Birdwatching in Slovakia
A number of valuable forested areas in wider surroundings of Zvolen town and in Polana Biosphere Reserve offer refuge to many rare species of birds.
Highlights of the trip
Eurasian nightjar
Caprimulgus europaeus
Black woodpecker
Dryocopus martius
Eurasian eagle-owl
Bubo bubo
Great crested grebe
Podiceps cristatus
Ferruginous duck
Aythya nyroca
Hoopoe
Upupa epops
Red crossbill
Loxia curvirostra