I had dreamt of visiting the North Sea island of Helgoland since my early years as a birder. Last year, I became aware of a bird observatory on the island and a little research soon revealed that they welcome volunteers to assist with ringing, counting, as well as other work around the observatory. This sounded … Continue reading Helgoland (Part I), 01.09.-17.09.2023
After an excessively busy final semester, my friends and I eventually saw the deadline for our bachelor thesis submission creep closer. As we had a month free between thesis submission and graduation, we decided to go on a small holiday to reward ourselves for the three years of studying and to celebrate the completion of … Continue reading Mallorca, 04.-13.07.2023
For the second half of my summer after the cycling tour in July, I did an internship at the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Ornithology. I was looking for internship opportunities earlier in the year and got a response from Dr. Henrik Brumm at the institute, who was very accommodating and agreed for me to … Continue reading Max Planck Institute for Ornithology internship (& birding!), 08.08. – 02.09.2022
While my fourth university semester was extremely busy with studies, it was also the best time I've had at university so far. My courses were in person, which made the study environment much more interactive and motivating, and I spent a lot of time with my friends, from studying together to going out at night … Continue reading South-East Europe cycling tour, 05. – 27.07.2022
The last few months that I lived in Sri Lanka were filled with uncertainty due to COVID-19, and this had particularly large impacts on the end of my school life. One of the best moments in this challenging time though was that we had an in-person graduation, which my classmates and I appreciated as a … Continue reading Sri Lanka Cycling Tour, 25.06. – 06.07.2020
My Zone Is Birding 