10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2012

Heidelberg Zoo to the south-west of Neuenheimer Feld, all over the place but most often at the seals enclosure and the adjacent kiosk. The zoo has a small colony of genuinely wild Grey Herons (watch them compete with the seals for the fish!), Yes, the Egyptian Geese there are countable. Common Redstart and Fieldfare.

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Germany Netherlands Zoos Geese 238

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

What first attracted me to the island was the chance to see Brent Geese (Black Brants to North Americans) which can be found on the rocky shore (they used to number in the twenties when I first visited a decade ago but now there are hundreds) and the chance to see Grey Seals across the estuary on the sandy banks off North Wales.

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Geese Seals Shelters Collecting 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Additionally, you can enjoy a meal at the restaurant or climb to the top of Sweden’s tallest lighthouse, the Långe Jan (Long Jon), for an even more breathtaking view (and possibly catch a glimpse of some seals). Barnacle Geese and their downy-grey cygnets were everywhere, grazing alongside picnickers and sunbathers.

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Sweden Denmark Geese Birds 164

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2014

The day before the marmot encounter, I spotted an American Robin on my lawn; the night before that, the distinctive sound of a small flock of Snow Geese sounded from the sky above my apartment, heading north. For yes, it is that time again. All of which is to say — get out in the field!

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Woodchucks Chipmunks Rodents Seals 225

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2017

The skies were full of thousands of Greylag Geese , Pink-footed Geese , Barnacle Geese and Brent Geese on the move and in the shallow water there were already hundreds of Bar-tailed Godwits , Eurasian Oystercatchers , Dunlin and Eurasian Curlew. Thousands of Geese on the move on dusk. Eurasian Curlew.

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Seals Geese 2017 Ducks 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2013

As we reached the end of the sealed section of Weaber Plain Road we noticed that the water truck had been along the unsealed section to supress the dust and the Fairy Martins were busy taking advantage of the wet mud available. There were also Purple Swamphens around the edges of the lagoon and Green Pygmy Geese further out.

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Birds Collecting Seals Cattle 145