Warsaw: SiltaNews – News Desk
The Pallas’s grasshopper warbler was observed by ornithologists from Poland’s bird research group Akcja Bałtycka (Baltic Action) at a bird ringing station on the Vistula Spit of the Baltic coast. The bird is a rare visitor to central Europe, with its breeding grounds located primarily in Siberia and east Asia.
After managing to attach a small metal monitoring ring to its leg, the ornithologists who in April also documented Poland’s first Caspian Warbler posted on Facebook: “Awesome! We thought the Caspian Warbler was already a wonderful gift for this year’s campaign anniversary, but that’s not all – today, the second Pallas’s grasshopper warbler (Helopsaltes certhiola) ever recorded in Poland was caught at the Vistula Spit station!”
The first historic sighting of a Pallas’s Grasshopper Warbler in Poland was also made by Akcja Bałtycka in 1989, when one was recorded at the Kopań station near the Polish coastal city of Darłowo on the Baltic Sea. The bird’s appearance in Poland is considered highly unusual and provides valuable data for researchers studying bird migration patterns and changes in habitat.