Description
The Kietzer See is one of the lakes of the Altfriedländer Teiche around the village of Altfriedland. The lake has great numbers of wintering waterfowl including: белочелна гуска, Палска (Посебна) гуска, црвеноглав кожувар, цуцулест кожувар and a big part of the huge numbers of сив жерав (up to 10.000) that stop here in the autumn or stay here all year round.
During spring and autumn migration you will encounter great numbers of езерски галеб and мал галеб with some медитерански галеб in between every now and then. The three tern species I have seen here so far are речна чигра, црна рибарка and касписка рибарка.
Especially during autumn migration a lot of waders can be observed here, mostly обичен свиркач, шарена тринга, бојник and обична бекасина. But I have also seen мала бекасина, црвенонога тринга, мал свиркач and белокрстен свиркач here.
Birds of Prey include белоопашест орел, блатна еја, орел рибар and сокол ластовичар. And from the surrounding forests and grasslands you can hear the calls of црн клукајдрвец, среден клукајдрвец, саријазма and Пупунец.
Details
Access
Getting to the Kietzer See can be a bit tricky. There is a normal path from the village of Altfriedland, where you can access two viewing platforms, but the view is obstructed by trees. To get a good view of the lake you have to drive to Quappendorf and take a path over the fields through the forest.
Terrain and Habitat
Forest , Wetland , Lake , GrasslandConditions
FlatCircular trail
NoIs a telescope useful?
YesGood birding season
Winter , Spring , AutumnBest time to visit
Winter , Spring , Autumn migration , Spring migrationRoute
Unpaved roadDifficulty walking trail
StrenuousAccessible by
FootBirdwatching hide / platform
YesExtra info
Photo Kietzer See by Lienhard Schulz, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons


