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 153

Geese Serbia Birds Estonia 153

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 11, 2014

You can take in views of waterfowl including Eurasian Wigeon , Barnacle Geese , Trumpeter Swan , and a plethora of ducks and gulls. Old Town Tallinn, Estonia. This area also provides additional platforms, hides and towers to view the different areas of the bay. It’s a great place to spend the better part of a day!

Finland 171

Finland Estonia Birds Europe 171

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 26, 2024

A first-winter Red-breasted Goose at Cley, North Norfolk As a general rule, geese are birds of subtle, even dull, plumage. All the so-called grey geese – Greylag, Bean, White-front, Lesser White-front, Swan – look very much alike, and it takes experience to identify them by their calls and their shape and size.

Bulgaria 130

Bulgaria Geese Romania Estonia 130

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2023

For example, I saw my first wild Bean Geese in 1974, but were they rossicus or fabalis ? Taiga Bean Geese with Greater Whitefronts in Estonia. When I went to Kenya in 2001 it was my first visit for eight years and most of my new birds from that trip were simple taxonomic splits from previous trips. I haven’t a clue.

Sri Lanka 240

Sri Lanka Kenya San Francisco Greece 240