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
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
The middle Rhine valley is well known for the warm climate that permits vineyards to spread quite far North, up to the latitude of Bonn. This creates rather specific habitat which in turn has affected teh distribution of several bird species. The ranges of Rock Bunting and Cirl Bunting extend further North here than in … Continue reading Rüdesheim am Rhein, 30.05.2024
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
My Zone Is Birding 