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
For the Christmas and New Years holiday, my girlfriend's family offered my family to stay at their house by the Tegernsee, South of Munich. This was a very welcome suggestion as we had thought for a while about having a larger get-together, and a location as nice as this one was not to be forgone. … Continue reading Tegernsee, 23.12.2023-01.01.2024
Having visited Texel twice before in autumn (read about my last visit here), I was eager to pay this special island a third visit. The previous visits allowed me only very limited time and thus resulted in a slightly rushed birding experience as getting around the island takes a while (it's bigger than you might … Continue reading The Island of Texel, 23. – 27.10.2023
This is the second entry on my two posts about my time as a volunteer on the island of Helgoland, following my previous post. By now, the work at the observatory and the other routines had become very familiar and I knew the island well. This was great as I could target areas in a … Continue reading Helgoland (Part II), 18.09.-02.10.2023
My Zone Is Birding 