🦉 The common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) Alcedo alcedinis, alcyon, or halcedo, halcedinis (lat.) kingfisher; word "hals" in ancient Greek language meant "sea", along with the word thalassa.

I haven't gone to the forest since the beginning of June. The fact is that this year we literally have a tick pandemic in our city! Every week there were more than 2,100 calls to seroprophylaxis centers

I haven't gone to the forest since the beginning of June. The fact is that this year we literally have a tick pandemic in our city! Every week there were more than 2,100 calls to seroprophylaxis centers

The red squirrel or Eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) We are all used to seeing squirrels in urban forest parks. There they are not afraid of people, and even beg for food from passers-by. But it

🦉 The Eurasian golden oriole (Oriolus oriolus) Oriolus oryolus (lat.) oriole [Old French. oryol oriole, aureolus gold] One of the most beautiful and fascinating birds. But unfortunately, she is the most

🦉 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 I love hearing

🦉 The azure tit (Cyanistes cyanus) Cyanistes kyaneos (Greek), cyaneus (Latin) dark blue cyanus Greek: kyanos dark blue This is a rather rare species of tit in my region, and it occurs to me very rarely

🦉 The long-tailed tit or long-tailed bushtit (Aegithalos caudatus) Aegithalos (Greek): tit caudatus (lat.): tailed The time has already come when small flocks of these charming birds can be found in forests

🦉 The mallard or wild duck (Anas platyrhynchos) Anas (lat.) Duck platyrhynchos Greek: platus wide, rhynkhos beak Everyone knows these ducks. Everyone saw them in city ponds and rivers. There are even

🦉 The Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius brandtii ) Garrulus lat.: garrire to chat, babble, chirp, garrulus talkative, chirping, noisy; ax prone to.. glandarius glandis, glans (lat.) acorn brandtii brandti,

🦉 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 grey wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) Motacilla lat .: mōto, mōtare move continuously, -cilla tail (cilla like a tail - only in ornithology, erroneous established name) cinerea lat.: cineris ash, cinereus,

🦉 The redwing (Turdus iliacus) Turdus (Latin) thrush iliacus ilia (lat.) sides, iliacus with sides (i.e. with red sides) When spring is just beginning, the temperature rises and the snow is already actively

🦉 The European goldfinch or simply the goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) Carduelis carduus (Latin) thistle I don’t meet these beautiful colorful birds as often as I would like, despite the fact that they

🦉 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 Siberian chipmunk, The Asian chipmunk (Eutamias sibiricus), also called common chipmunk To my regret, I noticed that the number of these funny animals has become smaller in the forest where I like

🦉 The willow warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) Phylloscopus Greek: phyllon foliage, skopos seeker, observer trochilus trokhilos (Greek) is a small bird mentioned by Aristotle, later identified as

🦉 The black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) Dryocopus (Greek): drys, dendron - tree; kopos, koptō - hit martius (lat.) : warlike, fighting; March I met a family of these big guys in a mixed forest at the

🦉 The Bohemian waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus) Bombycilla bombux (Greek) silk, cilla (Latin) tail garrulus lat .: garrire to chatter, babble, chirp, garrulus chatty, chirping, noisy; ax prone to There is

🦉 The lesser spotted woodpecker (Picoides minor , synonym of Dryobates minor) Dryobates (Greek) : druos - forest, woodland, batēs - walker, stroller minor (Latin) - smaller A cute little woodpecker that