What is likely to remain one of The Netherlands' biggest birding events in 2025 occurred in already early January, when a Spectacled Eider was found on the island of Texel. Pandemonium ensued: rightly so, as no birder would have expected this species to ever appear in the country in their wildest dreams. As the species … Continue reading Spectacled Eider Twitch, Texel, 30.-31.01.2025
Ever since Mark Cocker's Birders offered me the first glimpses into the British world of birding as a fledging birder back when I lived in South Africa, I had wanted to visit the legendary North Norfolk coast. When I spent two weeks in England this January, I made it a priority to visit the wetlands … Continue reading North Norfolk, 07. – 08.01.2025
Resuming the daily life in Bonn was quite a change from the recent bird-rich summer in the Alps and southern France. Not that I don’t enjoy it, but the standard set of birds like Blue Tits and Eurasian Green Woodpeckers does not compare to that including Iberian Grey Shrikes and Eurasian Hoopoes. My assumption of … Continue reading Surprise Eurasian Hoopoe, 31.08.2024
As part of a lovely vacation to southern France with my university friends, I planned to do at least one dedicated birding outing as I've never been in this region. My friends are very supportive of my birding obsession so I was able to do a day trip to an excellent birding site in the … Continue reading Coussouls de Crau, 06.07.2024
Being the only place in Germany with some actually significant elevation (despite having livede in the Netherlands I don't think other areas in Germany really qualify as mountaineous), the Alps obviously offer a different suite of birds than the rest of the country. I have only been to the foothills so far and as a … Continue reading Bavarian Alps Hiking Tour, 22. – 29.06.2024
My Zone Is Birding 