Austria this summer & hope to see some birds (1 Viewer)

[moose1991]

For our family camping holiday this year we are hoping to go to Austria.
Looking at a campsite at Zell am See.
Planning to visit Krimml Wasserfall , Sigmund Thun Klamm , the Kaprun Reservoirs & the Kitzlochklamm amongst other places.
It would be a family holiday not a pure birding holiday but it'd still be nice to keep my eye out.
Are these good places to go to see Wallcreeper ?
I'd also like to see Nutcracker .
Any hints would be welcome.
Cheers.

 

[MJB]

For our family camping holiday this year we are hoping to go to Austria.
Looking at a campsite at Zell am See.
Planning to visit Krimml Wasserfall , Sigmund Thun Klamm , the Kaprun Reservoirs & the Kitzlochklamm amongst other places.
It would be a family holiday not a pure birding holiday but it'd still be nice to keep my eye out.
Are these good places to go to see Wallcreeper ?
I'd also like to see Nutcracker .
Any hints would be welcome.
Cheers.

Zell am See is brilliant for a family holiday. Not too far away should be some Citril Finch sites. If you go to the BirdLife Austria website, English version, you should find a contact e-mail for enquiries.
MJB

 

[Merlin]

Moose,

From Zell am See you can easily do the Grossglockner, no only is it amazing it is good for Ptarmigan, Snow Finch, Rock Thrush, Citril Finch, Alpine Swift, Crossbill and many others.

regards

Merlin

 

[moose1991]

Thanks for your replies cheers.
Grossglockner is a must do too, I forgot to put it on list.

 

[Dale Forbes]

For our family camping holiday this year we are hoping to go to Austria.
Looking at a campsite at Zell am See.
Planning to visit Krimml Wasserfall , Sigmund Thun Klamm , the Kaprun Reservoirs & the Kitzlochklamm amongst other places.
It would be a family holiday not a pure birding holiday but it'd still be nice to keep my eye out.
Are these good places to go to see Wallcreeper ?
I'd also like to see Nutcracker .
Any hints would be welcome.
Cheers.

Nuthatch should be dead easy - just head up for the tree-line anywhere in the area and listen for them calling. Großglickner should be a good bet for them.

Most of our wallcreepers seem to breed in June, so checking any narrow gorges or wet-waterfally cliffs is a good place to start. Unfortunately, I do not know the area, but maybe google earth and asking around in the area will help you find possible areas. Once you are in the right habitat, it just takes patience and luck. They are typically silent and surprisingly easy to overlook.
From the photos I could find online, the Sigmund Thun Klamm looks ideal for them so I wish you luck :t:

If you want to be sure of Bonelli's Warbler, you are going to want to find a sunny south facing slope dominated by fur/pine trees (as opposed to Spruce).

Happy birding,
Dale

 

[moose1991]

thanks Dale,
Wallcreeper, I hope all the tourist don't scare them away.

 

[albatross02]

Hello,

not far from Zell am See is located valley Kruml Tal near Rauris, which is in the late summer a top place for Barded Vulture and Gansegeier.
Of course also for Golden Eagle.
Krumltal should be also possible for Wallcreeper.
But I have been 3 x there, and so never this bird there.

I saw only 3 ( twice in Dolimites - Schlern, once in Tirol ) in my life even though I am almost every weekend in the mountains in the last 5 years.

Early in the summer, best ask
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Buy the way, if there is bad weather in this area, ask for weather in East Tirol.
You have to drive through Felber Tauern Tunnel ( 10 Euro one direction ).
Very unspoilt area, I prefer valley Defereggental.
There is also National Park Hohe Tauern ( it belongs to 3 federal countries, Salzburger Land, Osttirol, Kaernten ).


Best regards
Dieter

 

[Vipers]

Hi Moose. Have a read of this it may be of some use. http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=36557

 

[moose1991]

Hi Moose. Have a read of this it may be of some use. http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=36557

Cheers Gary, thanks for that.
Glad to see you saw Nutcracker at Krimml, hope I do too.

Thanks Dieter for your post as well.