10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

However, though there have been records of feral Barnacle Geese nesting in Suffolk for many years, the number of pairs remain small, and certainly not sufficient to account for flocks of the size now seen every winter. According to Suffolk Birds 2022 (the annual bird report), “the birds in the county are part of a naturalised population”.

Netherlands 222

Netherlands Geese Birds Denmark 222

10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2017

This location out at sea not only makes Heligoland one of Europe’s best vagrant traps for Siberian songbirds, its cliffs also hold Germany’s only seabird colonies, with gannets , f ulmars, and – yes – alcids, namely razorbills and common guillemots. Diving in murky waters infested with corkscrew killers ?

Germany 100

Germany Denmark Namibia Breeding 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 17, 2019

One odd flock of Feral Pigeons above an arable field under deep snow – nothing for them to eat there, but I didn’t give them the attention they deserve and only a few hours later realised that they actually were Stock Doves. They were very scarce, less than ten per cent (or less) of all geese, something I never saw before.

Geese 151

Geese Serbia Birds Estonia 151

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Some time after the Spanish encounter with the Turkey, birds were brought back to Europe where they were raised and became an important source of food and fancy feathers. Dates of first arrival listed by Schorger (1966) are: Italy 1520, Germany 1530, France 1538, England 1541, Denmark and Norway 1550, Sweden 1556. According to R.D.

Turkey 207

Turkey Columbus Spain Fowl 207