A TRIP TO VIENNA AND ITALY: THE TIERGARTEN ZOO

I have just returned from a 2-week trip to Vienna, Florence, Rome and Venice. I saw many different art galleries, important buildings and other tourist attractions, but also managed to fit in some birding. However, I'll only post about some of the birding parts of our trip, with an exception for the trip to Mt. Vesuvius. This post is about a visit to the Tiergarten Zoo in the grounds of the Schonbrunn Palace, Vienna.
We left for the zoo at about 9 am, stopping at the river in front of the hotel to look at the white wagtails, black-headed gulls, grey herons and northern mallards, the first two of those lifers.

A black-headed gull in front of our hotel

A white wagtail on the banks of the canal/river

A grey heron, also in/on the banks of the same river

When we arrived at the zoo we walked forwards, stopping to watch several great tits feeding at a feeder (another lifer), as well as a red squirrel below them.

A great tit, Parus major

The red squirrels around the Tiergarten Zoo are unbelievably tame, walking right up to people

We kept walking, brought tickets and continued our journey, heading along the treetop walk. I looked around for birds, but only saw hooded crows and carrion crows (If you're waiting for a photo of these, don't worry, there'll be a gallery of them coming up). We continued on and came to a feeder. After waiting for a while at this feeder and spotting two more lifers, European nuthatches and blue tits, the feeder was swarmed by house sparrows and we moved on.

A European nuthatch

A rather blurry photo of a blue tit

We kept going, seeing more hooded crows, carrion crows, house sparrows and the occasional great tit. Eventually we made it to the exit. We then looked around the palace gardens and maze, but couldn't see anything new. After that we looked around in the palace, then headed back out of the palace, its zoo and its grounds.