Pied Wagtails in the province of North-Holland
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Saturday morning we started at 7 hours to count migrating birds at the Kamperhoek. Jan Verhoeven, Thijs Fijen, Alwin Borhem, Christian Brinkman and I stood in a thick fog with visibility less than 100 meters. At 10 o’clock we decided to drive across the Trinteldijk toward North-Holland.
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Kamperhoek, less birds than yesterday
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Today I celebrate my 48th birthday but that does not stop me to be in the field. Also today, the Kamperhoek is on the program followed by a visit to the Eempolder.
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White Wagtails are coming
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The first real spring migration at the Kamperhoek today. Nice numbers of White Wagtails and other species. At 7.15 o’clock we start the count in beautiful conditions.
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Day of month listing
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Because you can usually find me at the Kamperhoek in March I miss a few relatively simple species on my month list. Today is dedicated to filling in the blanks. Target species for today were: Greater Yellowlegs, Black BrentGoose, European Shag, Pink-footed Goose, Short-eared Owl, Long-tailed Duck, Greenshank, Red Knot, House Crow, Sandwich Tern, Bufflehead and Red-necked Grebe. According to waarneming.nl these species were observed yesterday.
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First spring migration count
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March has arrived and traditionally I start to count migrating birds at the Kamperhoek. This is the migration site by the Ketelbrug that connects the Flevopolder with the Noordoostpolder. I am usually found here in the weekends until about May.
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Goosanders at the Oude Zeug
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It is very quiet in Birding Netherlands and the best option was a visit to North Holland where a Red-necked Grebe was reported yesterday. This one sat nearby and so there were photo opportunities.
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St Pietersberg
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Occasionally there are reports of the Eurasian Eagle-Owl at the St Pieterberg. Yet another reason to give it a try. At 8 o’clock Jan Verhoeven, Koen Rovers and myself of course drove south.
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Ferruginous Duck in Flevoland
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The earlier visited Ferruginous Duck in Tegelen proved to be an escaped specimen and no pure race. A new report of a Ferruginous Duck in Flevoland made us decide to make a visit to Flevoland. Also a visit to the Sallandse Heuvelrug was on the day program.
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