[leovb]

Birdfriends,

I'm going to Terschelling (Netherlands) for a couple of days and I can't find any trip reports on the internet. Can anyone help me where the best birdspotting areas are from 6-10 september.

[Scholekster]

Hi Leovb
According to "Where to watch birds in Holland, Belgium and northern France" by Arnoud van den Berg and Dominique Lafontaine (1996), "the best birding areas during migration are west of West Terschelling, locally along the Wadden Sea dike and around Oosterend, close to the western tip of Boschplaat. A nature centre at West-Terschelling offres bird information (tel 0562-442390)." It's a Staatsbosbeheer site so they may also have information. I've not been myself, although have visited Friesland several times and spent a week on Ameland in November 2000. (I've also been on holiday in Drenthe province, based at Ansen near Dwingeloo, but that was before I took up an interest in birding)

Hope this helps,
Clive

[leovb]

Well that's quit unusual. Being a Dutchman getting tips from an Enhlishman on a typical Dutch Wadden Island!

Thanks Clive, I'm glad with your tips and will look for the book you mention.
Somehow this wadden Island doesn't seem popular as a "birding-hotspot". At least not by birders that write tripreports and put them on the internet. It looks almost as if there's a white spot on the birdingmap of the Dutch Wadden Islands. I will write my birding experiences on the internet here on birdforum. At least then there will be one tripreport on Terschelling (no matter how big) for future birders.

[Optilete]

There is a special website for birds on the isle Terschelling. It is a part of Waarneming.nl and is called: Terschelling.waarneming.nl

http://waarneming.nl/plotrijkdom5.php?diergroep=1.png