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The Rose-ringed Parakeets of Heidelberg

10,000 Birds

The Rose-ringed Parakeet’s European (=feral) range is surprisingly coherent for an introduced bird that is dependent on large metropolitan areas, and the species occurs in very decent numbers from UK’s London throughout the Netherland’s large cities all the way up along the Rhine to Germany’s Heidelberg.

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Birding Heligoland in Early September

10,000 Birds

Luca recently completed his BSc in the Netherlands and currently spends his time working (and birding!) We also regularly enjoyed migrants on passage, including a possible hybrid Hen/ Montagu’s Harrier , Pallid Harrier , Western Marsh-Harrier , Western Honey-Buzzard , Peregrine Falcon , Eurasian Hobby , and Osprey.

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