10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2023

Dave Gosney’s Finding Birds Series covers mostly the Western Palearctic and describes birding in various regions of Portugal, Spain, Morocco, France, Finland, Estonia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, etc., with some additions, namely South Texas, The Gambia, and Goa (India).

Greece 216

Greece Bulgaria Macedonia Gambia 216

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 19, 2024

Hare taxonomy is confusing, but I’ve seen Iberian hares in Spain and Portugal, Corsican Hares in Corsica (where else?), Brown hares are one of the most photogenic of animals On the run: a Brown Hare After Muntjac and Grey Squirrels, the mammal I see most often when birding at home is the Brown Hare. One day, perhaps.

Fur 228

Fur Deer Boars Estonia 228

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2024

Though these gulls nest commonly in the British Isles, in the autumn great numbers move across to Britain from nesting grounds in Finland, Sweden and the Baltic states, so it seems most likely that 2BAT was a gull that had been bred in Lithuania, and that it returned to nest there every spring.

Lithuania 130

Lithuania Morocco Iceland Ireland 130

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2012

Talking to Jan Södersved the editor of the Birdlife Finland magazine Linnut whilst we were both in Portugal in early October suggested that all of the owl species in Finland had had a very productive breeding season. The numbers we have wintering in Britain are certainly bearing that out.

Barn Owls 192

Barn Owls Finland Owls Portugal 192