White-tailed Eagle at the Kamperhoek
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East Wind so another try at the Kamperhoek. At 7.00 o'clock in the morning I start counting and the birds fly reasonable. A few lines of White-fronted Geese fly high and in the first hour 578 are counted.
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A Weekend migration counting at the Kamperhoek
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Last weekend I counted again on the Kamperhoek. On Saturday, the weather did not cooperate but on Sunday that was to some extent compensated. Saturday morning I drove at 5.45 o’clock away from Uden. Along the way it started to rain at the height of Utrecht and I had to rain around Almere.
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Common Cranes at the Kamperhoek
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After a successful start to the spring season at the Kamperhoek today expectations are high. At 7 o'clock I arrive at the migration site, along the way I was accompanied by dense fog.
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Plenty Reed Buntings migrating at the Kamperhoek
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It's March and this is the first weekend that I'm counting migrating birds at the Kamperhoek. I am here the coming weekends till about May. At half past eight in the morning I arrive at the migration site and there is no one there.
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American Herring Gull & other Gulls
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In the morning I was called by Charles Martens, he reported that the American Herring Gull was again present in the port of Den Oever. A long journey but I decided to go anyway.
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Pelagic trip from Stellendam
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Dutchbirding organized a Pelagic trip on Sunday, January 15th from Stellendam. Although the prospects were not favorable, we thought it worthwhile to go.
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Short-eared Owls in Zeeland
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Saturday I did a go at the Gyrfalcon that is present for a while now in Zeeuws Flanders. The plan was to seek till noon and then cross over to the other islands.
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Big Day on New Year's Day
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A new year and according to tradition we held a Big Day on New Year's Day. With a smaller team than in previous years, we opted again for the province of Zeeland. At 7.30 I agreed with Alwin to meet him in the village of Made from where we drove further in one car.
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