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  • Kick-off annual list 2021

    Kick-off annual list 2021

    A new year and our intention is to start this off well in terms off birding. There are a number of nice varieties in the Netherlands and on this...
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  • Looking back at 2020

    Looking back at 2020

    2020 has become an extremely bizarre year, mainly dominated by the Corona virus. Nevertheless, there was still plenty of birding to do in the...
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  • Looking back at 2019

    Looking back at 2019

    2019 is already over and it is time for an overview. It was an exceptionally good year for our Dutch list. We took it a bit easier with the annual...
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  • Dutch Birding autumn weekend

    Dutch Birding autumn weekend

    Friday morning around half past eight we left for Texel for the fall event of Dutch Birding. This is an annual attempt to find rare birds with as...
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  • Cinereous Vulture in the Netherlands

    Cinereous Vulture in the Netherlands

    After a reasonable number of reports off Cinereous Vultures in Belgium and the Netherlands we also got a chance to add this bird to the Dutch list.
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  • Top of Holland 2019

    Top of Holland 2019

    According to tradition, we again participated in the Top of Holland (ToH) this year. The Top of Holland is an event that searches for the rarest...
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Highlights 2021

Rosy Starling

Pastor roseus

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Rosy Starling

Pastor roseus

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European Pied Flycatcher

Ficedula hypoleuca

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Ring Ouzel

Turdus torquatus

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Red-crested Pochard

Netta rufina

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Eurasian Penduline Tit

Remiz pendulinus

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Common Nightingale

Luscinia megarhynchos

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Golden Eagle

Aquila chrysaetos

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Bluethroat

Luscinia svecica

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Snow Bunting

Plectrophenax nivalis

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Little Bunting

Emberiza pusilla

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Corn Bunting

Emberiza calandra

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Yellowhammer

Emberiza citrinella

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Red Phalarope

Phalaropus fulicarius

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Little Ringed Plover

Charadrius dubius

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Red-breasted Goose

Branta ruficollis

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Northern Wheatear

Oenanthe oenanthe

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Thick-billed Murre

Uria lomvia

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Kumlien's Gull

Larus glaucoides kumlieni

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Lesser White-fronted Goose

Anser erythropus

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Red Phalarope

Phalaropus fulicarius

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Zitting Cisticola

Cisticola juncidis

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Western Yellow Wagtail

Motacilla flava

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Sanderling

Calidris alba

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Black-throated Thrush

Turdus atrogularis

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Redwing

Turdus iliacus

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Little Ringed Plover

Charadrius dubius

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Common Kingfisher

Alcedo atthis

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Hume's Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus humei

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Highlights 2020

Black-throated Thrush

Turdus atrogularis

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Black Kite

Milvus migrans

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Blyth's Pipit

Anthus godlewskii

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Siberian Chiffchaff

Phylloscopus collybita tristis

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Pallas's Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus proregulus

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Pallas's Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus proregulus

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Hume's Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus humei

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Blackpoll Warbler

Setophaga striata

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Isabelline Wheatear

Oenanthe isabellina

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Horned Lark

Eremophila alpestris

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Red-breasted Flycatcher

Ficedula parva

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Yellow-browed Warbler

Phylloscopus inornatus

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Red-flanked Bluetail

Tarsiger cyanurus

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Arctic Warbler

Phylloscopus borealis

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Arctic Warbler

Phylloscopus borealis

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Black-throated Thrush

Turdus atrogularis

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Bluethroat

Luscinia svecica

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Red-backed Shrike

Lanius collurio

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Green Warbler

Phylloscopus nitidus

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Red-throated Pipit

Anthus cervinus

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Montagu's Harrier

Circus pygargus

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European Honey Buzzard

Pernis apivorus

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Little Crake

Zapornia parva

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Little Crake

Zapornia parva

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Roseate Tern

Sterna dougallii

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King Eider

Somateria spectabilis

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Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin

Cercotrichas galactotes

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Aquatic Warbler

Acrocephalus paludicola

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Common Reed Bunting

Emberiza schoeniclus

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Rosy Starling

Pastor roseus

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Temminck's Stint

Calidris temminckii

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Lesser Scaup

Aythya affinis

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Iceland Gull

Larus glaucoides

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Eurasian Penduline Tit

Remiz pendulinus

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