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Recent content by mjohanning

  1. Siskin in an alder tree

    Siskin in an alder tree

    A common visitor to the lake near my apartment and I finally managed to take a photo of one that I actually quite like! :-)
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    • alder colour eating light orange siskin yellow
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  2. The first new lifer of the year - Common Redpoll!

    The first new lifer of the year - Common Redpoll!

    On my first birding walk I managed to actually see a new lifer, a Common Redpoll! There was a small flock of around half a dozen or so near my apartment looking for food.
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    • 100-400mm bielefeld canon germany lifer redpoll
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  3. Showing off his beautiful tail feathers

    Showing off his beautiful tail feathers

    Black Redstart showing off.
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    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  4. Common Firecrest, the "Summer Gold Chicken"

    Common Firecrest, the "Summer Gold Chicken"

    Managed to see this Common Firecrest in a conifer at a graveyard near my office today. I find their name in my native language of German rather amusing, as it translates to "Summer Gold Chicken" (Sommergoldhähnchen). Always a delight being able to spot one :-)
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    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  5. Black Stork saying hi!

    Black Stork saying hi!

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    • black stork cleaning germany preening roof scratching stork
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    • Category: Britain & Europe
  6. Moorhen Relaxing

    Moorhen Relaxing

    I love moorhens, their beaks are so colourful and quite unlike anything I've seen around here! It's a shame they're on the "nearly threatened" list here in Germany.
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    • germany grass moorhen relaxing sitting
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  7. New Lifer — Northern Wheatear!

    New Lifer — Northern Wheatear!

    A new nature reserve has been opened to the public near my office. It's a hill that used to be an old landfill but that has been rewilded over the past few years. A few weeks ago, it was opened to the public. I took a quick trip there today in what was way too hot weather: but it was worth it...
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    • germany wheatear
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  8. Black Stork Surprise

    Black Stork Surprise

    Saw a very surprising and unexpected visitor at the rainwater retention basin next to my apartment yesterday, a Black Stork!
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    • bielefeld black stork germany schwarzstorch stork water
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  9. Crested Tit having breakfast

    Crested Tit having breakfast

    Spotted the Crested Tit at the train station again today. It was having a lovely green caterpillar for breakfast, as it seems!
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    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  10. Crested Tit at the train station

    Crested Tit at the train station

    Saw this Crested Tit at the train station near my office today. Always happy to see one! :-)
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    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  11. mjohanning

    New lifer — European Honey Buzzard

    Thank you :-) Every day I wish for more focal length 😅
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    New lifer — European Honey Buzzard

    It's not even blurred, I just had to crop it quite extremely. Hopefully next time I'll get a better photo!
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    New lifer — European Honey Buzzard

    Managed to see two European Honey Buzzards flying over a cemetery during my lunch walk in Halle (Westf.), Germany today. It looked like a Common Buzzard or a Goshawk to me at first, but a birder friend of mine who had also seen a Honey Buzzard a few towns away confirmed it was a Honey Buzzard...
  14. Just a Coot

    Just a Coot

    Just a Eurasian Coot chilling on some grass next to an artificial lake close to my apartment.
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    • coot fulica atra grass resting
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  15. A new lifer for me — Common Sandpiper

    A new lifer for me — Common Sandpiper

    Located right next to my apartment, there is what used to be an artificial lake. It has now been mostly drained and turned into a rainwater retention basin with a small stream flowing through the middle of it. It was at this former lake that I saw my very first Common Sandpiper today. I hadn't...
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    • lifer sandpiper shorebird water
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Britain & Europe
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