Birds of Albania
The birds of Albania includes a total of 353 species. Full list here
Birdwatching and Wildlife Holidays in Montenegro and Albania
A new and imaginative itinerary visiting Europe’s newest nation, Montenegro, and one of its most mysterious: Albania. We’ll birdwatch amongst the area’s rich wetlands, its conifer-clad mountains, the fjords of the Adriatic coast and islands, starting and ending the tour in the wonderful old walled city of Dubrovnik.
Birdwatching Trip Report from Albania
Latin. A dead language you say. I agree, except in one key area: – bird names. So why did I spend a couple of happy days in Albanian wetlands speaking Latin? The European Commission, or more specifically a friend who works for the Delegation of the European Commission and knowing my interest in wildlife phoned up Taulant Bino, a man who has the privilege of being Albania’s only professional ornithologist; and I do mean only. Taulant does speak good English (and French) but his colleague had none at all, and I have no Albanian. Hence the Latin, which he had in abundance and I have in parts. So when I looked up to the sky I had to ignore the Red-footed Falcon and instead see Falco vespertinus.
