Tour plan: departure from Lviv (08:00) – Burshtyn (birdwatching on Burshtyn Water Reservoir from two observing points and review Museum Liberation struggle of Galician region) – Galician National Park (tour of the tourist complex with arboretum and Exotic park, Wildlife rehabilitation center and also Museum "Nature of Galician land") – Bilshivtsy (lunch, review Carmelite Monastery of the Annunciation church (1624) and Kzheshunovychy Palace) – Kukilnyky (review John the Evangelist Church 1722) – Burshtyn (review State Historical and Ethnographic Museum– Lviv (return at 20:00).
Birdwatching – popular in Western Europe and North America kind of rest, which is the observation and study of birds by the naked eye or with optical instruments. Burshtyn Reservoir is one of the most suitable places for this purpose in Ukraine, as you can see 36 wintering birds, and generally throughout the year there is 246 types of birds.
In winter you will find the following birds: Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus), Pelican (Pelecanus), Mute Swan (Cygnus olor), The Eurasian Teal or Common Teal (Anas crecca), Common Pochard (Aythya ferina), Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula), Goosander (Mergus merganser), Smew (Mergellus albellus), Northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis), Eurasian (or Northern) Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus), Rough-legged Buzzard (Buteo lagopus), Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo), Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix), Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra), The Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus), Rock Dove (Columba livia), Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto), Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis), Common Gull (Larus canus), European Herring Gull (Larus argentatus), Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus), Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris), Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius), Eurasian Magpie, European Magpie, or Common Magpie, (Pica pica), Western Jackdaw (Corvus monedula), Rook (Corvus frugilegus), Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix), Common Raven (Corvus corax), Eurasian Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes), Common Blackbird (Turdus merula), Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris), Bearded Reedling (Panurus biarmicus), Long-tailed Tit or Long-tailed Bushtit (Aegithalos caudatus), Marsh Tit (Poecile palustris), Willow Tit (Poecile montanus), Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus), Great Tit (Parus major), House Sparrow (Passer domesticus), Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus), Eurasian Siskin (Carduelis spinus), European Goldfinch or Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis), Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs), Eurasian Linnet ( Acanthis cannabina), Common Bullfinch or Eurasian Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula), Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes), Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella), Wild Duck (Anas platyrhynchos), Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula).
Price includes:
comfortable bus travel, accommodation, guide accompaniment, excursions to tourist sights, travel insurance.
Price DOES NOT include:
tickets to tourist sights, food
Tickets to tourist sights:
- Galician National Park – 10
- Museum "Nature of Galician land"- 10 UAH
- Museum Liberation struggle of Galician region: voluntary donation;
- State Historical and Ethnographic Museum: voluntary donation.
