DAY FIVE
After a morning’s birdwatching on the Vistula Sandbar we tour round the Vistula Lagoon with stops at important sites for birds at Elblaska Bay and the estuary of the Pasleka river. The Vistula Lagoon is an important sanctuary for waterbirds. Amongst nesting birds are: Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus, Bittern Botaurus stellaris, Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus, many species of duck, Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus, Montagu’s Harrier C. pygargus, Spotted Crake Porzana porzana, Corncrake Crex crex, Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa, Redshank Tringa totanus, Black Tern Chlidonias niger and Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus. At the end of the Vistula Sandbar there are large colonies of Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo and Grey Heron Ardea cinerea. The Lagoon is also a place where many bird species winter or pause during spring and autumn passages. In the vicinity of the Lagoon are hills covered by old beech forest, where again there is a rich bird fauna. Overnight stay in Elblag.

DAY SIX
In the morning we visit the ornithological reserve at Druzno Lake (3020 ha). The lake is shallow and partly covered by vegetation. The reserve is a place where 60 species of bird nest, amongst them: Grebes (four species), Bittern Botaurus stellaris, Little bittern Ixobrychus minutus, Greylag Goose Anser anser, Wigeon Anas penelope, Montagu’s Harrier Circus pygargus, Marsh Harrier C. aeruginosus, Mute Swan Cygnus olor, Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus, Water Rail Rallus aquaticus, Spotted Crake Porzana porzana, Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia, Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus and Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus. In the afternoon we transfer to Pojezierze Ilawskie Landscape Park (Ilawa Lake District). There are extensive forests and numerous lakes of differentiated trophic conditions. 120 species of breeding birds have been recorded there e.g.: Black Stork Ciconia nigra, Black and Red Kite Milvus migrans and M. milvus White-tailed Eagle Haliaetus albicilla, Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus, Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus, Lesser Spotted Eagle Aquila pomarina, Osprey Pandion haliaetus, Crane Grus grus and Black Tern Chlidonias nigra. Overnight stay in Ilawa.

DAY SEVEN
A visit to the partially vegetated Karas Lake (Ramsar Site) where over 80 species of birds nest. Later, transfer to the Drweca river valley (close to Brodnica) which is of high ornithological value. Birds nesting there include: Grebes (three species), Bittern Botaurus stellaris, White Stork Ciconia ciconia, Mute Swan Cygnus olor, Greylag Goose Anser anser, Gadwall Anas strepera, Garganey A. querquedula Shoveler A. clypeata, Goldeneye Bucephala clangula, Goosander Mergus merganser, Red Kite Milvus milvus, Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus, Lesser Spotted Eagle Aquila pomarina, Water Rail Rallus aquaticus, Spotted Crake Porzana porzana, Corncrake Crex crex, Moorhen Gallinula chloropus, Lapwing Vanellus vanellus, Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago, Redshank Tringa totanus and Black Tern Chlidonias niger. In the evening we travel to Torun for an overnight stay.

DAY EIGHT
Transfer to Gdansk or Warsaw and depart for home.