Twitch to Pallid Harrier in juvenile plumage near Den Bosch [nggallery id=10]
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Every year a few Aquatic Warblers pass through the Netherlands at the end of July and beginning of August and are most often seen near the North Sea coast. Normally they are not easy to see, but today there is one reported near Wassenaar (Lentevreugd) who is showing itself without […]
On Saturday July 30th a Spotted Sandpiper was discovered in the Netherlands, just south of Bergen op Zoom, the first (?) ever for our country! At first the bird is far away, but soon the bird can be observed more closely and it is confirmed: our first Spotted Sandpiper in […]
During migration the Common Crane passes close past the Dutch border with Germany and with proper easterly winds, we see migrating Cranes in spring and autumn. Every now and then, a couple choose to stay for a few days to rest and feed. A regular site for the Cranes is […]
Last Tuesday I was finally able to see the Wallcreeper in the ENCI quarry, also known as ‘Eagle Owl valley’. On Wednesday Natuurmonumenten (a Dutch organisation for nature conservation) announced an excursion into the quarry for today, Saturday December 4th.
On Monday November 22nd, a Wallcreeper was discovered in the ENCI quarry on the St. Pietersberg near Maastricht in the south of the Netherlands. This quarry is famous for its pair of breeding Eagle Owls. Due to a trip abroad I was not able to go in the past week, […]
[singlepic id=71 w=150 h=100 float=left]Since November 2nd, there are (at least) two Dippers overwintering in the Amsterdamse Waterleidingduinen. On November 21st, I was able to visit them. In the morning it took several hours before we located the first one. There were a lot of birders looking on the old […]
