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Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
ML205472141 eBird checklist S65122156 Report

rating 4

5 ratings

Gerard Visser

26 Jun 2009

Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

Media notes Here one of the several chicks is visible on the right. Elevation: 0 m. Date add…
Green-winged Teal (Eurasian) Anas crecca crecca
ML205474131 eBird checklist S65122176 Report

rating 4

4 ratings

Gerard Visser

10 Oct 2010

Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

Media notes A Common Teal drake in its full glory. Every autumn this is one of the locations…
Common Buzzard (Western) Buteo buteo buteo
ML205472311 eBird checklist S65122177 Report

rating 4

4 ratings

Gerard Visser

30 Oct 2010

Flevoland, Netherlands

Media notes A light morph Buzzard looking for prey from a low pole. Elevation: 0 m. Date add…
Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus
ML205474041 eBird checklist S65120568 Report

rating 4

5 ratings

Gerard Visser

6 Nov 2011

Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India

Media notes Most Bank Mynas are really inquisitive and can be readily approached. Elevation:…
House Crow Corvus splendens
ML205472121 eBird checklist S65122071 Report

rating 4

4 ratings

Gerard Visser

14 Mar 2009

Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

Media notes One of a small group that recently has set foot in the Netherlands. The first br…
Sumatran Frogmouth Batrachostomus poliolophus
ML205475821 eBird checklist S65122045 Report

rating 4

4 ratings

Gerard Visser

10 May 2004

Jambi, Sumatera, Indonesia

Media notes With the help of the excellent bird guide Pak Subandi, we found this bird near a…
Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
ML205476011 eBird checklist S65120675 Report

rating 5

4 ratings

Gerard Visser

13 Nov 2014

Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

Media notes This species is a rare vagrant in The Netherlands. It stayed for a few days and …
Common Buzzard (Western) Buteo buteo buteo
ML205473941 eBird checklist S65122175 Report

rating 4

4 ratings

Gerard Visser

6 Sep 2010

Flevoland, Netherlands

Media notes A lightly coloured Buzzard posing surprisingly patient. Elevation: 0 m. Date add…
Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto
ML205473891 eBird checklist S65122052 Report

rating 4

4 ratings

Gerard Visser

10 Nov 2006

Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

Media notes A preening Collared-Dove. Elevation: 0 m. Date added to IBC: June 21, 2016.
Great Thick-knee Esacus recurvirostris
ML205474001 eBird checklist S65120566 Report

rating 5

4 ratings

Gerard Visser

4 Nov 2011

Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan, India

Media notes A great Thick-knee on the bank of one of the Ranthambore Lakes. Elevation: 347 m…
Great Egret (alba) Ardea alba alba
ML205473961 eBird checklist S65122178 Report

rating 4

4 ratings

Gerard Visser

26 Dec 2010

Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

Media notes This Great White Egret often came close to the city to look for open water to fe…

Behaviors Foraging or eating
Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
ML205473751 eBird checklist S65122166 Report

rating 4

4 ratings

Gerard Visser

7 Mar 2010

Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

Media notes A male Red-crested Pochard shaking off the water drops after feeding. Elevation:…

Behaviors Foraging or eating
Azores Bullfinch Pyrrhula murina
ML205472161 eBird checklist S65122048 Report

rating 4

7 ratings

Gerard Visser

11 Jun 2006

Nordeste, Região Autónoma dos Açores, Portugal

Media notes An adult bird, locally called "Priolo". This former subspecies has now been acce…
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
ML205473901 eBird checklist S65122068 Report

rating 4

4 ratings

Gerard Visser

21 Sep 2008

Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

Media notes A Black-headed Gull in winter plumage landing on the water. Elevation: 0 m. Date…
Bank Swallow Riparia riparia
ML205474121 eBird checklist S65120574 Report

rating 5

5 ratings

Gerard Visser

21 Jul 2012

Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

Media notes A Collared Sand Martin resting on a wire. Elevation: 0 m. Date added to IBC: Jun…
Green-winged Teal (Eurasian) Anas crecca crecca
ML205474141 eBird checklist S65120563 Report

rating 4

4 ratings

Gerard Visser

2 Sep 2011

Zeeland, Netherlands

Media notes This female Common Teal was feeding, sifting through the mud. Elevation: 3 m. Da…

Behaviors Foraging or eating
Common Eider (Eurasian) Somateria mollissima mollissima
ML205473781 eBird checklist S65122169 Report

rating 4

5 ratings

Gerard Visser

6 Jun 2010

Helgoland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Media notes A female Eider resting on Düne, a small satellite Island of Helgoland, off the G…
Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
ML205474031 eBird checklist S65120570 Report

rating 4

4 ratings

Gerard Visser

7 Nov 2011

Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India

Media notes Too busy feeding to take any notice of the photographer. Elevation: 177 m. Date …

Behaviors Foraging or eating
Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus
ML205475981 eBird checklist S65120587 Report

rating 5

4 ratings

Gerard Visser

14 Feb 2014

Limburg, Netherlands

Media notes This is one of the females (female type) belonging to a group of 21 Parrot Cross…
Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus
ML205475971 eBird checklist S65120586 Report

rating 5

5 ratings

Gerard Visser

14 Feb 2014

Limburg, Netherlands

Media notes A male Parrot Crossbill drinking from a rainwater-filled puddle. Parrot Crossbil…
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Great Spotted) Dendrocopos major [major Group]
ML205475921 eBird checklist S65120585 Report

rating 5

4 ratings

Gerard Visser

12 Jan 2014

Vlaamse Gewest, Belgium

Media notes This Great Spotted Woodpecker was taken from a hide in the North-West of Belgium…
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
ML205476061 eBird checklist S65120679 Report

rating 5

8 ratings

Gerard Visser

2 Sep 2016

Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

Media notes A rare but regular visitor from arctic North America; it is also the commonest A…

Tags Nest
Spotted Owlet Athene brama
ML205474171 eBird checklist S65120572 Report

rating 5

4 ratings

Gerard Visser

13 Nov 2011

Mandla, Madhya Pradesh, India

Media notes Peeping out of a hollow tree, these owlets were just as much interested in us as…
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
ML205472131 eBird checklist S65122156 Report

rating 4

4 ratings

Gerard Visser

26 Jun 2009

Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

Media notes Normally rather shy, this bird showed itself regularly in this newly established…
Sanderling Calidris alba
ML205474191 eBird checklist S65122168 Report

rating 5

4 ratings

Gerard Visser

6 Jun 2010

Helgoland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Media notes A Sanderling in summer plumage on Düne, an islet near Helgoland. Elevation: 0 m.…
Blue-footed Booby Sula nebouxii
ML205473921 eBird checklist S65122046 Report

rating 4

5 ratings

Gerard Visser

4 Apr 2006

Galápagos, Ecuador

Media notes Four Blue-footed Boobies feeding on fishes that feed on algae that grow on the h…

Behaviors Foraging or eating
European Shag (Atlantic) Gulosus aristotelis aristotelis
ML205475911 eBird checklist S65120577 Report

rating 4

9 ratings

Gerard Visser

26 May 2013

Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom

Media notes An adult European Shag showing its beautiful green eye. This Shag was very confi…
Yellow Oriole Icterus nigrogularis
ML205475941 eBird checklist S65122047 Report

rating 4

11 ratings

Gerard Visser

8 Apr 2006

Bonaire, Caribbean Netherlands

Media notes This adult male was not very shy and showed itself for several minutes. Elevatio…
Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
ML205473851 eBird checklist S65122164 Report

rating 4

4 ratings

Gerard Visser

5 Mar 2010

Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

Media notes Waxwing feeding on berries in a garden. Elevation: 0 m. Date added to IBC: June …

Behaviors Foraging or eating
Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
ML205474101 eBird checklist S65120580 Report

rating 4

7 ratings

Gerard Visser

6 Sep 2013

Overijssel, Netherlands

Media notes A female Sparrowhawk testing the water before taking a bath. Elevation: 49 m. Da…