Doroshevichi Lodge
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Country: Belarus
Region: Pripyatsky National Park
We speak: English, Русский
Location:
Belarus represents Europe’s last great wilderness. It hosts the greatest tracts of primeval forests and 83% of its area is pristine. Pripyatsky NP, situated close to the Ukraine border, 3-hours drive from the capital Minsk, is an utterly unique ecological zone. Central to the region is the Pripyat River, appropriately described as Amazon of Europe. During spring, flooding vast areas of grassland and forest are submerged in water. These collective features inevitably accommodate an immensely rich fauna. Spring wader passage features 120,000 Ruffs pausing to lek on exposed meadows, with a back-up cast of almost all migrating Arctic waders. Doroshevichi Lodge is also within easy striking distance of sites outside the national park, including the adjoining Turov meadows, Sporovo fen mires and Beloe fish-ponds, where Azure Tit, Terek Sandpiper, Great Snipe, Great Grey Owl, Spotted Eagle, Smew, Citrine Wagtail and Aquatic Warbler are among species to be found. In addition to birds a notable range of mammals occurs.Services:
Infrastructure for ecotourism in the park is of a very high standard, including all manner of transport: buses for transfers, 4WD vehicles to access forests, comfortable outboard-powered boats for exploration of the floodplain and even a large river cruiser. These may all be hired together with the services of drivers and professional boatmen who are familiar with the interests of birders and naturalists. The services of bird guides, including local ringers, may also be recruited. Within the national park a suitable itinerary would include walks along forest tracks and designated trails for encounters with woodland birds and mammals, a boat excursion around the floodplain for close views of waterfowl, nesting terns and waders - and indeed to experience the habitat. Visits to rural villages often serve up our first Azure Tit sightings, while vast areas framed by forest are prime hunting territories of raptors. Transfers to and from Minsk International Airport may be arranged through Doroshevichi Lodge.Guestrooms:
Quietly located by a bend in the Pripyat River, Doroshevichi Lodge is the perfect accommodation for visiting birders and naturalists. Being of timber construction and incorporating traditional Belarusian carved-design it sits harmoniously within the surrounding environs. It contains ten exceedingly comfortable en-suite rooms plus two large apartments, and has a spacious dining area ... the cuisine is utterly superb! There is also a lounge where after-dinner drinks may be enjoyed while attending to checklists and reviewing the programme ahead.
* Please note that the English bird names on this site follow the American terminology. If you can't find a species name, try searching by Family or latin name.
Status key: B = breeding species; RB - rare breeding; W = winter only; V - vagrant; RV = rare vagrant; TM - trans-migrant; In - introduced
Name |
Spring | Summer | Autumn | Winter | Name (lat) |
Family |
| White-tailed Eagle | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Haliaeetus albicilla | Accipitridae |
| Eurasian Sparrowhawk | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Accipiter nisus | Accipitridae |
| Eurasian Marsh-Harrier | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Circus aeruginosus | Accipitridae |
| Northern Harrier | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Circus cyaneus | Accipitridae |
| Montagu's Harrier | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Circus pygargus | Accipitridae |
| Short-toed Eagle | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Circaetus gallicus | Accipitridae |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Buteo lagopus | Accipitridae |
| Lesser Spotted Eagle | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Aquila pomarina | Accipitridae |
| Common Buzzard | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Buteo buteo | Accipitridae |
| Greater Spotted Eagle | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Aquila clanga | Accipitridae |
| Northern Goshawk | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Accipiter gentilis | Accipitridae |
| European Honey-buzzard | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Pernis apivorus | Accipitridae |
| Black Kite | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Milvus migrans | Accipitridae |
| Sedge Warbler | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | Acrocephalidae |
| Icterine Warbler | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Hippolais icterina | Acrocephalidae |
| Marsh Warbler | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Acrocephalus palustris | Acrocephalidae |
| Great Reed-Warbler | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Acrocephalus arundinaceus | Acrocephalidae |
| Eurasian Reed-Warbler | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | Acrocephalidae |
| Long-tailed Tit | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Aegithalos caudatus | Aegithalidae |
| Sky Lark | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Alauda arvensis | Alaudidae |
| Wood Lark | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Lullula arborea | Alaudidae |
| Common Kingfisher | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Alcedo atthis | Alcedinidae |
| Garganey | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Anas querquedula | Anatidae |
| Common Pochard | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Aythya ferina | Anatidae |
| Mallard | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Anas platyrhynchos | Anatidae |
| Northern Pintail | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Anas acuta | Anatidae |
| Greater Scaup | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Aythya marila | Anatidae |
| Common Goldeneye | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Bucephala clangula | Anatidae |
| Whooper Swan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Cygnus cygnus | Anatidae |
| Greater White-fronted Goose | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Anser albifrons | Anatidae |
| Mute Swan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Cygnus olor | Anatidae |
| Smew | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Mergellus albellus | Anatidae |
| Tundra Swan (rare) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cygnus columbianus | Anatidae |
| Taiga Bean-Goose | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Anser fabalis | Anatidae |
| Northern Shoveler | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Anas clypeata | Anatidae |
| Tufted Duck | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Aythya fuligula | Anatidae |
| Graylag Goose | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Anser anser | Anatidae |
| Eurasian Wigeon | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Anas penelope | Anatidae |
| Green-winged Teal | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Anas crecca | Anatidae |
| Common Swift | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Apus apus | Apodidae |
| Gray Heron | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Ardea cinerea | Ardeidae |
| Great Egret | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Ardea alba | Ardeidae |
| Great Bittern | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Botaurus stellaris | Ardeidae |
| Little Egret (rare) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Egretta garzetta | Ardeidae |
| Eurasian Nightjar | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Caprimulgus europaeus | Caprimulgidae |
| Eurasian Treecreeper | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Certhia familiaris | Certhiidae |
| Common Ringed Plover | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Charadrius hiaticula | Charadriidae |
| European Golden-Plover | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pluvialis apricaria | Charadriidae |
| Black-bellied Plover | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Pluvialis squatarola | Charadriidae |
| Northern Lapwing | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Vanellus vanellus | Charadriidae |
| White Stork | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Ciconia ciconia | Ciconiidae |
| Black Stork | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Ciconia nigra | Ciconiidae |
| Rock Pigeon | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Columba livia | Columbidae |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Streptopelia decaocto | Columbidae |
| Common Wood-Pigeon | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Columba palumbus | Columbidae |
| Eurasian Jackdaw | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Corvus monedula | Corvidae |
| Eurasian Jay | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Garrulus glandarius | Corvidae |
| Common Raven | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Corvus corax | Corvidae |
| Eurasian Nutcracker | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Nucifraga caryocatactes | Corvidae |
| Eurasian Magpie | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Pica pica | Corvidae |
| Common Cuckoo | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Cuculus canorus | Cuculidae |
| Reed Bunting | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Emberiza schoeniclus | Emberizidae |
| Corn Bunting (rare) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Emberiza calandra | Emberizidae |
| Eurasian Kestrel | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Falco tinnunculus | Falconidae |
| Eurasian Hobby | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Falco subbuteo | Falconidae |
| Merlin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Falco columbarius | Falconidae |
| Red Crossbill | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Loxia curvirostra | Fringillidae |
| Eurasian Siskin | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Spinus spinus | Fringillidae |
| European Serin | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Serinus serinus | Fringillidae |
| Hawfinch | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Coccothraustes coccothraustes | Fringillidae |
| Eurasian Linnet | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Carduelis cannabina | Fringillidae |
| White-winged Crossbill (rare) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Loxia leucoptera | Fringillidae |
| European Goldfinch | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Carduelis carduelis | Fringillidae |
| Common Chaffinch | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Fringilla coelebs | Fringillidae |
| Eurasian Bullfinch | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Pyrrhula pyrrhula | Fringillidae |
| Common Rosefinch | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Carpodacus erythrinus | Fringillidae |
| European Greenfinch | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Chloris chloris | Fringillidae |
| Common Crane | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Grus grus | Gruidae |
| Barn Swallow | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Hirundo rustica | Hirundinidae |
| Bank Swallow | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Riparia riparia | Hirundinidae |
| Common House-Martin | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Delichon urbicum | Hirundinidae |
| Northern Shrike | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Lanius excubitor | Laniidae |
| Red-backed Shrike | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Lanius collurio | Laniidae |
| Mew Gull | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Larus canus | Laridae |
| Black Tern | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Chlidonias niger | Laridae |
| Little Gull | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Hydrocoloeus minutus | Laridae |
| Whiskered Tern | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Chlidonias hybrida | Laridae |
| Common Tern | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Sterna hirundo | Laridae |
| Black-headed Gull | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | Laridae |
| White-winged Black Tern (rare) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chlidonias leucoptera | Laridae |
| Eurasian River Warbler | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Locustella fluviatilis | Locustellidae |
| Common Grasshopper-Warbler | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Locustella naevia | Locustellidae |
| Savi's Warbler | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Locustella luscinioides | Locustellidae |
| Citrine Wagtail | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Motacilla citreola | Motacillidae |
| Western Yellow Wagtail | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Motacilla flava | Motacillidae |
| Tree Pipit | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Anthus trivialis | Motacillidae |
| Meadow Pipit | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Anthus pratensis | Motacillidae |
| Tawny Pipit (rare) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Anthus campestris | Motacillidae |
| White Wagtail | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Motacilla alba | Motacillidae |
| Stonechat | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Saxicola torquatus | Muscicapidae |
| Collared Flycatcher | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Ficedula albicollis | Muscicapidae |
| Whinchat | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Saxicola rubetra | Muscicapidae |
| Thrush Nightingale | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Luscinia luscinia | Muscicapidae |
| European Robin | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Erithacus rubecula | Muscicapidae |
| Northern Wheatear | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Oenanthe oenanthe | Muscicapidae |
| Spotted Flycatcher | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Muscicapa striata | Muscicapidae |
| European Pied Flycatcher | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Ficedula hypoleuca | Muscicapidae |
| Black Redstart | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Phoenicurus ochruros | Muscicapidae |
| Red-breasted Flycatcher | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Ficedula parva | Muscicapidae |
| Common Redstart | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | Muscicapidae |
| Bluethroat | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Luscinia svecica | Muscicapidae |
| Eurasian Golden Oriole | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Oriolus oriolus | Oriolidae |
| Osprey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Pandion haliaetus | Pandionidae |
| Great Tit | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Parus major | Paridae |
| Coal Tit | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Periparus ater | Paridae |
| Marsh Tit | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Poecile palustris | Paridae |
| Azure Tit | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Poecile cyanus | Paridae |
| Eurasian Blue Tit | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Cyanistes caeruleus | Paridae |
| House Sparrow | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Passer domesticus | Passeridae |
| Eurasian Tree Sparrow | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Passer montanus | Passeridae |
| Great Cormorant | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Phalacrocorax carbo | Phalacrocoracidae |
| Gray Partridge | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Perdix perdix | Phasianidae |
| Ring-necked Pheasant | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Phasianus colchicus | Phasianidae |
| Common Quail | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Coturnix coturnix | Phasianidae |
| Black Grouse | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Tetrao tetrix | Phasianidae |
| Eurasian Capercaillie | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Tetrao urogallus | Phasianidae |
| Hazel Grouse | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Bonasa bonasia | Phasianidae |
| Yellow-browed Warbler (rare) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Phylloscopus inornatus | Phylloscopidae |
| Willow Warbler | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Phylloscopus trochilus | Phylloscopidae |
| Greenish Warbler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Phylloscopus trochiloides | Phylloscopidae |
| Common Chiffchaff | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Phylloscopus collybita | Phylloscopidae |
| Wood Warbler | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Phylloscopus sibilatrix | Phylloscopidae |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dendrocopos major | Picidae |
| Green Woodpecker | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Picus viridis | Picidae |
| Middle Spotted Woodpecker | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dendrocopos medius | Picidae |
| Eurasian Wryneck | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Jynx torquilla | Picidae |
| Black Woodpecker | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dryocopus martius | Picidae |
| Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Picoides tridactylus | Picidae |
| Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dendrocopos minor | Picidae |
| White-backed Woodpecker | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Dendrocopos leucotos | Picidae |
| Gray-faced Woodpecker | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Picus canus | Picidae |
| Great Crested Grebe | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Podiceps cristatus | Podicipedidae |
| Little Grebe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Tachybaptus ruficollis | Podicipedidae |
| Dunnock | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Prunella modularis | Prunellidae |
| Corn Crake | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Crex crex | Rallidae |
| Eurasian Coot | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Fulica atra | Rallidae |
| Spotted Crake | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Porzana porzana | Rallidae |
| Eurasian Moorhen | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Gallinula chloropus | Rallidae |
| Goldcrest | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Regulus regulus | Regulidae |
| Eurasian Penduline-Tit | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Remiz pendulinus | Remizidae |
| Common Sandpiper | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Actitis hypoleucos | Scolopacidae |
| Terek Sandpiper | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Xenus cinereus | Scolopacidae |
| Eurasian Curlew | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Numenius arquata | Scolopacidae |
| Marsh Sandpiper | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Tringa stagnatilis | Scolopacidae |
| Green Sandpiper | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Tringa ochropus | Scolopacidae |
| Common Snipe | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Gallinago gallinago | Scolopacidae |
| Jack Snipe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lymnocryptes minimus | Scolopacidae |
| Black-tailed Godwit | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Limosa limosa | Scolopacidae |
| Common Greenshank | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Tringa nebularia | Scolopacidae |
| Common Redshank | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Tringa totanus | Scolopacidae |
| Ruddy Turnstone | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Arenaria interpres | Scolopacidae |
| Wood Sandpiper | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Tringa glareola | Scolopacidae |
| Ruff | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Philomachus pugnax | Scolopacidae |
| Little Stint | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Calidris minuta | Scolopacidae |
| Great Snipe | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Gallinago media | Scolopacidae |
| Whimbrel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Numenius phaeopus | Scolopacidae |
| Eurasian Woodcock | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Scolopax rusticola | Scolopacidae |
| Temminck's Stint | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Calidris temminckii | Scolopacidae |
| Eurasian Nuthatch | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Sitta europaea | Sittidae |
| Eurasian Eagle-Owl | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Bubo bubo | Strigidae |
| Short-eared Owl | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Asio flammeus | Strigidae |
| Little Owl | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Athene noctua | Strigidae |
| Tawny Owl | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Strix aluco | Strigidae |
| Great Gray Owl | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Strix nebulosa | Strigidae |
| Long-eared Owl | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Asio otus | Strigidae |
| Eurasian Pygmy-Owl | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Glaucidium passerinum | Strigidae |
| European Starling | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Sturnus vulgaris | Sturnidae |
| Lesser Whitethroat | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Sylvia curruca | Sylviidae |
| Barred Warbler | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Sylvia nisoria | Sylviidae |
| Blackcap | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Sylvia atricapilla | Sylviidae |
| Greater Whitethroat | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Sylvia communis | Sylviidae |
| Garden Warbler | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Sylvia borin | Sylviidae |
| Eurasian Wren | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Troglodytes troglodytes | Troglodytidae |
| Song Thrush | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Turdus philomelos | Turdidae |
| Redwing | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Turdus iliacus | Turdidae |
| Fieldfare | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Turdus pilaris | Turdidae |
| Mistle Thrush | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Turdus viscivorus | Turdidae |
| Eurasian Blackbird | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Turdus merula | Turdidae |
| Eurasian Hoopoe | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Upupa epops | Upupidae |
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