The weather that greeted us on arrival was poor to say the least, and remained so for the duration of the trip.. as the temps were relatively low, and sunshine was very sparse, few reptiles were seen.. but a good number of amphibians…
A visit to catch up with Balint at the Ursinii project gave good views of mating ursinii. Sadly captive, not wild.. and as the weather was so poor, Balint took the opportunity to come birding with us.
A total of eleven amphibian species were seen, my personal highlights being pelobates fuscus and triturus dobrogicus..
Species seen:
Hyla Arborea
Rana Dalmatina
Pelophylax Ridibundus
Pelophylax Lessonae
Rana Arvalis
Salamandra Salamandra
Bufo Bufo
Bufo viridis
Bombina Bombina
Pelobates fuscus
Triturus Dobrogicus
Five reptile species, plus captive ursinii
Ablepharus Kitaibellii fitzingeri
Podarcis Taurica
Emys Orbicularis
Natrix natrix persa
Lacerta Viridis
Four species of small mammal were trapped/observed .. the highlight for me being the yellow neck mouse, Suslik and white breasted hedgehog…
Erinaceus concolor
Spermophhilus Citellus
Apodemus flavicolcis
Apodemus Sylvaticus
For the birders, a hundred and thirty species of bird.. the highlights being, great bustard, white spot blue throat, white back wood pecker and ural owl
A pleasant trip, with an OK tick list considering the weather, and always good to catch up with friends..
Most importantly two new herp ticks for my sorry little list…. One a long time nemesis, put to bed…
Looking forward to better weather and more ticking on my next tip in May…
And all those bitchen birds... 
I still have to thick 
