The eleventh month of 2023 produced some nice species. Two Richard's Pipits stayed on the dike at the Utopia nature reserve for a few days. Another surprise was the discovery of a Iceland Gull on the North Sea beach at pole 12. This Arctic gull breeds in Greenland and often winters in very limited number in the Netherlands. A young Black-throated Loon could be admired for several days in the harbor of Oudeschild.
Grote Pieper / Richard's Pipit Anthus ricardi, Utopia, Texel, 16-11-2023
Parelduiker / Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica, 1cy, haven Oudeschild, Texel, 15-11-2023
Rosse Grutto / Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica, 1cy, Volharding, Texel, 18-11-2023
Algemene wintergast / Common wintervisitor
Zwarte Zee-eend / Black scoter Melanitta nigra, ♀, Volharding, Texel, 16-11-2023
Buiten het broedseizoen verblijven duizenden Zwarte Zee-eenden op de Noordzee / Outside the breeding season, thousands of Black Scoters stay in the North Sea
Kleine Burgemeester / Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides, 2cy, Paal 12, Texel, 26-11-2023
Middelste Zaagbek / Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator, ♂, Volharding, Texel, 26-11-2023
Algemene wintergast / Common wintervisitor
