at the many records of recent days confirms again that there is much to see in the month of May. The Dutch Birding weekend from 8 to 10 May produced beautiful species such as Black Kite, Bee-eaters, Savi's Warbler, Ortolan Bunting, Crane, Red-rumped Swallow culminating with a second calendar year male Citrine Wagtail. This vagrant was discovered on the Renvogelveld at the Robbenjager and is the 6th record for Texel. The days that followed were a Purple Heron in Spang (11/5), 10 European Bee-eaters flying along the Koog (13/5) and a Broad-billed Sandpiper seen in Ottersaat (14/5). The group Dotterels along the Hoofdweg has grown in the meantime to a number of 14.

Zomertortel / European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur, De Cocksdorp, Texel, 11-05-2015

Citroenkwikstaart / Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola, 2e kj mannetje / second-year male, De Cocksdorp, Texel, 10-05-2015

Fluiter / Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix, Oosterend, Texel, 11-05-2015

Breedbekstrandloper / Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus, adult zk / summer, Ottersaat, Oudeschild, Texel, 14-05-2015