Back at Kunawski Bridge

17. - 20.07.2014

I'm back at the Kunawski Bridge, Clare is gone and it's the first, time that I'm alone only with kazakh people. As usual I go bird watching in the morning and do some vegetation recording for Niels in the afternoon with the help of the kazakh students. But this time also Viktor takes me a few times to his gradmothers house in Aral Tobe, so I can eat some propper food and wash myself in the ванная (Banja).

We are back and built our camp again at the same spot.



Кунавски мост
Kunawski Bridge



Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellus
Kiebitz



Great Egret
Casmerodius albus
Silberreiher






At the river side



Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
Flussseeschwalbe



juvenile masked Wagtail
Motacilla personata
junge Bachstelzes



Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla feldegg
Schafstelze



Tree Sparrow
Passer montanus
Feldsperling



Dunes in the river






White-winged Woodpecker
Dendrocopos leucopterus
Specht



Eurasian Hoopoe
Upupa epops
Wiedehopf



Turkestan Tit
Parus bokharensis
Turkestan Meise



After the my bird observations often I take a rest in the hammock.



Vegetation recording in the Tugai forest



Talgar leads me to the recording points.









In Aral Tobe



Viktor doesn't like to use the bridge ...






In the steppe



View to the Kunawski Bridge






The sun sets and we need to finish the recording.



Night-time at the Kunawski Bridge






Grey Heron
Ardea cinera
Graureiher






On top of the Bridge

Next stop is Basa Delta.

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