🦉 The white wagtail (Motacilla alba) Motacilla lat .: mōto, mōtare move continuously, -cilla tail (cilla like a tail - only in ornithology, erroneous established name) alba (lat.) white We're all used

🦉 The common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) Actitis (Greek) - inhabitant of the coast hypoleucos (Greek): - whitish These small sandpipers arrive in late April or early May, depending on the weather.

🦉 The pine bunting (Emberiza leucocephalos) Emberiza embritz (Old German) bunting leucocephalos Greek: leukos white, kephalē head I've only encountered this species of bunting twice. Both times, in the

🦉 The Eurasian wryneck or northern wryneck (Jynx torquilla) Jynx iynx, iyngis (Greek, Lat.) wryneck ; Iynga in ancient Greek. mythology, a beautiful nymph, the daughter of the god of the forest Pan and

🦉 The Eurasian hobby (Falco subbuteo) Falco phalcōn (Greek), falco (Lat.) falcon; the word falco is derived from falx (sickle, scythe) and means "curved in the form of a sickle", which is associated

🦉 The bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) Luscinia (lat.) Nightingale svecica suecicus (lat.) Swedish; the name svecica, according to the history of the description, is not a toponym, but is given for the color

🦉 The thrush nightingale (Luscinia luscinia) Luscinia (lat.) Nightingale This seemingly inconspicuous fellow has a magnificent voice, which sets him apart from other similar birds. I descended closer

🦉 The European pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) Ficedula fi cedulinus (medieval lat.): “A small bird that feeds on figs and turns into a black-headed warbler in winter ”(from: Jobling, 2010) hypoleuca

🦉 The western yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava) Motacilla lat .: mōto, mōtare move continuously, -cilla tail (cilla like a tail - only in ornithology, erroneous established name) flava flavus (lat.) yellow,

🦉 The rustic bunting (Emberiza rustica) Emberiza embritz (Old German) bunting rustica rusticus (lat.) rural, country Oh, this is quite a rare species, listed in the regional Red Book. It's surprising

🦉 The common chaffinch or simply the chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) fringilla (lat.) - finch; fi nco (Old German), fi nc (Old English) coelebs coelebs (lat.) - single, idle, unmarried These forest singers

🦉 The black kite (Milvus migrans) Milvus (lat) - kite migrans (lat.) - migrating These are amazingly punctual birds! They arrive every year from April 2nd to 4th, regardless of the weather. While other

🦉 The coal tit or cole tit (Periparus ater) Peri (Greek) very, hugely Parus (lat.) Tit ater (lat.) black, dark These little tits usually live in coniferous forests far outside my city, but due to the

🦉 The Eurasian siskin (Spinus spinus) Spinus spinos (Greek) unidentified bird mentioned Aristotle and other ancient Greek. authors These yellow birds are true nomads. They literally have no fixed nesting

🦉 The Eurasian treecreeper or common treecreeper (Certhia familiaris) Certhia (Greek): kerthios - a small bird crawling through the trees, mentioned by Aristotle familiaris (lat.): common, easily recognizable

🦉 The Siberian stonechat or Asian stonechat (Saxicola maurus) Saxicola (lat ): saxum rock, stone, -cola inhabitant maurus (lat.): Moorish, black By midsummer, the young of these birds are already growing

🦉 The willow tit (Poecile montanus) Poecile poikilis (Greek) an unidentified small bird mentioned in ancient texts montanus (lat .) : mōns, montis mountain, mountain range, montanus mountain These birds

🦉 The willow tit (Poecile montanus) Poecile poikilis (Greek) an unidentified small bird mentioned in ancient texts montanus (lat .) : mōns, montis mountain, mountain range, montanus mountain These birds

🦉 The common redpoll or mealy redpoll (Acanthis flammea) Acanthis in ancient Greek. mythology daughter of Autonous and sister Acanthus; when Acanthis sobbed over the murdered Acanthus, the gods turned

🦉 The great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) Dendrocopos Greek: dendron tree, coptō to hit, beat major (lat.) big Even now in the forest (if you can get there through the puddles and melting snowdrifts