Birdwatching trip report - Netherlands
Period: 29.3.2007-29.3.2007
Author(s): T. Falco
Key sites visited: Relaxing birdwatching for 1 day
With Jack and Mary from Florida i went to the Oostvaardersplassen for a relaxing day of birdwatching. We started at 8:45 and ended at 15:45.
The day began with a lot of fog, with sigth no more than 100 metres. Not good for birding. We skip the lookouts and so we missed some predators today (white tailed eagle, kestrel and marsh harrier) Instead we concentrated on the marsh birds during a walk to on of the shelters. Spring was in the air. Rather quick we spotted Great, Blue, Marsh and long tailed Tit, Chiffchaff, Great Spotted Woodpecker and Wren. Then we spotted two singing Bluethroats. One of my favorite birds. My first this year and a lifetime first for Jack and Mary.
During the lunch we had a beautiful view of mating northern shovelers. There for 200-300 northern shovelers present at our lunch spot. We had a good view of a little ringed plover just 30 meters away.
Jack and Mary are not used to many duck and geese species so we concentrated on that after lunch. We saw a enormous pack of barnacle geese, at least 1.000 birds. And my first avocets this year. And a beautiful couple of smews.
  
We did not go to the last spot to spot some more species as i normally do. So we missed some species. But 56 species with rather bad weather conditions is not bad.
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| kluut |
avocet |
Recuvirostra avosetta |
| brandgans |
barnacle goose |
Branta leucopsis |
| kokmeeuw |
black headed gull |
Larus ridibundus |
| merel |
blackbird |
Turdus merula |
| pimpelmees |
blue tit |
Parus caeruleus |
| blauwborst |
bluethroat |
Luscinia svecica |
| kraai |
carrion crow |
Corvus corone |
| vink |
chaffinch |
Fringilla coelebs |
| tjiftjaf |
chiffchaff |
Phylloscopus collybita |
| buizerd |
common buzzard |
Buteo buteo |
| meerkoet |
common coot |
Fulica atra |
| brilduiker |
common goldeneye |
Bucephala clangula |
| stormmeeuw |
common gull |
Larus canus |
| tafeleend |
common pochard |
Athya fernia |
| bergeend |
common shelduck |
Tadorna tadorna |
| spreeuw |
common starling |
Strunus vulgaris |
| wintertaling |
common teal |
Anas crecca |
| kauw |
eurasian jackdaw |
Corvus monedula |
| gaai |
eurasian jay |
Garrulus glandarius |
| smient |
eurasian wigeon |
Anas penelope |
| krakeend |
gadwall |
Anas strepera |
| putter |
goldfinch |
Carduelis carduelis |
| aalscholver |
great cormorant |
Phalocrocorax carbo |
| fuut |
great crested grebe |
Podiceps cristatus |
| grote bonte specht |
great spotted woodpecker |
Dendrocopos major |
| koolmees |
great tit |
Parus major |
| grote zilverreiger |
great white egret |
Egretta alba |
| grote mantelmeeuw |
greater black backed gull |
Larus marinus |
| blauwe reiger |
grey heron |
Ardea cinerea |
| grauwe gans |
greylag goose |
Anser anser |
| heggemus |
hedge accentor |
Prunella modularis |
| zilvermeeuw |
herring gull |
Larus argentatus |
| huismus |
house sparrow |
Passer domesticus |
| dodaars |
little grebe |
Tachybaptus ruficollis |
| kleine plevier |
little ringed plover |
Charadrius dubius |
| staartmees |
long tailed tit |
Aegithalos caudatus |
| ekster |
magpie |
Pica pica |
| wilde eend |
mallard |
Anas platyrinchos |
| glanskop |
marsh tit |
Parus palustris |
| graspieper |
meadow pipit |
Anthus pratensis |
| waterhoen |
moorhen |
Gallinula chloropus |
| knobbelzwaan |
mute swan |
Cygnus olor |
| kievit |
northern lapwing |
Vanellus vanellus |
| pijlstaart |
northern pintail |
Anas acuta |
| slobeend |
northern shoveler |
Anas clypeata |
| witte kwikstaart |
pied wagtail |
Motacilla alba |
| rietgors |
reed bunting |
Emberiza schoeniclus |
| roodborst |
robin |
Erithacus rebecula |
| veldleeuwerik |
sky lark |
Alauda arvensis |
| nonnetje |
smew |
Mergus albellus |
| zanglijster |
song trush |
Turdus philomelos |
| kuifeend |
tufted duck |
Aythya fuligula |
| waterral |
water rail |
Rallus aquaticus |
| kolgans |
white fronted goose |
Anser albifrons |
| houtduif |
wood pigeon |
Columba palumbus |
| winterkoning |
wren |
Troglodytes troglodytes |
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