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  1. wintibird

    Wintibird's 2005 List for Switzerland

    Shore Lark Took a train yesterday to Yverdon and then to Six Fontaines (three hours), where I got out and had to walk up. Instead of 2h35 (given on the signpost) I reached the summit of Mount Suchet in 1h30, spent another 20 minutes of searching and then 2 hours of admiring my first Swiss Shore...
  2. wintibird

    Wintibird's 2005 List for Switzerland

    Waders Added some waders today in the Chablais de Cudrefin, near Berne. We saw a group of ten Grey Plovers, which is quite remarkable for Switzerland. Two Red Knots joined in and among the Dunlins and Little Stints two Temminck's played hide and seek. Also added the fifth owl this year, a Barn...
  3. wintibird

    Wintibird's 2005 List for Switzerland

    Fan-tailed Warbler and Blue Rock Thrush Some nice addings during my summer holidays. First a Fan-tailed Warbler showed up at the Neeracherried, just 10kms from my hometown. He is still there, singing. They once colonised Switzerland in the seventies, but disapperad afterwards and are quite rare...
  4. wintibird

    Wintibird's 2005 List for Switzerland

    Finally the Alps Spent a weekend in the alps and boosted up my list with species like Pygmy Owl, Citril Finch, Golden Eagle, Black Grouse and many more. We saw a good variety of alpine species and I achieved my goal of 200 species this year in Switzerland. Still I miss some easy ones like...
  5. wintibird

    Wintibird's 2005 List for Switzerland

    Great Snipe This morning I saw a Great Snipe at the Neeracherried, a place near my town. Most of the time the bird was hidden in the grass, but from time to time it came out feeding and was well visible. The bird was spotted yesterday and is the first twitchable Great Snipe we ever had in...
  6. wintibird

    Wintibird's 2005 List for Switzerland

    Made a daytrip to western Switzerland yesterday. Like Momo I saw the Collared Pratincole near Payerne, a first for Switzerland for me. I arrived at 8 a.m. and had to find the bird first. After 9 the crowd arrived as well. A wonderful bird showing itself perfectly! I went on to Geneva, tried...
  7. wintibird

    Wintibird's 2005 List for Switzerland

    Visited southern Switzerland yesterday and spent a day birding in the sunny Tessin. I found a allnew species for me for Switzerland which was a Little Tern hunting over the Lago Maggiore. Wrynecks were calling, the bushes full of nightingales, orioles and red-backed Shrikes. I also visited the...
  8. wintibird

    Wintibird's 2005 List for Switzerland

    Good day yesterday with 13 new species for the list, including Woodchat Shrike as a first for Switzerland. I was in the Fanel/Chablais de Cudrefin in the west of Switzerland, a very attractive area for birds. We had singing Corn Buntings, 3 Cattle Egrets just beside a Woodchat Shrike, a nice...
  9. wintibird

    Wintibird's 2005 List for Switzerland

    Very hot outside, it seems as spring is directly changing into summer. After seeing my first Black-winged Stilts for Switzerland in March I missed the first ever Trumpeter Finch which was seen on 3 day near Olten. Blimey, I had to work and the day I could go the bird was gone. First Cuckoos...
  10. wintibird

    Wintibird's 2005 List for Switzerland

    10.4.2005 Very nice day with my first Subalpine Warbler (Sylvia cantillans) for Switzerland. It was a male, hopping around in a birch in the middle of the small town Sursee. After twitching this one, I went to a reserve nearby, where I had a couple of Common Redstarts (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)...
  11. wintibird

    Wintibird's 2005 List for Switzerland

    3.4.2005 After some birding in the lowland woods I cleared up with the woodpeckers and the recently arrived species like blackcap. Very nice observation yesterday: Alpine Swift are back in town and are flying around their breeding sites. About 35 to 40 pairs breed in Winterthur. Spring has...
  12. wintibird

    Wintibird's 2005 List for Switzerland

    Last update:28.10.2005: 225 species (goal 200, got it!). Lifers for Switzerland so far:15 (Snow Bunting, Lesser Scaup, Subalpine Warbler, Black-winged Stilt, Woodchat Shrike, Little Tern, Collared Pratincole, Melodious Warbler, Little Owl, Great Snipe, Fan-tailed Warbler, Blue Rock Thrush...
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