10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Barn Swallows and Sand and House Martins left us in September, together with most heron species. This timing suites Britain and Netherlands well, I suppose, but Europe is somewhat larger than that.). White Storks left us in August and, by the end of the month, European Bee-eaters followed their example. We met at 10.00

Serbia 218

Serbia Europe Netherlands Eagles 218

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 17, 2019

And I didn’t pay enough attention because one very dark eagle flew by at the same time, an adult Greater Spotted Eagle. These globally threatened raptors breed from Ukraine eastward through Siberia and only a few come to overwinter here. Two hundred yards further, we found another Greater Spotted Eagle!

Geese 139

Geese Serbia Birds Estonia 139

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

” Writing about owls means writing about roughly 250 species (I counted 245 on the 2022 Clements spreadsheet, but I might have missed a few, and we all know that each classification system is different). The chapters on courtship and breeding and roosting and migration are the longest, which isn’t surprising.

Owls 199

Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 199

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2017

I also got to spend a few hours in the Netherlands. I therefore finished the year on a high note, seeing quite a few species I scarcely got to see during the previous years. So here they are, my top 10 bird species of 2016, in no particular order except for No. Lesser Spotted Eagle , Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

2016 101

2016 Germany Italy Netherlands 101