Hi all, I just came back from a 5 day trip to the Bialowieza forest in eastern Poland. It's not the best herping spot, although we found lots of DOR juvenile Natrix natrix and several alive ones. We focused on birds and mammals this time. What we have seen with flashlights along the road at night: raccoon dogs, red deer, roe deer, stone marten and fox. But of course, one does not visit the Bialowieza forest without seeing any wild bisons! We had the luck of seeing a large bull and a herd of several bisons on two seperate occasions at dusk. And to top this all off, we we're lucky enough to see an elk couple, crossing the road in front of our car!..
Here are some pictures I took of the large bison bull, it was already getting dark, so please don't mind the noise in the pictures
This was the female elk crossing the road, the picture was taken by a friend sitting in front of the car at that moment
a roe deer
And some extras:
Marsh harrier female
Lesser spotted eagle
Thanks for watching,
Pablo