List of species noted on a coach trip to Hopfgarten in the Tyrol, June 15-23.
In the village and up the Hohe Salve mountain( approx 6000 feet, so not high enough for true alpine species):
Black Redstarts House Sparrows Tree Sparrow 1 Blackbirds Blackcaps Swifts Fieldfare 1 White Wagtails Black Kites 2 Goshawk 1 Kestrel 1 Common Buzzard 1 Peregrine 1 Crag Martin 2 Rock Thrush 1 Chaffinches Starlings Carrion Crows Wrens Swallows Greenfinches Goldcrests Crested Tit 1 Water Pipits Chiffchaffs Great-spotted Woodpecker Linnets Song Thrush 1 Robins Great Tits Blue Tits Yellowhammer 1
Innsbruck:
Common Redstart 1 singing near ski jump. Serin 1 singing in a park. Hobby 1 seen enroute
Salzburg:
Raven 1 enroute Black-headed Gulls Woodpigeons Goldeneye 1f on the river Salzac. Do they breed in Austria?
Enroute to Calais:
Red Kites Marsh Harriers 2 near Calais.
Plus Herring Gulls, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Kittiwakes and 4 Gannets seen from the ferry.