Being blessed with so many long weekends in May and having to (or perhaps rather, being able to) use up the remaining vacation days of my internship, I ended up working only 14 days that month. This allowed me to be out birding much more than usual, and I was extremely pleased that this coincided … Continue reading Wagbachniederung, 30.05.2024
With spring bird activity in full swing, visiting what has by now more or less become my "local patch", the Rheinaue Park in Bonn, was much more fun than in the winter months (although the park was sometimes very productive, see an earlier post). I was very happy every time I heard the songs of … Continue reading Rheinaue Park, 04.2024
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
My Zone Is Birding 