10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2024

As South Germany always has different birds on offer to the area around Bonn, I had to take my camera with me. I was a bit surprised to see a few Barnacle Geese – they were not ringed but they must’ve been escapees since they were very tame. I spent a weekend in Munich recently to visit my girlfriend and my brother.

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Birds Germany Ducks Woodpeckers 166

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2012

Here in Germany, we don’t wish we had. Yes, Germany has parrots, or parakeets to be more precise. Unlike North America, Germany has never had naturally occurring psittacines that went extinct, and the one we have is a true and complete invasive alien introduction. Yes, the Egyptian Geese there are countable.

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Germany Netherlands Zoos Geese 244

10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2015

I have caught a bus across Europe, but I can’t really claim to have “been” to Germany or Belgium. Even without being on the water it was possible watch birds across the river, as evidenced by my lifer pair of African Pygmy Geese , which flew down the river and landed on the Namibian side.

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Botswana Birds Lesotho Elephants 162

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 27, 2016

Also in evidence were a lot of the usual suspects, Common Moorhens, Eurasian Coots, Tufted Ducks, Mute Swans, Canadian Geese and Mallards. From here Eurasian Wigeon, Northern Shovellers, Common Teal and Greylag Geese could be seen. Another nice bird is the Common Shelduck , a bird I more usually associate with the coast and estuaries.

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Geese New Zealand Germany Ducks 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Yet, this is also a part of the international cycling route from Germany to the Black Sea. En route, the first wintering flock of Greylag Geese is already here, followed by Crested Larks , Corn Buntings , Eurasian Linnet , Great Grey Shrike , Common Snipe , Pygmy Cormorant , and Eurasian Marsh Harrier close by.

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Serbia Woodpeckers Birds Bears 118

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 27, 2024

As my parents live in Bonn in Germany, I have been birding a few times in some spots surrounding the city when visiting them over the last few years, including the Siegaue (riverine and grassy habitats) and the Siebengebirge (mainly forest). Very rarely, Barnacle Geese are also seen feeding on the lawn, probably on passage.

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Geese Birds Germany Woodpeckers 130

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2013

August – Germany and More Local Birding. We had a wonderful family vacation in Germany and the Czech Republic during which I managed to do a bit of birding. Whether it was hawks , terns , seabirds , wood-warblers , shorebirds , geese , falcons , finches , or songbirds and woodpeckers I was there with my camera.

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2012 Czech Republic Hedgehogs Hungary 143