Part Two – THE NETHERLANDS
Highlights were many as I saw 138 species of birds of which 113 were new. We
only spent about 3 days out of 2 weeks seriously birding but felt we saw a lot
of what was around at this time of the year.
- Common Swifts "screaming" through the narrow streets of Dutch towns.
- Eurasian Oystercatchers in paddocks, and sitting on fence posts and rooves
of houses. Similar behaviour to the SIPO"S in New Zealand.
- Common Redshanks everywhere!
- White Wagtails common around farm houses like our Willie Wagtails
- Finches & Warblers of many species common. My favourite was the
Bullfinches. Also got a parting look at a Hawfinch
- Black Terns
- Long & Short eared Owls
- Quail (heard only) but apparently not common in Holland.
- Ringed & Little Ringed Plovers
- Little Stints, Dunlins and Temminck’s Stint all together allowing a great
size comparison.
- Ruffs in breeding plumage of all varieties of colours
- Golden Oriole ( female)
- Great Bitterns x 2 flying around
- Waders in breeding plumage
- Nesting birds on Texel eg. Black headed Gulls, Little Terns Common &
Artic Terns, Avocets
- Brent Geese
- A solitary Goldeneye
- Great Spotted Woodpeckers & Eurasian Nuthatches
- Redstarts & Black Redstarts
Species seen in order of sighting
1.Common Starling
2. Eurasian Coot
3.House Sparrow
4.Feral Pigeon
5. Black headed Gull
6.Carrion crow
7. Common Swift
8. Mute Swan
9 Common Blackbird
10 Great Cormorant
11 Mallard
12 Great crested grebe
13 Grey heron
14 Jackdaw
15 Short-toed Treecreeper
16 Great Black-backed Gull
17 Eurasian Jay
18 Common Kestrel
19 Collared Dove
20 Wood Pigeon
21 Common Magpie
22 Great Tit
23 Eurasian Oystercatcher
24 Eurasian Spoonbill
25 Barn Swallow
26 Lesser Black-backed Gull
27 Herring Gull
28 Common Moorhen
29 Common Pheasant
30 Common Redshank
31 Common Tern
32 Greenfinch
33 Blue Tit
34 Common Gull
35 Sandwich Tern
36 White Wagtail
37 Chaffinch
38 Common Shelduck
39 European Robin
40 Winter Wren
41 Great Spotted Woodpecker
42 Coal Tit
43 Eurasian Nuthatch
44 Mistle Thrush
45 Sky Lark
46 Yellow Hammer
- Northern Wheatear
- Song Thrush
- Willow Warbler
- Pied Flycatcher
- Black Cap
- Chiffchaff
- Tree Pipit
- Common Buzzard
- Common Redstart
- Crested Tit
- Raven
- Willow Tit
- Common Stonechat
- Meadow Pipit
- Northern Lapwing
- Rook
- Common Cuckoo
- Long eared Owl
- Eurasian Bullfinch
- Eurasian Curlew
- Goldcrest
- European Turtle Dove
- Wood Warbler
- Dunnock
- Egyptian Goose
- Eurasian Hobby
- European Goldfinch
- Sand Martin
- Reed Bunting
- Black Redstart
- Linnet
- Marsh Harrier
- Quail (Heard)
- Sedge Warbler
- Marsh Warbler
- Icterine Warbler
- Common Sandpiper
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Pied Avocet
- Hen Harrier
- Greylag Goose
- Grey Plover
- Ringed Plover
- Little Ringed Plover
- Montagu’s Harrier
- Yellow Wagtail ( Flava)
- Garganey
- Gadwell
- Common Greenshank
- Spotted Redshank
- Northern Shoveler
- Tufted Duck
- Northern Goshawk
- Ruff
- European Reed Warbler
- Goldeneye
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Common Eider
- Brent Goose
- Whimbrel
- Artic Tern
- Black Tern
- Little Gull
- Tree Sparrow
- Common Pochard
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Wood Sandpiper
- Black-winged Stilt
- Northern Pintail
- Eurasian Wigeon
- Little Stint
- Temminck’s Stint
- Dunlin
- Little Egret
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Whitethroat
- Short-eared Owl
- Golden Oriole
- Grey Partridge
- Stock Pigeon
- Hawfinch
- Common Nightingale ( Heard only)
- Great Bittern
- Ruddy Duck
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Red Knot
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk
- Little Tern
- Greater White-fronted Goose
- Barnacle Goose
- Rose-ringed Parakeet
- Long-tailed Tit
Back to a cold winter here, hard to take
Cheers
Dick Jenkin (DUNGOG)
