Even with less favorable weather birds depart from the warm south to their breeding grounds further north. If time is running out, they will have to. And this means that also "our" summer visitors return to their breeding grounds. Hobby, Lesser and Common Whitethroat, Pied Flycatcher, Garden Warbler and more species have been seen again. This flow always brings rarer species along with it.

Some of the more or less particular records from past 3 weeks; Forsters Tern and Stone Curlew (10/4), Hoopoe and Osprey (11/4), two Black Kites (13/4), four Wrynecks (21/4), Red-footed Falcon (24/4), a group of five Cranes (26/4), European Bee-eater (28/4) and a pair of Black-winged Stilts (29/4). Today, Forster's Tern was rediscovered at the Volharding not be seen after 10 days.

Bijeneter / European Bee-eater Merops apiaster, Robbenjager, De Cocksdorp, Texel, 28-04-2016

Kraanvogels / Common Cranes Grus grus, 5 ad, De Cocksdorp, Texel, 27-04-2016

Kluut met 2 Steltkluten / Pied Avocet with 2 Black-winged Stilts Recurvirostra avosetta, Himantopus himantopus, Akiab, De Cocksdorp, Texel, 29-04-2016