May 2022Last update 01.06.2022. at 07:37:09
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| 24.05.2022. Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus) 1 at Orenisi - Drabaki fish ponds; Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus) 1; Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis) 2 at Zvejsala - Lodani fish ponds, Rezekne county (C.McQuillan, Ed.O`Hara). European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) 5 migrating at Kolka, Talsi county (A.Klepers). |
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| 23.05.2022. Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus) 2 at Bale quarry, Valmiera county (A.Klepers). Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus) 1 ad M migrating at Kolka, Talsi county (C.McQuillan, Ed.O`Hara). |
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| 22.05.2022. Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 1 shortly at Engure lake, Tukums county (I.Mardega et al.). Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) 1 (4cy?) with Great Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo to N at Mersrags, Talsi county (Rare Bird Alert group/E.Smislovs et al.). Presumed the same as on 08.05.2022. at Daugavgriva, Riga (E.Smislovs, A.Arnicans). |
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| 21.05.2022. Eurasian Dotterel (Charadrius morinellus) 4 (1 F, 1 M, & likely 2 2cy) at Kirpeni surroundings, Dobele county (A.Naudzius). 17th record for Latvia. |
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| 20.05.2022. Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida) 5 migrating at Kanieris lake, Tukums county (C.McQuillan, Ed.O`Hara). |
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| 15.05.2022. Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus) 1 F & 2 MM; White-winged Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus) 4 foraging over Skuku lake, Augšdaugava county (A.Klepers). Red-throated Pipit (Anthus cervinus) 1 at Svete river floodplain fields, Jelgava county (Rare Bird Alert group/E.Smislovs). |
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| 14.05.2022. NEW SPECIES FOR LATVIA!!! Black Scoter (Melanitta americana) 1 M photographed at Engure seaside, Tukums county (Rare Bird Alert group/A.Kums). |
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| 11.05.2022. White-winged Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus) >27 migrating at Orenisi - Drabaki fish ponds, Rezekne county (K.Millers). |
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| 10.05.2022. Great Northern Loon (Gavia immer) 1 ad to N at Kolka Cape, Talsi county (E. & V.Smislovs, G.Grandans, K.Funts). 3rd record for Latvia. White-winged Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus) 2 at Darzini distributary, Salaspils county (I.Gaile). |
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| 08.05.2022. Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) 1 (4cy?) with Great Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo to NE at Daugavgriva, Riga (E.Smislovs, A.Arnicans). 5th record for Latvia. Citrine Wagtail (Motacilla citreola) 1 M at Mersrags coastal meadows, Talsi county (M.Kilups, I.Brediks). |
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| 07.05.2022. Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) 1 M at Vidale surroundings, Talsi county (M.Kilups). |
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| 06.05.2022. Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) 2 migrating N at Kolka Cape, Talsi county (A.Klepers). Carrion Crow (Corvus corone) 1 at Kolka Cape, Talsi county (A.Klepers et al.). Present since 30.04.2022. (K.Millers, I.Grinerte). |
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| 05.05.2022. Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus) 1 M at Kolka stadium, Talsi county (A.Klepers). On 01.05.2022. 1 M at Kolka harbor surroundings (I.Grinerte et al.), 1 F/2cy at Kolka stadium (I.Grinerte) Talsi county. Citrine Wagtail (Motacilla citreola) 1 migrating at Kolka, Talsi county (A.Klepers). |
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| 04.05.2022. Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) 2 migrating at Kolka Cape, Talsi county (A.Klepers). |
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| 03.05.2022. Collared Flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis) 1 M at Kviesu str., Liepaja (S.Berzina/reported by A.Celmins). 19th record for Latvia. |
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| 01.05.2022. Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina) 3 MM at Kanieris lake, Tukums county (A.Klepers, E.Hilmane). Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) 1 ad at Mersrags, Talsi county (K.Millers, I.Brediks). Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus) 2 (1 + 1) flushed at Mersrags coastal meadows, Talsi county (I.Brediks). Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) 1 flushed at Mersrags coastal meadow, Talsi county (K.Millers, I.Grinerte, I.Brediks). Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus) 1 M at Kolka harbor surroundings (I.Grinerte et al.), 1 F/2cy at Kolka stadium (I.Grinerte) Talsi county. |
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