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WINGS Birding Tours – Bird List

The Netherlands: Late Summer

Prospective Birdlist

with James Lidster as leader

  • Column A = Number of days this species was seen on the 2011 tour
  • Column B = Maximum daily count for this species on the 2011 tour
  • Column C = H = heard only
NC A B C
Little Grebe 2 3 Tachybaptus ruficollis
Great Crested Grebe 5 20 Podiceps cristatus
Black-necked Grebe 1 1 Podiceps nigricollis
Great Cormorant 5 2000 Phalacrocorax carbo
Great Egret 5 15 Egretta alba
Grey Heron 5 40 Ardea cinerea
Black Stork 1 1 Ciconia nigra
White Stork 2 5 Ciconia ciconia
Spoonbill 5 70 Platalea leucorodia
Mute Swan 5 200 Cygnus olor
Greylag Goose 5 1500 Anser anser
Canada Goose 2 10 Branta canadensis
Barnacle Goose 4 500 Branta leucopsis
Ruddy Shelduck 1 63 Tadorna ferruginea
Shelduck 3 500 Tadorna tadorna
Gadwall 5 200 Anas strepera
Mallard 5 500 Anas platyrhynchos
Garganey 3 5 Anas querquedula
Eurasian Teal 5 20 Anas crecca
Northern Shoveler 5 200 Anas clypeata
Eurasian Wigeon 5 50 Anas penelope
Pochard 2 100 Aythya ferina
Tufted Duck 5 1000 Aythya fuligula
Honey Buzzard 1 2 Pernis apivorus
Short-toed Snake Eagle 1 4 Circaetus gallicus
White-tailed Eagle 2 2 Haliaeetus albicilla
Western Marsh Harrier 5 15 Circus aeruginosus
Northern Goshawk 2 3 Accipiter gentilis
Eurasian Sparrowhawk 3 4 Accipiter nisus
Common Buzzard 5 30 Buteo buteo
Common Kestrel 4 10 Falco tinnunculus
Eurasian Hobby 5 2 Falco subbuteo
Peregrine 1 2 Falco peregrinus
Spotted Crake 1 2 Porzana porzana
Water Rail 1 1 H Rallus aquaticus
Common Moorhen 4 5 Gallinula chloropus
Eurasian Coot 5 200 Fulica atra
Common Crane 1 2 Grus grus
Eurasian Oystercatcher 2 30 Haematopus ostralegus
Avocet 2 200 Recurvirostra avosetta
Eurasian Golden Plover 3 2000 Pluvialis apricaria
Little Ringed Plover 2 1 Charadrius dubius
Ringed Plover 2 10 Charadrius hiaticula
Lapwing 5 5000 Vanellus vanellus
Ruff 3 500 Philomachus pugnax
Dunlin 1 10 Calidris alpina
Little Stint 2 10 Calidris minuta
Temminck's Stint 1 1 Calidris temminckii
Curlew Sandpiper 2 5 Calidris ferruginea
Black-tailed Godwit 2 100 Limosa limosa
Bar-tailed Godwit 1 1 Limosa lapponica
Eurasian Curlew 3 1000 Numenius arquata
Common Redshank 2 2 Tringa totanus
Spotted Redshank 2 2 Tringa erythropus
Wood Sandpiper 3 5 Tringa glareola
Greenshank 2 5 Tringa nebularia
Green Sandpiper 3 1 Tringa ochropus
Common Sandpiper 4 6 Actitis hypoleucos
Common Snipe 4 10 Gallinago gallinago
Turnstone 1 10 Arenaria interpres
Red-necked Phalarope 1 2 Phalaropus lobatus
Little Gull 1 1 Hydrocoloeus minutus
Black-headed Gull 5 1000 Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Great Black-backed Gull 3 6 Larus marinus
Lesser Black-backed Gull 4 5 Larus fuscus
Herring Gull 5 500 Larus argentatus
Yellow-legged Gull 1 2 Larus michahellis
Caspian Gull 1 1 Larus cachinnans
Caspian Tern 1 1 Sterna caspia
Sandwich Tern 1 50 Sterna sandvicensis
Common Tern 2 30 Sterna hirundo
Black Tern 3 30 Chlidonias niger
Wood Pigeon 5 50 Columba palumbus
Stock Dove 5 10 Columba oenas
Collared Dove 3 6 Streptopelia decaocto
Long-eared Owl 1 1 Asio otus
Common Kingfisher 1 1 Alcedo atthis
Wryneck 1 1 Jynx torquilla
Great Spotted Woodpecker 3 4 Dendrocopos major
Skylark 2 1 Alauda arvensis
Sand Martin 4 50 Riparia riparia
Barn Swallow 5 200 Hirundo rustica
House Martin 5 5 Delichon urbica
Tree Pipit 1 20 Anthus trivialis
Meadow Pipit 4 10 Anthus pratensis
Red-throated Pipit 1 1 Anthus cervinus
Yellow Wagtail 5 6 Motacilla flava
White Wagtail 5 30 Motacilla alba
Citrine Wagtail 1 1 Motacilla citreola
Winter Wren 2 1 Troglodytes troglodytes
Robin 2 1 Erithacus rubecula
Dunnock 1 1 H Prunella modularis
Stonechat 3 8 Saxicola torquata
Whinchat 2 3 Saxicola rubetra
Northern Wheatear 1 2 Oenanthe oenanthe
Blackbird 3 2 Turdus merula
Song Thrush 1 1 Turdus philomelos
Garden Warbler 1 1 Sylvia borin
Blackcap 2 10 Sylvia atricapilla
Whitethroat 2 1 Sylvia communis
Reed Warbler 2 3 Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Sedge Warbler 1 1 Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Chiffchaff 3 20 Phylloscopus collybita
Goldcrest 1 1 H Regulus regulus
Willow Tit 2 4 Poecile montanus
Great Tit 3 20 Parus major
Blue Tit 3 6 Cyanistes caeruleus
Bearded Tit 1 2 H Panurus biarmicus
Eurasian Nuthatch 1 2 Sitta europea
Short-toed Treecreeper 2 2 Certhia brachydactyla
Great Grey Shrike 1 1 Lanius excubitor
Eurasian Jay 3 6 Garrulus glandarius
Magpie 5 2 Pica pica
Eurasian Jackdaw 5 200 Corvus monudela
Rook 2 20 Corvus frugeligus
Carrion Crow 5 50 Corvus corone
European Starling 5 2000 Sturnus vulgaris
House Sparrow 5 20 Passer domesticus
Tree Sparrow 1 3 Passer montanus
Chaffinch 1 2 Fringilla coelebs
Greenfinch 3 30 Carduelis chloris
Goldfinch 4 3 Carduelis carduelis
Linnet 4 3 Carduelis cannabina
Eurasian Bullfinch 1 1 H Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Reed Bunting 2 4 Emberiza schoeniclus