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Beverly and Rich ended their Norwegian Cruise in the harbor of Rotterdam. They both had visited the Netherlands before and had some target birds for their Dutch and life list which we tried to see this day.
After I (Menno) had picked up Beverly and Rich from the terminal we first drove to the dunes of Berkheide, Wassenaar. Here we started a walk for songbirds. They sky was full with Swifts and Common- and Lesser Whitethroats were singing. So did Nightingale, Wood Lark, Willow Warbler, Chifchaff, Chaffinch etc.
We briefly stopped at a small woodland for Nuthatch, Short-toed Treecreeper and a very cooperative Firecrest. Another walk at a marshland gave nice views on a Bluethroat, Long-eared Owl and a Kingfisher speeding by.
At the tulip field near Noordwijk we were lucky to find a pair of Grey Partridges with hatchlings before lunch. After that we headed to a wetland near The Hague, Nieuwe Driemanspolder. The lakes were full with aquatic birds including Tufted Duck, Common- and Red-crested Pochard. On the mudflats were Northern Lapwings, Redshanks, Black-tailed Godwits and Little Ringed Plovers.
A report came in of a Common Rosefinch in the dunes which we then tried to relocate but without success. From here we drove to Schiphol to end the day with some Common Kestrels along the road.
- Great-crested Grebe
- Great Cormorant
- Grey Heron
- White Stork
- Eurasian Spoonbill
- Mute Swan
- Greylag Goose
- Barnacle Goose
- Common Shelduck
- Gadwall
- Mallard
- Northern Shoveler
- Red-crested Pochard
- Common Pochard
- Tufted Duck
- Marsh Harrier
- Sparrowhawk
- Common Buzzard
- Common Kestrel
- Grey Partridge
- Water Rail
- Moorhen
- Coot
- Oystercatcher
- Avocet
- Northern Lapwing
- Little Ringed Plover
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Common Redshank
- Common Gull
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Herring Gull
- Black-headed Gull
- Common Tern
- Stock Dove
- Wood Pigeon
- Collared Dove
- Long-eared Owl
- Common Swift
- Common Kingfisher
- Greater Spotted Woodpecker
- Wood Lark
- House Martin
- Barn Swallow
- White Wagtail
- Yellow Wagtail
- Meadow Pipit
- Firecrest
- Wren
- Dunnock
- Blackbird
- Song Thrush
- Cetti's Warbler
- Grasshopper Warbler
- Sedge Warbler
- Reed Warbler
- Marsh Warbler
- Icterine Warbler
- Willow Warbler
- Chiffchaff
- Blackcap
- Garden Warbler
- Common Whitethroat
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Spotted Flycatcher
- European Robin
- Common Nightingale
- Bluethroat
- Stonechat
- Great Tit
- Blue Tit
- Nuthatch
- Short-toed Treecreeper
- Eurasian Jay
- Magpie
- Jackdaw
- Carrion Crow
- European Starling
- House Sparrow
- Chaffinch
- Greenfinch
- Goldfinch
- Linnet
- Reed Bunting
- *Egyptian Goose
- *Ring-necked Parakeet
- *Canada Goose