Urban Birding in Bratislava

[Tuesday, March 6, 2012]

I had to go to downtown Bratislava. I put spotting scope into my backpack and hoped there will be enough afternoon light to visit some interesting place. I was close to green island in the centre of the town. It is composed of public garden next to the Faculty of Medicine of Comenius University. Its name is "Medická záhrada".

Medická záhrada

Medická záhrada

The other part of that green island is old cemetery called "Ondrejský cintorín". Man can find there old trees, mixture of conifers and deciduous trees. It is real oasis for birds in the centre of Bratislava. 

Ondrejský cintorín

Ondrejský cintorín

Instead of words it is better to see what man can find in the lawns and trees of cemetery:

Greenfinch - Carduelis chloris

Greenfinch - Carduelis chloris

Chaffinch - Fringilla coelebs

House Sparrow - Passer domesticus

Great Tit - Parus major

Green Woodpecker - Picus viridis

Green Woodpecker - Picus viridis

Syrian Woodpecker - Dendrocopos syriacus

Song Thrush - Turdus philomelos

Blackbird - Turdus merula

Blackbird - Turdus merula with signs of leucism

List of observed bird species in area of cemetery:

Feral Pigeon (Columba livia f. domestica)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Syrian Woodpecker (Dendrocopos syriacus)
Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis)
Common Magpie (Pica pica)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
Great Tit (Parus major)
Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Greenfinch (Carduelis chloris)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)