10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2011

Ponds and estuaries fill up with passage waders and the birding gets good after the summer lull as we rise slowly and surely towards the fever pitch of autumn. One of Britain’s recent colonisers the Mediterranean Gull begins to arrive in bigger numbers every year as post-breeding dispersal takes hold.

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Poland 2009 France Europe 157

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Though it’s more than 50 years since my first bird photograph was published, I’ve always remained a birdwatcher who photographs birds, not a photographer whose favourite quarry has feathers. However, 400mm wasn’t really long enough for bird photography, so I eventually bought myself a secondhand Nikon 600mm f5.6

Cyprus 246

Cyprus Portugal Birds Estonia 246

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2019

For a third year in a row, Birds and Booze has dipped on a bird-themed Champagne to recommend for New Year’s Eve. There just doesn’t seem to be much – if anything – out there, a scarcity addressed in last year’s Birds and Booze post for the New Year. Well, we’ve done it again. This may be your Anser.

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Geese France Branding Poland 163

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

245 bird species regularly breed in Germany. Brandenburg is home to some high populations within Germany: The Uckermark stretches between the rivers Havel and Oder (border to Poland) – a diverse landscape shaped by the last ice age with… Source The eastern states are particularly rich in species.

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Poland Germany Breeding Birds 246