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Gonzoyjgonzo
2025-06-17

This hare crossed my path yesterday, it must've hopped through one of the shallow irrigation canals as its fur looks very wet. It sat there for a moment then noticed someone else walking towards us, before it noticed me and ran off.

A hare (Lepus europaeus) sitting on a grassy path.
Gonzoyjgonzo
2025-06-14

I saw many hares hopping through the fields this morning. This one sitting on a small farmer's field between the two nature reserves and

European hare (Lepus europaeus) sitting in a grass field surrounded by some yellow flowersEuropean hare (Lepus europaeus) hopping in a grass field surrounded by some yellow flowers
Gonzoyjgonzo
2025-05-17

Early morning hares in
Shots like these make waking up at 5:30am worth it.

Three hares sitting in a field on a foggy morning. The two to the left huddled together while a little bit to the right of them, one is standing on its hind legs with its front paws forward. In the background the morning mist slowly burning away in the rising sun.
Gonzoyjgonzo
2025-05-11

Just a few more birds from yesterday morning. And another lifer: The garden warbler.
There are still many more photos from this weekend and previous visits I'll have to go through when I have the time...

more to come 🐦🦢🦆

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Garden warbler (Sylvia borin) perched against a branch and surrounded by foliage. It's beak slightly open in song. Song thrush (Turdus philomelos) looking over its shoulder in the nice golden sunlight of the early morning.House sparrow (Passer domesticus) sitting between foliage and with some insects in its beak. Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) perched on a branch, standing straight up and looking to the left due to a sound heard in the distance.
Gonzoyjgonzo
2025-05-03

Some insects at yesterday.

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Spotted crane fly (Nephrotoma appendiculata) / Hoefijzertijger in DutchBanded Damselfly (Calopteryx splendens) / Weidebeekjuffer in DutchPainted lady (Vanessa cardui) sitting atop a thistle for which it gets its Dutch name "Distelvlinder"Green-veined white (Pieris napi) / Klein geaderd witje in Dutch
Gonzoyjgonzo
2025-05-02

Running horses on a foggy morning. Seen in a field across from the nature reserve.

A fenced field on a foggy morning where 6 horses can be seen in silhouette, two of them are running after each other while the others seem to be ignoring them and continuing to graze.
Gonzoyjgonzo
2025-04-23

A Bluethroat and a Blackcap seen at on Easter Sunday.
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Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) on a branch surrounded by green foliage. It has a brown back with a light grey belly. Its throat is a dark blue with a white spot in the middle, under it a black band followed by a an orange band.Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) sitting on a branch. It has mainly olive-grey upperparts and pale grey underparts and a distinctive black "cap" on its head, with females this cap is usually more brownish-orange.
Gonzoyjgonzo
2025-04-12

A selection of today's songbirds at . It was a warm and sunny day and many a bird chitter-chatter filled the air. The bluethroat was today's lifer :)
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Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) sitting high up on a branch against the blue sky. Its mouth open in song.Common chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita) sitting on a branch between young buds and leaves.Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) sitting between branches, singing.Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) on a branch, singing
Gonzoyjgonzo
2025-04-12

Went to the nature reserve again and had a nice close encounter with a pheasant early this morning. 🪶

Common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) seen from the side, standing in the dew-covered grass in the early morning sunlight. Common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) standing upright with its head facing upwards and letting out a warning call. (I came too close) Common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) flapping its wings.
Gonzoyjgonzo
2025-03-23

I hadn't seen pheasants in the wild before until last week, and this weekend I managed to photograph them. Still from quite a distance away and in a little bit of haze. Hopefully more opportunities in the near future to get better shots. 🪶

Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus m.) standing in a field. It has a bright orange body with white patches, a dark blue neck with a white band separating the head from the body and a red face. It also has a very characteristic long tail. Two pheasants in a field, walking away from the camera, farther ahead in front is the male and on the left and closer to the camera is the female. The female is much more camouflaged whereas the stature of the males is almost instantly recognizable.Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) walking slightly in front and between two thick but pruned trees. A slight haze hangs over the field. The pheasant's form is silhouetted between the trees and clearly recognizable.
Gonzoyjgonzo
2025-03-22

A few more passerine birds from my visit to and yesterday. Many, oh so many were out and about, but I've also spotted a , a and the was a lifer for me
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Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita) in the morning light sitting on a branch between some small seed pods. It has a slight yellowish and greenish light colour.Dunnock (Prunella modularis) sitting on a branch and surrounded by multiple seed pods and strings. It had a grey head, reddish brown wings and back and a light grey and orange belly with dark brown or black spots.Reed bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus) sitting on a thin branch with its beak open in song. It has a black head, a white-grey neck band and orange-brown wings and back, its belly is mostly white or light grey with some darkers spots of black and brown.European Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola) on a branch of a tree with some green buds growing out of it. It has a black head and beak, a white band under its cheeks and an orange chest.
Gonzoyjgonzo
2025-03-21

Mr. E. Starling and Mr. C. Finch, local branch managers of Chirp Inc.

A Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) and a Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) are perched next to each other on a branch between some twigs.
Gonzoyjgonzo
2025-03-16

I took over 200 photos as I was observing this grey heron fishing from up close in the beautiful morning light. Good thing there is only a 4 photo limit per post, otherwise I would be posting many more splashing and dashing shots.
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Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) fishing, water droplets spray outwards as its beak hits the water.Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) fishing, it has just caught a small fish which it holds firmly in its beak, a lot of water droplets are spraying around from the movement.Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) opens its beak and throws the small fish it caught down its throat so it can be swallowed. Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) shaking its head after a successful snack, more water droplets spray off its face. It also seems to look straight towards the camera with a "what you lookin' at?" kind of expression.
Gonzoyjgonzo
2025-03-16

Went to the nearby nature reserve again. First time seeing storks in the wild. They are so much bigger in person. Totally worth getting up at 6:45 for!
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Two storks (Ciconia ciconia) in a field against a backdrop of reeds and bushes.Stork (Ciconia ciconia) standing upright in a field. Its beak slightly open.Two storks (Ciconia ciconia) in a field in front of some bushes. The one to the left, in front of the other has its wings held slightly forward and its head hunched. It looks as if it's doing some shenanigans while the one on the right is looking at it judgingly.Stork (Ciconia ciconia) in flight, low above the ground. Its wings forward and legs backwards, flying to the left. In the background some reeds and bushes.
Gonzoyjgonzo
2025-03-07

Got to see a lot of birds but didn't manage to get them all on photo. and are beautiful areas just outside of town. Definitely gonna head there more often.

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