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Bird watching tours near Riga

     
Hostelling Latvia’s ornithology amateurs organize different bird watching excursions according to guests’ interests. The surroundings of Jurmala are ideal for watching water birds in Kanieris Lake, the Sloka Lake and the seacoast of the Riga Beach  - Ducks, the Cormoran colony, Swans, Grebe, Grey and White herons, etc. The woodpecker area is also on the way in the wet woods. Meadows and grain fields are the perfect feeding place for White stork, Crane, Lapwings, Kite, and Buzzards. Very seldom the Black stork (Ciconia nigra), White tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla), Spotted eagle (Aquila clanga) are visible in the quieter corners of the Kemeri National Park.


For more information and bookings call +371 29218560 or send e-mail: dotrips@gmail.com

 

Birding time for some species

Sp.

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

X

XI

XII

Glaucidium passerinum

X*

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Dryocopus martius

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Dendrocopos leucotos

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Larus argentatus

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Tadorna tadorna

 

 

/

X

X

X

X

X

/

 

 

 

Ardea cinerea

 

 

/

X

X

X

X

X

/

 

 

 

Egretta alba

 

 

/

X

X

X

X

X

X

/

 

 

Cygnus cygnus

 

 

X

X

 

 

 

 

 

X

X

/

Charadrius dubius

 

 

 

/

X

X

X

X

/

 

 

 

Phalacrocorax carbo

 

 

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

/

 

 

Cinclus cinclus

X

/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/

X

X

Heliaetus albicilla

X

X

/

/

/

/

/

/

/

X

X

X

Motacilla alba

 

 

 

/

X

X

X

X

X

/

 

 

Ciconia nigra

 

 

/

X

X

X

X

X

X

/

 

 

Aquila pomarina

 

 

/

X

X

X

X

X

X

/

 

 

Circus aeruginosus

 

 

/

X

X

X

X

X

X

/

 

 

Pandion haliaetus

 

 

/

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

/

 

Coracias garullus

 

 

 

 

X

X

X

X

X

 

 

 

*X- credibly;  /-possibly