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Fanatic, young birders (NL) in an annual country-wide rarity finding competition. Full intro here: m.facebook.com/story.php?sto… Like/RT!
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Another fruitful weekend (considering the weather) with 2 Red-flanked Bluetails, a Dusky Warbler and the first Pallid Swift of the year. Other highlights include a fly-over Great Northern Diver and Olive-backed and Red-throated Pipit. #coronaproof #basterds
We are still enjoying the weekend with these beautiful finds of a Sociable Lapwing (inland! @guusjenniskens1 et al), Blyth's Reed (1 pers sighting) & earliest field obs of Dusky Warbler on Dutch most (un)Fair Isle-like area the Vliehors (@Deceptiontours)
The Vliehors is a military practice area (accessible in the weekends), and tough birding with kneehigh beachgrass, no trails, and a 15k round trip through the dunes and over the mudflats: google.com/maps/place/53%C2%…
Autumn has really kicked off! Four Wadden islands are 'occupied' by @BirdingBasterds, and found several Ortolan, Wryneck, Rosefinch, Sab's Gull, and this stunning Greenish. Prequell for more?
Notoriously difficult to find, but Wouter vd Ham and Wouter Monster did it, on Schiermonnikoog! Flew only once, so nice record shots! Only the 48th of the Netherlands
BAM! New for the Dutch List! 100 points! Found by BB wardens Christian and Bram on Rottum (no inhabitants, no access). Bi-mac, just a bird.
Boooom! Just fresh on the Vlieland, Mark and Thomas found a Dusky Thrush! 4rth of the Netherlands! @Deceptiontours @TarsigerTeam
.@BirdingBasterds are back in the game: Sib Stonechat (first for Schiermonnikoog), Blyths Reedwarbler (surprisingly few field obs!) in the Netherlands today. Perhaps the most striking was this cracking Brown Shrike which was only the second for Sweden! #visitingDutchBirders
Belated news from the weekend: Marten and Vivian struck gold on Saturday with both Pallid Swift and Pallid Harrier at the Kwade Hoek area! Several Richards and an Olive-backed pipit were also found along the coast.
Black-headed Wagtail of basterds @JurrienvanDeijk and Jacob Lotz accepted as the second record of the Netherlands
Het geval van Balkankwikstaart van 11 t/m 12 mei 2018 te Lentevreugd, Wassenaar ZH, Wassenaar (ZH) is aanvaard.
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Lonnie found his second, and the fifth (!) Booted Warbler of the Basterds, this afternoon on Vlieland during @Deceptiontours DT1. Pic @timdeboer34
It's Autumn! The basterds awoke from a long summer sleep to Lonnie (one-eyed basterd) finding this Buff-breasted Sandpiper on Schier, and @pietervanveelen finding this Greenish Warbler today on Schier too! (Pics Lonnie Bregman & Julian Bosch).
Bring it on!
Oh dear, seems that we have been sleeping on #twitter for a while.. Blame the birding!
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Live from the field! Lars Buckx and I just found this Stonechat on Vlieland, which looks spot-on for Stejneger's! And collected poop sample!
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Goud van Oud: eerder op 3 oktober in #1986: de laatste (en enige twitchbare) Renvogel! dutchavifauna.nl/record/1944
