The Wahner Heide (Wahner Heath), straddling the Cologne-Bonn Airport, is a unique birding spot in the area around Bonn. One of the main drawcards for me was obviously the heath habitat, which hosts quite a different suite of birds to those generally found in the area. With spring being in full swing and birds singing … Continue reading Wahner Heide, 28.04.2024
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
With my internship keeping me busy in Bonn, my birding outings in the last few months have been generally uneventful, being largely restricted to the park in our neighbourhood (with the expection of some great sightings of a Wallcreeper and Peregrine Falcons). With my girlfriend currently living in Munich and my brother also living there, … Continue reading Munich, 09.-10.03.2024
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
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