10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Here in Suffolk we now have impressive wintering flocks of Barnacle Geese, often numbering 1000 birds or more. The purist birders take little interest in them, regarding them as no more interesting, or exciting, than the flocks of Canada Geese that have long been established in the county. It’s spectacular stuff.

Netherlands 215

Netherlands Geese Birds Denmark 215

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 17, 2019

A Great Egret , a few Pygmy Cormorants and, by the middle of the Danube, about a hundred Greylag Geese. Two hundred yards further, the first Common Goldeneye and Smew started to appear and, while counting Smew and geese, a Great Bittern took flight from one stand of reeds to another, right in front of us.

Geese 146

Geese Serbia Birds Estonia 146

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

The following day we drove to our hotel in Malmo in the southern part of the country, where we took a 35-minute train ride across the border to Copenhagen, Denmark. The Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen, Denmark (she turned 100 in 2013!). Still, I was glad to be able to snap some shots of these very special (at least to me) geese.

Sweden 166

Sweden Denmark Geese Birds 166

10,000 Birds

MAY 16, 2011

Photographer C G Gustavsson captured shots of what appears to be a Eurasian Teal x Mallard in Copenhagen, Denmark, which he’s graciously shared with us here: Eurasian Teal x Mallard (c) C G Gustavsson (See all of C G Gustavsson’s amazing hybrid ducks and geese in his Flickr photostream ) Yes, teals cross with mallards, with wigeons , and (..)

Ducks 231

Ducks North America Denmark America 231