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    Rhine River Cruise Birding - Itinerary Check / Advice

    One site I completely forgot about is the Wagbachniederung wetland area between Mannheim and Karlsruhe. This has a nice selection of species including good populations of Bluethroat and Purple Heron, and regularly gets some interesting rarities. From Ludwigshafen, it is about 50 minutes by local...
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    Rhine River Cruise Birding - Itinerary Check / Advice

    For Ruedesheim I would add that the best place to look for Rock Bunting is towards the west end of the vineyards. I saw several near this spot here but they are likely to be around the wider area...
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    Birding Tromsø in March

    Having had a look on Arstobservasjoner, there is currently a drake Steller's Eider off Langnes which is quite a rarity locally: https://www.artsobservasjoner.no/Sighting/36591208 Also, a White-billed Diver was seen in the 'Rollafjord' (not sure if it actually has a name) and I think this spot...
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    Birding Tromsø in March

    I visited Tromso for a week in March three years ago. As expected for the time of year and location, the diversity of birds was quite low with just over 40 species seen: Mallard King Eider Eider Velvet Scoter Common Scoter Long-tailed Duck Goldeneye Red-breasted Merganser Feral Pigeon Coot...
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    New BTO Bird Atlas (2027-31)

    Interesting vacancy listed by the BTO recently which outlines plans for a new Bird Atlas covering the years of 2027 to 2031. https://britishtrustforornithology.postingpanda.uk/job/649968 Great to see but a little surprised that there wasn't more press around this unless I have missed something?
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    January 1st joint Birdforum list (2025 edition)

    Morning spent watching the feeders in the garden before heading out to visit a few sites around south Dublin in the afternoon all by public transport. Light-bellied Brent Goose Mallard Teal Common Scoter Goosander Woodpigeon Feral Pigeon Collared Dove Oystercatcher Ringed Plover Grey Plover...
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    Kentish Plover - Burnham

    Thanks Owene, that is very helpful. It looks like high tide is around 0730 on Sunday week so I may try then.
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    Kentish Plover - Burnham

    Will be passing by Burnham next week and looking for information on the wintering Kentish Plover. Are sightings dependant on tidal conditions, i.e. better to look at high or low tide? What general area has it been favouring? Thanks in advance!
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    Unbirded localities of the world

    North Korea will be almost entirely unbirded, other than by a handful of tourists on highly stage-managed tours at a guess? I suspect the environment will also be heavily degraded from agriculture/industry. One area that could be good is the DMZ and the untouched habitats therein but it is...
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    Birding/wildlife holiday in UK without car - recommendations?

    For a week's holiday in June, I would suggest Newcastle. There are a lot of reserves that can be accessed by public transport, for example Saltholme RSPB near Hartlepool. You have seabird colonies between Whitburn and South Shields, and you can easily get to Amble for the always great Puffin...
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    Germany and Netherlands in mid-June?

    If you are specifically looking for Bluethroat, I would recommen the Wagbachniederung near Karlsruhe as a good stop off point as there are afew pairs breeding there. Lots of other interesting species here as well (eg Purple Heron). Map...
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    New Spurn bus service (71E)

    Yes, it is obviously not ideal that it is restricted to the weekends but at the very at least it means that an area that previously lacked any public transport options now has something. Considering the large number of bus routes that have been reduced or cut entirely in Britain, this is quite...
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    New Spurn bus service (71E)

    Birding by public transport in Britain can be very frustrating at the best of times, but at least here is a rare bit of good news with East Yorkshire launching a Hull to Spurn bus service. At the moment it only appears to run on Saturday and Sunday, with four departures each way. Timings are not...
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    Birding Nice France

    Haven't done much birding in southern France, but did go with my niece to Nice. It was nice but could have been nicer. The Var estuary is probably the nice- sorry, best birding spot locally. Has a variety of wetland birds et...
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    Swedish Lapland - where should I go?

    The Rymdcampus a few kilometres east of Kiruna along the E10 had in the past (still?) some feeders which attract most of the species mentioned, plus a chance of Pine Grosbeak. Otherwise, look for feeders in any village as these will likely attract birds. Also, worth thinking of other recording...
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