Detailed Reports on Birdwatching in Europe
Contact or comments: schick@asca-berlin.de
Last updated: May 20, 2012
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Austria – Lake Constance (Bodensee 2002 - 2008)
Bulgaria – District Burgas (September 2003)
Bulgaria – District Burgas (May 2004)
Denmark – Sjælland (August 2004)
Estonia – Western Coast (May 2007)
Finland – Province Uusimaa (July 2003)
Germany – Fehmarn and Helgoland (April and May 2010)
Germany ‒ Helgoland (October 2011) NEW!
Germany – Lake Constance (Bodensee, 2002 – 2008)
Germany ̶ Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (April 2012)
Germany – North Sea Coast (September 2001)
Germany – North Sea Coast (October 2007)
Germany ̶ Rügen (December 2011) NEW!
Germany − Usedom (December 2010)
Greece ̶ Macedonia and Thrace (February 2012) NEW!
Hungary – Hortobágy and Balaton (June 2007)
Iceland – South-western Part (July 2007)
Italy – Lombardia (June/July 2004)
Italy – Sardinia (April/May 2008)
Italy – Sicilia (July/August 2005)
Italy – South Tyrol (June/July 2009)
Italy – Toscana (June/July 2005)
Netherlands – Texel (September 2002)
Norway − Oslo, Hordaland and Sogne og Fjordane (August 2010)
Poland – Warta Estuary (June 2003)
Poland – Warta Estuary (June 2004)
Portugal – Algarve (October 2002
Portugal – Algarve (March 2004)
Spain – Andalucía (April 2003)
Spain – Andalucía (January 2006)
Spain – Andalucía (April 2006)
Spain – Andalucía (October 2006)
Spain – Andalucía (January 2007)
Spain – Andalucía (February 2008)
Spain – Andalucía (February/March 2009)
Spain − Cataluña (January 2010)
Spain – Extremadura (May 2005)
Spain – Extremadura and Andalucía (May 2008)
Spain – Mallorca (October 2004)
Spain ‒ Mallorca (September 2010)
Spain ‒ Mallorca (February 2011)
This website hosts the reports on ornithological observations during my journeys in different countries of Europe since 1991.
It will last some time, until all these reports are prepared for the web. I will start with the more recent ones and add the earlier observations as time allows.
It is a characteristic feature of these reports that they give a complete and detailed list of all birds seen during these tours. In this way they offer rather an impression of the everyday birdlife in the visited areas than a list of rareties.
By using the databank program OrniDB (OrnithologicalDataBank) of Ralf Schirmeister (www.ralf-schirmeister.de) for the registration of the daily observations it was very easy to edit the data in different forms. For this website the edition in form of Excursion Reports and Species Lists was generally applied.
In 2002 I started with digiscoping. This allowed to include pictures of the visited areas as well as images of many of the observed birds into the reports, thus giving more vivid impressions of birdlife in the visited areas.
In 2006 I changed from digiscoping to photography with a Canon EOS 20D and the telephoto lenses Canon EF 100-400 mm, f/4.5-5.6L IS USM or Canon EF 600 mm, f/4L IS USM. Since 2007 I used the Canon EOS 1D Mark III with these lenses.
In 2004 I started to display selected pictures in a Bird Gallery. Maybe, they are a pleasure for birdlovers as well as a help for less experienced birdwatchers in the identification of birds.