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The World’s Most Beautiful Goose?

10,000 Birds

Explaining the increase in the number of sightings is difficult, as the Siberian breeding population is declining. I’ve since seen individual Red-breasts in winter in the Netherlands (with Brent), in Estonia on spring passage (always with Barnacles), and on the Swedish island of Öland in autumn (again with Barnacles).

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Jochen’s Top 10 birds of 2016

10,000 Birds

The year 2016 was not a particularly birdy year for me, mostly because I didn’t get to go on business trips to Indonesia or Kazakhstan, as was frequently the case during the last few years. I also got to spend a few hours in the Netherlands. Marsh Sandpiper , Den Oever, Netherlands.

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