Wild Birds of Europe

pcs wrote in post #19376404

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Wow. Look at all those oystercatchers! I’ve never seen so many together. I take it this was at the pitstop you mentioned before, between Wissenkerke en Colijnsplaat?

No, this is the 'inlagen bij Hoedekenskerke'.

And the numbers are not unusual there, either 'binnendijks' :

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pcs wrote in post #19376534
No, this is the 'inlagen bij Hoedekenskerke'.

And the numbers are not unusual there, either 'binnendijks' :

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or 'buitendijks' (same place just cross the dyke to the Westerschelde):

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Hoedekenskerke, that’s all the way on the other side. Amazing numbers.

Found another one on my harddisk, a Blackbird

A young one, nice find!

Levina de Ruijter wrote in post #19376549
Hoedekenskerke, that’s all the way on the other side. Amazing numbers.

As I live almost in the middle(10-15 min. from the south of Zuid-Beveland and 20-25 min. from the north of Noord-Beveland) all the way is relative

Here is het visdiefje(Common Tern):

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Lyn2011 wrote in post #19376802
Found another one on my harddisk, a Blackbird

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A young one indeed.
Sweet pic, Lyn.

pcs wrote in post #19376832
As I live almost in the middle(10-15 min. from the south of Zuid-Beveland and 20-25 min. from the north of Noord-Beveland) all the way is relative

Ah, right.

Here is het visdiefje(Common Tern):

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Good shots, pcs!
There were large breeding colonies in Waterland each year and all of a sudden there were not. For years now all I see is a lone tern flying by sometimes. No idea where they’ve all gone to. If they still breed there they do so outside the area that I usually cover.

Thanks Pcs and Levina.
We have bad weather here, so a good time to search for more photos.

Levina de Ruijter wrote in post #19376837
Ah, right.

Good shots, pcs!
There were large breeding colonies in Waterland each year and all of a sudden there were not. For years now all I see is a lone tern flying by sometimes. No idea where they’ve all gone to. If they still breed there they do so outside the area that I usually cover.

Maybe they are all here They are present in large numbers in both places I mentioned. I've even read in the papers they are a pest in Terneuzen, they nest in town and make a lot of noise, not to mention the faeces.

Another visdief(fish thief) the Aalscholver(Cormorant)​:

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pcs wrote in post #19377111
Maybe they are all here They are present in large numbers in both places I mentioned. I've even read in the papers they are a pest in Terneuzen, they nest in town and make a lot of noise, not to mention the faeces.

Terneuzen? That’s where my family is from! I was born there. Maybe I should move back, photograph Terns.

If you've still got family there you could visit rhem, maybe with a few stops on the way?

That’s a good idea. Unfortunately there is only one cousin I still have contact with and she moved to another part of the country long time ago.

That's a shame. I can understand the people who live near/under the nests, they can really scream and make a mess

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