Switzerland 2023 (2 Viewers)

[Mcnswiss2]

New format of Ornitho.ch. I was not sure at the beginning but now its growing on me.
On the phone its still messy.

 

[Frank van Drogen]

Yeah, I am not such a great fan of the ornito.ch ands flore-fauna.fr sites. Less intuitive than ebird for sure, and even ebird has some room for improvement.

 

[jurek]

On my screen it produces a lot of white space. Plus the actually interesting bit (recent records) is still small and tucked to the side..

 

[Mcnswiss2]

Jack Snipe reported in several areas including Wallis and Berne.
My favourite place to see them was at Belp.

 

[bittern]

Short eared Owl reported at Bern. It's a long time since I have seen one in Switzerland.
Best place was at Krummi.

By the way one was reported yesterday at Perle du Lac, a Geneva city park by the lakeside, it departed in the direction of Pregny. A very strange place for a SEO!

Mike

 

[Mcnswiss2]

Pallid Swifts seen in Langnau ZH, Pallid Harrier at Muntschemier(BE), and Pink Footed Geese at Kemmental (TG)

 

[pbjosh]

A presumed Sib Stonechat was found at Katzensee on Weds evening and was still present yesterday afternoon/evening. I'm not much of a twitcher and it's not a terribly exciting bird but hey it was an excuse to get out on the bike despite mixed weather. The 4th bird I've arguably twitched since being in CH.

 

[Frank van Drogen]

A presumed Sib Stonechat was found at Katzensee on Weds evening and was still present yesterday afternoon/evening. I'm not much of a twitcher and it's not a terribly exciting bird but hey it was an excuse to get out on the bike despite mixed weather. The 4th bird I've arguably twitched since being in CH.

Twitching by bike is altogether something else

I might be able to see it this weekend, if it is still around. Where was it roughly?

 

[pbjosh]

Twitching by bike is altogether something else

I might be able to see it this weekend, if it is still around. Where was it roughly?

Just N of Oberer Katzensee (near the farm that sells flowers) is a single field with approximately 1m high vegetation, all the other fields are plowed / cut / etc. GPS is about 47.4363, 8.4998. If the bird is still there, there will probably be a lot of birders and it will thus be easy to find.

 

[Mcnswiss2]

Nice..other goodies around:

• Yellow browed Warbler Wadenswil ZH
• Black Legged Kittiwake Weissenau BE
• Jack Snipe Pouta Fontana VS
• Ringed Necked Duck La Dullive VD
• Pygmy Cormorants at various sites.
• Cettis Warblers at Magadino TI

 

[Mcnswiss2]

Humes Leaf Warbler reported at Wadenswil as well..is this a mistake for Yellow Browed warbler?

 

[Mcnswiss2]

Greater Short toed Lark at Nuolener Ried and Pink footed Goose at Kemmental.

 

[Frank van Drogen]

Just N of Oberer Katzensee (near the farm that sells flowers) is a single field with approximately 1m high vegetation, all the other fields are plowed / cut / etc. GPS is about 47.4363, 8.4998. If the bird is still there, there will probably be a lot of birders and it will thus be easy to find.

I passed by this morning, it had been seen earlier, but I missed it.

Apparently did not show up the rest of the day. About 25 birders around at different places, when I passed by.

 

[Mcnswiss2]

Noooo..go back Frank!

• Pine Bunting at Riazzino
• Dusky Warbler at Bommerweiher
• Sardinian Warbler at Liebefeld

 

[Mcnswiss2]

Weird ..another Mallorca special Moustached Warbler reported at Grangettes

 

[Richard Prior]

Weird ..another Mallorca special Moustached Warbler reported at Grangettes

That makes 4 out of the past five winters at the same site!

 

[Mcnswiss2]

Pallid Harrier seen at Triboltingen.
My favourite site was at Krummi.

 

[Mcnswiss2]

Artic Tern reported at Yverdon.
Has the recent storm brought in rarities??

 

[Richard Prior]

Sabine’s Gull should be on Swiss birders’ radar judging by the huge numbers being seen on the French Atlantic coast…..

 

[Mcnswiss2]

I have dipped the one in Zurich a few years ago..please send them over