It occurs on the coasts of Europe and Asia most frequently. In Poland, an extremely rare visitor, though more and more often their hatching is said to be seen in our country. The pictures were taken in the Netherlands within the midday break in shooting the baillon’s crake. After a short conversation with the Dutch bird-watchers it was clear that pied avocets can be easily shot not so far away on the coast. They were not many there, probably less than 10 individuals living beside the colony of black-headed gulls and sandwich terns. They were not afraid of us and allowed to take pictures without camouflaging. Light was the biggest problem as it was a sunny cloudless day. We waited a few hours for better light conditions in the afternoon. Also the audio recording was a big trouble. Pied avocets could be heard occasionally, but colony of gulls and terns were active and noisy all the time, and they were in number of hundreds of individuals. To make matters worse we could hear the noise of civilization, and finally paramotor put an end to the audio recording. I hope to have one more opportunity to exchange this imperfect, short audio recording for a better one in the future, but for now it is like that . Pied avocets reach a weight of 0.4 kilogram, and their wingspan is less than 80 centimeters. In the case of these birds their height is also worth pointing, as it is about 0.5 meters. Avocet in fact belongs to the stilt family, Recurvirostridae, and their legs so long are specific of the family of those birds. Despite quite low weight their figure is rather tall.
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Mongolia - wykaz j.ANGIELSKI

Mongolia - introductory text - Pallas's sandgrouse
Birds-new galleries:
1. Pallas's Sandgrouse (T,V),2.Himalayan Vulture (T)3.Pallas's Sea-Eagle.(T)4.Demoiselle Crane(T).5.Upland Buzzard (T). 6.Siberian Scoter (T).7.Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush (T).8.Saker falcon.9.Golden Eagle.10.Azure Tit (T,V).11.Horned Lark  (T,V).12.Red-billed Chough (T,V).13.Mongolian Lark (T).14.Mongolian Herring Gull (T,G).15.Bar-headed Goose (T, V).16.Amur Falcon (T,V).17.Rock Sparrow (T,V).18.Pine Bunting (T,V).19.Desert Wheatear (T,V).20. Merlin (T).21.Isabelline Shrike (T).22.White-crowned Penduline-Tit (T,V). 23.Oriental plover (T). 24.Citrine wagtail (T). 25.Greater Sand Plover (T).26.Red-crested pochard (T).27.Daurian redstart (T).28.Eastern marsh harrier (T).29.Swan Goose (T).30.Dusky Warbler.31.Taiga Flycatcher.32.Pacific Swift.33.Thick-billed warbler. 34.Asian brown flycatcher.35.Daurian jackdaw.36. Richard's Pipit. 37.Garganey. 38..Asian Short-toed Lark.
Mamals-new galleries:
1. Przewalski's Horse (T). 2.Long-tailed ground squirrel (T,V). 3.Mongolian gazelle (T).4. Corsac fox (T).5.Bactrian camel (T).6.Yak (T).7.Bobak Marmot (T).8.Mongolian Pika.
Reptile-new galleries: 
1. Variegated toadhead agama. 2. Steppes Ratsnakes (T).
Amphibian : Mongolian toad
Changes in birds galleries: 
1.Cinereous Vulture (T) 2.Black Kite (T,V).3.Buff-browed Warbler(T,G).4.Olive-backed Pipit (T,V).5.Litle Stint (T).6.Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler (T).7.Eurasian Hobby(T).8.Siberian Rubythroat (T,V).9.Carrion Crow (T,V).10.Pallas's Leaf Warbler (T).11.Black-winged Stilt. 12.Ruddy Shelduck (T).13.Kentish Plover (T).14.Grey Heron (T).15.Eurasian Hoopoe(T).16.Griffon vulture (T).17.Arctic Warbler.18.Common swift.19.Common Shelduck.20.Whooper swan.21.Bearded vulture(T).22.Steppe eagle.23. Horned grebe.24.White-winged Tern.25.Pied avocet. 26.Isabelline wheatear. 27.Ruddy turnstone.28.Cormorant. 29.Northern Wheatear.30.Common goldeneye.31.Common redshank. 32.Eurasian Tree Sparrow. 33.Eurasian skylark.
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TANZANIA- j.angielski

TANZANIA XII/17’- introductory text- Kori Bustard.
NEW GALLERIES:
BIRDS:
1. Kori Bustard (T). 2. Secretary-bird (T). 3. Rüppell's Vulture (T). 4. Red-billed Firefinch (V). 5. Yellow-necked Spurfowl (T). 6. White-bellied Bustard (V). 7. Blue-capped Cordonbleu. 8. Von der Decken's Hornbill (V). 9. Eastern Double-collared Sunbird (T,V) 10. Yellow-collared Lovebird (T,V). 11.Lappet-faced Vulture (T). 12. Superb Starling. 13. Pallid Harrier (T). 14.Silvery-cheeked Hornbill. 15.Crowned Lapwing (V). 16.White-necked Raven (T). 17.Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse (T).18.Double-banded Courser. 19.Gray-headed Silverbill. 20.Cape Teal. 21.Augur Buzzard. 22.Marabou Stork (T). 23.Red-and-yellow Barbet. 24.Red-necked Francolin (T). 25.Cape Robin-Chat (T,V ). 26.Yellow-billed Oxpecker. 27.Greater Flamingo (T). 28.Lesser Flamingo(T,V ) 29.Tawny Eagle. 30.Southern Ground-Hornbill. 31.Yellow-bellied Waxbill (V). 32.White-headed Buffalo-Weaver(V). 33.Hildebrandt's Starling (V). 34.Nubian Woodpecker. 35.Capped Wheatear. 36.African Spoonbill. 37.White-browed Sparrow-Weaver (V). 38.African Silverbill. 39.Verreaux's Eagle-Owl. 40.Rufous-crowned Roller. 41.Fischer's Sparrow-Lark. 42.Gray-breasted Francolin (T,V). 43.Hildebrandt's Francolin (T). 44.Yellow-throated Sandgrouse (T). 45.Golden-winged Sunbird (T,V). 46.Northern Red-billed Hornbill (V). 47.Black-breasted Snake-Eagle. 48.African Gray Hornbill. 49. Pied Crow (V). 50.Kenya Rufous Sparrow. 51.Collared Pratincole. 52.Purple Grenadier. 53.Senegal Lapwing. 54.Usambiro Barbet (V). 55. Bronze Sunbird. 56.Coqui Francolin (T). 57.White-browed Robin-Chat (V). 58.Three-banded Courser. 59. Gray-headed Social-Weaver. 60.Hooded Vulture (T). 61. Rufous-tailed Weaver (V). 62.Pygmy Falcon. 63.White-browed Coucal. 64.White-throated Bee-eater. 65.Handsome Francolin (T). 66.Long-toed Lapwing. 67. Fischer's Lovebird (T,V) 68.Speckle-fronted Weaver. 69.Slender-tailed Nightjar (T). 70.Rosy-throated Longclaw. 71.Buff-crested Bustard. 72.Grey-headed Kingfisher. 73.Brown-backed Woodpecker(T). 74.Black-faced Sandgrouse (T). 75.Spotted Morning-Thrush. 76. Green-winged Pytilia. 77.Common Waxbill. 78.Heuglin's white-eye (T). 79.Red-fronted Barbet. 80.Red-cheeked Cordonbleu. 81. Namaqua Dove. 82. Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater. 83.Montagu's Harrier (T). 84.Schalow's Turaco (V). 85.White-rumped Shrike. 86.Garden Bulbul (V). 87.Streaky Seedeater (T). 88. Dark Chanting-Goshawk. 89. Ashy Starling. 90.Thick-billed Seedeater. 91.Gray-backed Fiscal (V). 92. Magpie Shrike (V). 93.Rueppell's Starling. 94. Gull-billed Tern. 95. Mourning Collared-Dove. 96.African Pipit. 97.White-bellied Go-away-bird (V). 98.Mariqua Sunbird. 99. Short-tailed Lark. 100.Black-bellied Bustard (V). 101. Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler (T,V).102. Dusky Turtle-Dove. 103.Beautiful Sunbird. 104. Abyssinian Scimitar-bill. 105. Blue-naped Mousebird. 106.Martial Eagle (T). 107.Black Crake. 108. Pink-backed Pelican. 109. Red-capped Lark. 110. Lesser Masked-Weaver. 111.Baglafecht Weaver. 112.Knob-billed Duck. 113.Gabar Goshawk. 114.Rufous-naped lark (V). 115.Winding Cisticola (V). 116. Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver. 117.Ethiopian Boubou (T). 118.White-breasted Cormorant. 119.Little Sparrowhawk.120.Red-collared Widowbird. 121.Grey-hooded Gull. 122.Great Spotted Cuckaoo. 123.Silverbird. 124.Gray Kestrel. 125.Hottentot Teal. 126.Black-lored Babbler. 127.Vitelline Masked-Weaver. 128. Black-necked Weaver. 129.Chestnut Sparrow.130.Schalow's Wheatear. 131.Mountain Thrush (T). 132.Eastern Chanting-Goshawk (V). 133.East African Citril. 134.Mountain-Greenbul (T). 135.Ashy Flycatcher. 136.White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher. 137.Abdim's Stork. 138.Long-tailed Fiscal. 139.African Dusky Flycatcher. 140.Tanzanian Red-billed Hornbill. 141.Lilac-breasted Roller.142.Arrow-marked Babbler.143.Teita Fiscal.144.Grasshopper Buzzar.145.Slate-colored Boubou.146.White-bellied Canary147.Northern Anteater-Chat.148.Sooty Chat.149.Red-chested Cuckoo.
MAMMALS:
1. African savanna elephant (T). 2.Leopard (T). 3.Lion (T). 4.Yellow baboon (V). 5.Black-backed jackal. 6.Cheetah(T). 7.Spotted hyena(V). 8.Grant's zebra (V). 9.Kirk's dik-dik10. Hartebeest. 11.Common hippopotamus (V).12.Common eland. 13.Blue wildebeest. 14. Blue monkey. 15.Bush hyrax. 16.Bat-eared fox. 17.Grant's gazelle. 18.Bohor reedbuck.19.Sassaby. 20.African golden wolf.21.Common dwarf mongoose. 22.Slender-tailed Mongoose. 23.Thomson's gazelle. 24.Klipspringer. 25.Egyptian mongoose.26.Masai giraffe.
REPTILES:
1. Nile monitor. 2. Mwanza flat-headed rock. 3. Southern Long Tailed Lizard.
CHANGES in GALLERIES:
BIRDS:
1.White-backed Vulture (V). 2.Long-crested Eagle (V). 3. Black-headed Heron. 4.Red-billed Oxpecker (T). 5.Helmeted Guineafowl (T,V). 6. Little Bee-eater. 7.Blacksmith Lapwing. 8. African Jacana. 9.African Paradise-Flycatcher (V). 10.Yellow-billed Kite (T). 11.Palm-nut Vulture. 12.Spur-winged Goose. 13.Bateleur.14. Little Egret (V). 15.Brown Snake-Eagle. 16.Glossy Ibis (T). 17.Brown-crowned Tchagra. 18.Chinspot Batis. 19.African Hoopoe (T,V) 20.Spotted Thick-knee. 21.Sacred Ibis. 22.Black-winged Lapwing. 23.Water Thick-knee. 24.Gray Crowned-Crane. 25. Red-billed Quelea.26. Fork-tailed Drongo.27. Speckled Pigeon. 28.Wahlberg's Eagle. 29.Three-banded Plover. 30.Kittlitz's plover. 31.Wattled Lapwing. 32.Steppe Eagle. 33.Grosbeak Weaver. 34.Yellow-fronted Canary. 35.Squacco Heron. 36.Goliath Heron. 37.European Roller. 38. Cattle Egret. 39.Yellow-billed Stork. 40.Woodland Kingfisher. 41.Lesser Striped-Swallow(G).42.Great White Pelican. 43.Speckled Mousebird. 44.Red-winged Starling (V). 45.Red-rumped Swallow (V).46. Pied Avocet. 47.African Stonechat. 48.Ring-necked Dove. 49.Hamerkop (V). 50.White Stork (T). 51. African Openbill. 52.Black-winged Stilt. 53. Striped Kingfisher. 54.Pin-tailed Whydah. 55. Southern Fiscal. 56.Black-crowned Night Heron. 57.Black-winged Kite. 58.African Firefinch. 59.Marsh Sandpiper. 60.Laughing Dove. 61.Red-billed Teal. 62.Crested Francolin (T) 63.White-browed Scrub Robin. 64.Striated Heron. 65.White-faced Whistling Duck. 66. Spur-winged lapwing (T,V). 67.Eastern imperial eagle. 68.Common Ostrich.69.Lesser Spotted Eagle.70.Lesser Kestrel.71.Northear Wheatear.
MAMMALS: 1. African buffalo. 2. Common warthog. 3.Impala. 4. Waterbuck.5.Banded mongoose.
REPTILES:1. Nile crocodile. 2. Flap-necked chameleon. 3. Leopard tortoise.
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BOTSWANA-jezyk ANGIELSKI

Botswana 11/12-2022 - introducing text - Rufous-bellied Lark (T,G)
Newly created galleries:
BIRDS:
1.Rufous-bellied Lark (T,G). 2.Giant Kingfisher. 3.Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill (T,G). 4.Crimson-breasted Shrike (G). 5.Rufous-naped Lark (G). 6.Wattled Crane. 7.Southern Carmine Bee-eater (G). 8. Eurasian Golden Oriole. 9.White-backed Vulture. 10.Bearded Woodpecker. 11.Long-tailed Paradise Whydah. 12.Great Sparrow. 13.White-browed Lark. 14.Kittlitz's Plover. 15.Violet-eared Waxbill. 16.Swallow-tailed Bee-eater. 17.Chestnut-banded Plover(T). 18.Crombec (G). 19.Kalahari Sandgrouse. 20.Arnot's Chat. 21.Greater Kestrel. 22.African Crake. 23.White-faced Scops Owl. 24.Red-billed Quelea. 25.Grey Waxbill. 26.Lesser Waxbill. 27.Lesser Spotted Eagle. 28.Black-backed Puffback. 29.White-fronted Plover. 30.African Snipe. 31.African Skimmer. 32.White-fronted Bee-eater. 33.Yellow-fronted Canary. 34.Violet-backed Starling. 35.African Pied Wagtail. 36.Rufous-bellied Heron.37.Natal Spurfowl. 38.Double-banded Sandgrouse. 39.Glossy Starling. 40.Southern Black Tit. 41.Red-headed Weaver. 42Bradfield's Hornbill (G). 43.Pied Babbler. 44Lizard Buzzard. 45.Brubru. 46.Little Bittern. 47.African Scops Owl (G). 48.Saddle-billed Stork. 49.Black Cuckoo (G). 50.Coppery-tailed Coucal. 51.Southern Masked Weaver. 52.Acacia Woodpecker. 53.Ashy Tit. 54.African Hawk-Eagle. 55.Greater Honeyguide. 56.Arrow-marked Babbler (G). 57.Southern White-crowned Shrike (G). 58.White-bellied Lark.(G) 59.Pearl-spotted Owlet (G). 60.Red-billed Spurfowl. 61Chinspot Batis. 62.Ashy Flycatcher. 63.Quail Finch. 64.Racket-tailed Roller (G).... 65.Pririt Batis. 66.Stark's Lark. 67.White-crowned Wheatear. 68.Rufous-bellied Heron.
MAMMALS:
1.African Wild Dog (T). 2.Common Duiker. 3.Caracal. 4.Lechwe. 5.Greater Kudu. 6.Sable Antelope. 7.Gemsbok. 8. Tree Squirrel (G). 9.Selous's Mongoose. 10.Scrub Hare. 11.Burchell's Zebra (G).12.Side-striped Jackal.
REPTILES: Ground Agama.
FLORA: 1.Baobab (T). 2.Mopane. 3.Kigelia africana- Sausage Tree.
Changes in galleries:
BIRDS:
1.Purple-crested Turaco (G), 2.Yellow-billed Oxpecker (G). 3.Crested Barbet (G). 4.Southern Ground Hornbill (G). 5.Black-chested Prinia. 6.Short-toed Rock Thrush (G). 7.African White-backed Vulture (G). 8.Abdim's Stork. 9.Common Ostrich. 10.Anteater Chat. 11.African Fish Eagle. 12.Lilac-breasted Roller. 13.Crested Francolin. 14.Brown-crowned Tchagra. 15.Helmeted Guineafowl. 16.Kori Bustard (T). 17.Spotted Thick-knee. 18. Burchell's Sandgrouse. 19.Pied Kingfisher. 20.Green-backed Heron. 21.Hamerkop. 22.Green-backed Heron. 23.African Sacred Ibis. 24.Red-billed Oxpecker. 25.African Barred Owlet (T,G). 26.Grey Crowned Crane. 27.Pied Plover (G). 28.Laughing Dove. 29.Scarlet-chested Sunbird. 30.Richard's Pipit (G). 31.Rufous-naped Lark. 32.Crowned Lapwing. 33.Dark Chanting Goshawk. 34.African Rail. 35.Pale-winged Starling (T). 36.Fawn-colored Lark. 37.Pied Crow. 38.Black-shouldered Kite. 39.Lappet-faced Vulture. 40.Great Reed Warbler. 41.Garganey. 42.Little Stint. 43.Pied Avocet. 44.Chestnut-banded Plover. 45.Curlew Sandpiper. 46.Greater Flamingo. 47.Amur Falcon.... 48.Lilac-breasted Roller. 49.Magpie Shrike (V). 50.Yellow-throated Sandgrouse (G). 51.Marabou Stork. 52.Rüppell's Vulture. 53.Egyptian Goose. 54.Hamerkop. 55.Laughing Dove.56.African Darter. 57.Great Egret. 58.Purple Heron. 59.Intermediate Egret. 60.Gabar Goshawk (G). 61.White-faced Whistling Duck. 62.Water Thick-knee. 63.Long-tailed Cormorant. 64.Egyptian Goose. 65.Cape Glossy Starling. 66.White-browed Sparrow-Weaver. 67.Red-eyed Dove. 68.Lesser Flamingo (T). 69.Fork-tailed Drongo. 70.African Spoonbill. 71.Glossy Ibis. 72.African Jacana. 73.Kittlitz's Plover. 74.Black-winged Stilt. 75.Yellow-billed Kite. 76.Red-backed Shrike. 77.White-browed Coucal. 78.Northern Fiscal. 79.Red-billed Oxpecker. 80.Tawny Eagle. 81.Brown Snake Eagle. 82.Golden-breasted Bunting. 83.Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver. 84.Black-backed Puffback. 85.African Mourning Dove. 86.Paradise Whydah. 87.European Roller. 88.Southern White-crowned Shrike. 89.Blue Waxbill. 90.Little Bee-eater. 91.Hottentot Buttonquail. 92.Double-banded Courser. 93.Silverbill. 94.Goliath Heron. 95.Grey Go-away-bird. 96.Cut-throat Finch. 97.Pale Flycatcher. 98.White-crowned Lapwing. 99.Red-faced Mousebird. 100.Jacobin Cuckoo. 101.Red-billed Firefinch. 102.Long-crested Eagle. 103.Red-billed Firefinch. 104.Chirping Cisticola. 105.Montagu's Harrier. 106.Anteater Chat. 107.Rosy-throated Longclaw. 108.Woolly-necked Stork. 109.Greater Painted-snipe. 110.Secretarybird. 111.Temminck's Courser. 112.White-winged Tern. 113.Verreaux's Eagle-Owl (G). 114.Bateleur. 115.Southern Red-billed Hornbill. 116.Grey Heron. 117.White-browed Sparrow-Weaver.... 118.Blacksmith Lapwing. 119.Acacia Pied Barbet. 120.Emerald-spotted Wood Dove. 121.White-browed Scrub-Robin. 122.African Stonechat. 123.Red-breasted Swallow. 124.Groundscraper Thrush. 125.Chat Flycatcher. 126.African Hoopoe. 127.Zitting Cisticola. 128.Red-eyed Dove.129.African Yellow White-eye.130.African Pygmy Goose.131.Great Spotted Cuckoo. 132.Black Cuckoo. 133.Intermediate Egret. 134.Plain-backed Pipit. 135.Tawny-flanked Prinia.
MAMMALS:
1.African savanna elefant (T,G). 2.Southern Giraffe (T) 3.Blue Wildebeest. 4.Common Dwarf Mangoose. 5.Springbok. 6.Cheetah (T). 7.Waterbuck. 8.Lion. 9.Leopard. 10.Impala. 11.Common Warthog. 12.Chacma baboon. 13.African Buffalo. 14.Black-backed Jackal. 15.Common Hippopotamus. 16.Banded Mongoose.
REPTILES:1.Nile Crocodile. 2.Savannah Monitor. 3.Nile Monitor.

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