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Danube Delta in winter Photography Tour

February 9, 2026 / February 12, 2026

Danube Delta in winter Photography Tour is an amazing experience! Weather is changeable nowadays so you need a bit of luck, but that is true generally for photographing nature! All our target subjects were available in 2026 but opportunities are different and changing throughout. It is important to bring enough winter clothing as the night sessions can be cold! We had temperature down to -9C on some occasions in late Januaryof and early February in 2026. Our comfortable base has nice warm rooms and excellent local cusine! Subjects are plentyful but Golden Jackals in winter coat, Dalmatian Pelicans in breeding dress, fishing White-tailed Eagles, Pallas’s Gulls and Wildcats are amongst our top targets. Indeed we had as many as 9 sightings of Wildcats this winter and an amazing 4 sightings of European Mink! If you looking for an unusual tour out of the beaten track, the winter Danube Delta is certainly one! Come and join us next year, places are limited as the timeframe for such a tours are short! All the images below are taken in 2026!

Golden Jackal in the Danube Delta. Image by Janos Olah

Face to face with a Dalmatian Pelican while the yellow pouch of a White Pelican is visible in the background. Image by Janos Olah.

Winter feeling in the Danube Delta with breeding plumaged Great Cormorants. Image by Janos Olah

White Pelican ready to eat a fish. Amazing to see the bill of these huge birds from an unusual angle. Image by Janos Olah.

A drake Smew in the Danube Delta. It is a scarce species and the best chance to connect with one when the lagoons are frozen, especially in February. Image by Janos Olah

Tawny Owl along the channels of the delta in winter. Most probably looking for Little Grebes to eat. Image by Janos Olah

Golden Jackal in winter coat. Image by Janos Olah

One of the rarest Euroepan mammal: European Mink. It is regularly seen on some of our tours! You can see its webbed feet on this image. Image by Janos Olah

Pallas’s Gull in action! On our winter tours to the Danube Delta we often get great action by these large and amazing gulls. Image by Janos Olah

Golden Jackas offer great photo opportunities when they chasing each other or all birds while defending food. Especially winter they are attractive with their winter coat on. Image by Janos Olah.

Pallas’s Gull is an iconic species of the Danube Delta as they breed nowehere else in Europe! In winter we see them in full breeding dress. Image by Janos Olah

Danube Delta in winter

February 22, 2025 / February 22, 2025

The Danube Delta in winter is an exciting adventure and it did not dissapoint us in 2025 with many great photo opportunities! The breeding plumaged Dalmatian Pelicans in the snow, magical Eurasian Otters on ice, Golden Jackals fighting in their magnificent winter coat, full breeding plumaged Pallas’s Gulls, Wildcats at night, fishing White-tailed Eagles and even a few sightings of the critically endangered European Mink were certainly the highlights of the 2025 season! Please take a look at the tour description and you will see theat the Danube Delta has so much more to offer compared to a visit to Lake Kerkini. And there are even more opportunities to those aformentioned highlights such as Long-eared and Tawny Owls at night, breeding plumaged Great Cormorants, fantastic drone photography and winter-mode delta fishermens. It is a superb tour indeed if the weather is in our favour and most of February was excellent in 2025. The window for this tour is very limited hence this is a rather exclusive tour and definitely a great experience for those who up for the winter challenges! If you are interested in such an adventure you can find the 2026 tour dates online now!