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TURNSTONES
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The Big Black Monster
When the ladies from bird hospital De Wulp sent me the shots of the Grey-cheeked Thrush taken into care last year, it really knocked me...
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14 aug 20192 minuten om te lezen
2018 ringing report
The 2018 ringing report for Meijendel, Wassenaar is out now! Download here (pdf; 4 MB; in Dutch only) English summary When the first day...
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22 mrt 20194 minuten om te lezen
Arctic surprise
There's a big if - but another big redpoll invasion could be in the making. The if depends on stuff like weather conditions, and the...
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10 nov 20182 minuten om te lezen
Warbler waffle: a scoop
First proof that it's the nominate subspecies of Hume's Leaf Warbler that reaches Europe. Aerobics, the final countdown and warbler...
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13 apr 20183 minuten om te lezen
Size doesn't matter
Probable Russian Common Gull, 5 February 2012, Meijendel, Wassenaar, the Netherlands I don't like using measurements as a diagnostic...
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8 mrt 20183 minuten om te lezen
Double trouble: redpolls!
With the current redpoll invasion in Europe, it was time to spend some words and pics on these wonderful birds. Redpolls all the way from...
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16 jan 20181 minuten om te lezen
The look-alike that turned out to be a tristis after all. Maybe. I think so. Right?
Right. Chiffchaffs never stop to amaze me. But I now feel we're really getting somewhere. Only very recently Peter de Knijff and I wrote...
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22 dec 20171 minuten om te lezen
Hume's Leaf Warbler: my bird of the autumn
Autumn 2016 was nothing less than perfect. But this autumn, well... it was a bit boring to be honest. I missed most good vis mig days,...
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11 nov 20172 minuten om te lezen
Primary moult of a Dutch Bonxie
There are probably not too many primary moult scores for Great Skuas from Holland. But I've got one now! Since we usually only see them...
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2 nov 20172 minuten om te lezen
ageing and sexing Spotted Redshank
On 21 June Gijsbert Twigt and I trapped a Spotted Redshank in Meijendel, Wassenaar - the first one ever to be ringed at the site, where...
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27 jul 20171 minuten om te lezen
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