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What is the National Bird of Denmark?

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home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / What is the National Bird of Denmark? What is the National Bird of Denmark? It is no wonder that the ugly duckling grew up to be the national bird of Denmark. The Numbat is the animal emblem.

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10000 Mink Released in Denmark

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Animal activists released 10 thousand mink from two fur farms in Denmark. Media in Denmark have reported that more than 10,000 mink were released from cages at Danish fur farms this week. Then, early on October 9, 5000 mink were freed from cages at a farm in Fousing.

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Valravn Wines: Sonoma County Old Wine Zinfandel (2015)

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In keeping with this unpleasant precedent, a supernatural creature is found in the folklore of Denmark called the valravn , an unearthly, macabre being that traditionally takes the form of a raven. A 19th-century illustration by John Tenniel from an edition of “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe.

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Don’t Ignore the Barnacles – they’re Real Birds

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As these geese spread naturally as nesting birds through the Baltic, then into Denmark and Holland, it’s hardly surprising that they should appear in Eastern England. It’s less than 200 miles from the Suffolk coast to that of the Netherlands, an easy flight for a powerful migratory bird such as this goose.

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The most important book about European birds in this century

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Many national bird atlases should sprout from this one (from Denmark to Serbia, to name but a few), and I cannot wait to see these maps in the next edition of the Collins Bird Guide/Birds of Europe. So, ahead of your next vacation, do check the atlas to discover which lifers await you there.

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The Gawky Guillemot

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Denmark frequently held posession of the islands from the middle ages to the 18th century. Then the islands’ masters frequently switched between Denmark and the Duchy of Schleswig (which would much later be part of Germany) until it was captured once and for all by Denmark in 1740.

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Birding Sweden on the Fly

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The following day we drove to our hotel in Malmo in the southern part of the country, where we took a 35-minute train ride across the border to Copenhagen, Denmark. The Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen, Denmark (she turned 100 in 2013!). Northern Lapwing in the nearby field.

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