10,000 Birds

JANUARY 13, 2024

While I have visited a few birding sites around the Netherlands during the course of my Bachelor studies, I did not go birding a lot around the city where I lived, Maastricht. Terrestrial species did not show themselves in the drizzle, but a group of Eurasian Siskins provided a nice distraction.

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Netherlands Birds Ducks Hunting 213

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

Black-tailed Godwit ( Limosa limosa ) in the Netherlands cc-by Frank Vassen Sandpipers The birds known as peeps, stints, knots, turnstones (which were once awarded their own family!), Also in this group is one of the rarest birds in the world, the Spoon-billed Sandpiper. Ruddy Turnstones , Sanderling , and Purple Sandpiper © David J.

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Family North America Netherlands New Zealand 171

Critter News

JULY 22, 2011

This could halt production of kosher and halal meat in the Netherlands – and lead to similar campaigns in other European countries. However, Jewish and Islamic groups which can prove animals do not suffer more during ritual killing than in an ordinary slaughterhouse will be able to apply for permits.

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Livestock Slaughter Slaughtered Netherlands 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 2, 2023

On my first full day I explored the northern part of the Island and was particularly happy to find a group of Bearded Reedlings – another lifer (perhaps mildly embarrassing for someone who’s been birding for as long as long as I have). I also saw a few Snow Buntings on the beach near the lighthouse.

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Birds Groups Ducks Rights 222

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 17, 2013

This timing suites Britain and Netherlands well, I suppose, but Europe is somewhat larger than that.). The team was international, aged from 10 to 60 – one thing that never ceases to fascinate me is how birding manages to bring such varied groups together.

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Serbia Europe Netherlands Eagles 219

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

If you have any doubts whether you want to see a Snares Penguin, you can read the species description, directly following, and drink in photos of their bright, droopy yellow eyebrows, bulbous dark-red bills with bare pink skin at the base, and peek at a group of the penguins, walking en masse within the thick island scrub. by Otto Plantema.

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Penguins Georgia New Zealand Albatross 277

Animal Ethics

AUGUST 30, 2007

It was the first lecture series of its kind in german speaking world organized by the members of the Interdisziplinäre Arbeitsgemeinschaft Tierethik (literally “Interdisciplinary Study Group on Animal Ethics”) – an initiative of students.

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Germany Animal Ethics Switzerland Netherlands 40