Site Report: Lake Teletskoye, Russia
Altai, Lake Teletskoe
Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)
Spotted Nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes)
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) Female
Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus)
Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla)
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba) Male, Central Asia Form
Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius) Juvenile
Eurasian Tree-Creeper (Certhia familiaris)
Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
Oriental Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia orientalis)
Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
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Altai, Lake Teletskoe
Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)
Spotted Nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes)
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) Female
Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus)
Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla)
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba) Male, Central Asia Form
Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius) Juvenile
Eurasian Tree-Creeper (Certhia familiaris)
Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
Oriental Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia orientalis)
Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
A long fjord-like lake in the Altai region of Russia. The water is very cold and clear, and the lake is surrounded by steep forested hills.
Visits
- 2008-08-04: None
- 2008-08-05: This includes three nights at the lake including walks in the nearby forest and a boat trip on the lake itself.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (17 records,
12 images)
Phylum: Chordates
(17 records,
12 images)
Class: Birds
(17 records,
12 images)
- Order: Anseriformes
(1 record)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(1 record)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Oriental Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia orientalis)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
- Order: Perching Birds
(12 records)
- Family: Dippers
- White-throated Dipper (Cinclus cinclus)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Northern Nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes)
- Family: Nuthatches
- Eurasian Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Lesser Whitethroat (Curruca curruca)
- Family: Shrikes
- Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus)
- Family: Swallows
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
- Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
- Family: Treecreepers
- Eurasian Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- Gray Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
- Western Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
- White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Plovers
- Little Ringed Plover (Thinornis dubius)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Puffbirds
(1 record)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla)