the birds you can find: lizard, butterflies, dragonflies, mammals like: Fox, Badger, Wildboar, Red deer, Roe deer closeby. There is a campfire in the garden and a dark sky in the night. Watching stars with hearing owls is possible in the garden.
ADDRESS:
Oder Delta Safaris
Kopice 16
72-112 Stepnica, Poland