Læserne af Netfugls VP observationer er nok allerede bekendt med, at der ligger en hun Stellersand i Flensborgområdet.

Stellersand

Jeg antog i første omgang, at den næppe ville kunne ses fra Danmark, men efter at have set dette billede, tænkte jeg, om det kunne være Danmark i baggrunden... [læs mere]

Hereby March 2013 Danish Bird News:

A female or 1st winter male Snowy Owl was reported at three Nordjylland sites 35 km. apart during 18th-28th (the first for almost two years). The 1st winter male Ring-necked Duck was still at Furesø 15 just km. from central Copenhagen on 11th. The regular drak... [læs mere]

The week's highlights
County Donegal’s Killybegs scores a Killdeer
Male Pallid Harrier graces Surrey countryside
Black-throated Thrush makes haste from Aberdeenshire
The immature drake Harlequin remains on the Outer Hebrides
Somerset’s Pied-billed Grebe hangs on for a few more days
Pacific... [læs mere]

DOF's sjældenhedsudvalg (SU) holdt møde på Blåvand Fuglestation i weekenden 16-17/3. På mødet behandledes en række nye og gamle sager.

Nye arter og underarter i 2012
SU godkendte bl.a. tre nye arter og én ny underart for Danmark:

- Tornhalesejler Hirundapus caudacutus ssp.: Juvre, Rø... [læs mere]

Interessen for sjældne fugle har næppe nogensinde været større end nu. Det er i dag helt naturligt at se på sjældne fugle og de tider, hvor �seriøse� fuglekiggere rynkede på næsen af �de skøre twitchere� synes at være forbi. Vi vælter os i diverse varslingssystemer og stort set a... [læs mere]

Hereby Februar 2013 Danish bird news:

The regular (Danish first) drake White-winged Scoter ssp. deglandi was off Blåvands Huk, Vestjylland during 2nd-26th even alongside the regular Black Scoter during 2nd-26th with a WP record two drake Black Scoters seen there on 12th! Several European twitche... [læs mere]

The week's highlights:
Drake Harlequin Duck still on the Western Isles
Pied-billed Grebe still in Somerset
Pine Grosbeak departs
American Coot in Galway
Two Black Ducks in Cork
Northern Harrier still in Wexford
Pacific Diver reappears in Cornwall

It was very much a case of ‘as you wereâ€... [læs mere]

The week's highlights:
Stunning drake Harlequin Duck on the Western Isles
Pied-billed Grebe found in Somerset
Pine Grosbeak increasingly lonely on Shetland
Pacific Diver again in Cornwall
Two Black Ducks still in Cork
American Coot still in Galway
Snowy Owl graces Fermanagh
Northern Harrier ... [læs mere]

The week's highlights:
Drake Baikal Teal graces County Wexford
With the Northern Harrier still there too and another is reported on Orkney
Shetland’s Pine Grosbeak continues to draw southern admirers
Cork’s baby American Herring Gull remains to the weekend
And Kerry’s gull questions resol... [læs mere]

Applikationer opdateres
Nordicstation AB har meddelt, at de vil opdatere samtlige applikationer til nyeste version af Bird Alarm på mandag den 11. februar.

Dette betyder at alle brugere skal opdatere deres Bird Alarm applikation på deres smartphone. Den gamle version af applikationen vil efter... [læs mere]