With spring seemingly slowly approaching, I was very eager for the arrival of migrants and species on passage. When I volunteered at the bird observatory on Heligoland last year, I heard about the Wagbachniederung, a wetland near Heidelberg that is very popular among birders. Together with Jacob, who also volunteered on Heligoland, I decided to … Continue reading Wagbachniederung, 02.03.2024
After having twitched the Wallcreeper at the Drachenfels outside Bonn in January (covered in my previous post), I visited the site again with my parents so that my father could see the bird as well. The bird had now been around for over two months and drew a significant number of birders in this time. … Continue reading Peregrine Falcons at the Drachenfels, 10.02.2024
While recently doing some random bird-related research on my laptop, I suddenly gasped in disbelief as I saw the words "Wallcreeper" and "Bonn" in the same sentence. Upon a little more reading I realized that a Wallcreeper had been seen close to the city since late December, and remained there throughout January. I was surprised … Continue reading Wallcreeper at the Drachenfels (Bonn), 27.01.2024
After the very successful pelagic trip from Mirissa, everything has returned to normal. With university work taking over most of my time, I could not do any birding trips during the last few months of my first university year, which ended on July 2nd. However, I did not miss the chance to use the Global … Continue reading Global Big Day, 08.05.2021
Pelagic birding is relatively new in Sri Lanka. While seabirds have been recorded from land as well as from boats, long-term systematic observations have not been made. This means that detailed distribution and migration patterns of many uncommon seabirds are relatively unknown. As a result of this, recent pelagic trips have nearly always turned up … Continue reading Mirissa Pelagic, 24.04.2021
