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  1. Refuge

    Refuge

    for lizards. We had them for decades but they have disappeared. Maybe cats, other predators or not enough insects. I built this rock pile habitat to bring them back.
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    • Media item
    • bavaria refuge stones
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Landscapes
  2. Eurasian siskin youngster

    Eurasian siskin youngster

    Male and female showed up with one youngster.
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    • bavaria eurasian siskin (spinus spinus)
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  3. Black redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros).JPG

    Black redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros).JPG

    He is often calling her to the feeding place on our terrace. They are in their usual nest @ our house. Over the years do they use three different nests at the same place. Due to the warm and dry weather are our wild strawberries already in full blossom. Black Redstart is bird of the year in Germany.
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    • Media item
    • bavaria black redstart (phoenicurus ochruros)
    • Comments: 14
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  4. Easter Sunday

    Easter Sunday

    @ Lake Chiemsee. Many many more species were there (Wading birds, ducks, gulls, herons, egrets, cuckoos ... ).
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    • bavaria lake chiemsee
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  5. Common reed bunting

    Common reed bunting

    A morning singer in the reed.
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    • bavaria common reed bunting (emberiza schoeniclus) lake chiemsee
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  6. Western marsh harrier

    Western marsh harrier

    Hunting along the reed. Easter Sunday at Lake Chiemsee.
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    • Media item
    • bavaria lake chiemsee marsh harrier / circus aeruginosus
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  7. Passer domesticus

    Passer domesticus

    Translated into 133 languages in wiki.
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    • Media item
    • bavaria house sparrow passer domesticus
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  8. Not the big meal

    Not the big meal

    Foraging for insects.
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    • Media item
    • bavaria red kite (milvus milvus)
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  9. Common crossbill

    Common crossbill

    The male enjoyed a break, the female did the work. ☺️
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    • Media item
    • bavaria common crossbill loxia curvirostra
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  10. Male Red crossbill

    Male Red crossbill

    Enjoying a break.
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    • bavaria common crossbill loxia curvirostra red crossbill
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  11. Eurasian skylark

    Eurasian skylark

    My first migratory species this season. About two dozens of these cuties were here today.
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    • bavaria eurasian skylark (alauda arvensis)
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  12. Male Common crossbill

    Male Common crossbill

    The male bird of this lovely duo.
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    • Media item
    • bavaria common crossbill loxia curvirostra
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  13. Female Common crossbill

    Female Common crossbill

    A warm and sunny day today. My first cycling trip in 2025 brought me three lovely birds.
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    • Media item
    • bavaria common crossbill loxia curvirostra
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  14. Common kestrel

    Common kestrel

    The advantage of a noisy shutter.
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    • bavaria common kestrel (falco tinnunculus) falco tinnunculus
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  15. European mole

    European mole

    Without a home after the torrential rain in Bavaria.
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    • Media item
    • bavaria european mole lake chiemsee talpa europaea
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Wild Mammals
  16. Whinchat decision

    Whinchat decision

    The whinchat noticed me but the hovering kestrel nearby was the bigger threat. 😊
    • jbpixels
    • Media item
    • bavaria whinchat / saxicola rubetra
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  17. Red-backed shrike

    Red-backed shrike

    looking for insects on fallow land. I believe the plant is a mullein.
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    • 1bb bavaria red-backed shrike (lanius collurio)
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  18. male whinchat

    male whinchat

    Migratory stop in a fruit farm.
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    • bavaria whinchat / saxicola rubetra
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  19. European stonechat

    European stonechat

    A closer crop.
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    • Media item
    • bavaria european stonechat (saxicola rubicola)
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  20. Northern wheatear

    Northern wheatear

    Meanwhile way more south.
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    • (northern) wheatear oenanthe oenanthe bavaria
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  21. Male black redstart

    Male black redstart

    in our apple tree. Two successful broods in two nest this year. They belong to my parents home like a pet during summer.
    • jbpixels
    • Media item
    • bavaria black redstart (phoenicurus ochruros)
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  22. Red-backed shrike

    Red-backed shrike

    The perfect habitat for rb shrikes.
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    • Media item
    • bavaria red-backed shrike (lanius collurio)
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  23. Common kingfisher

    Common kingfisher

    @ pond in Upper Bavaria.
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    • alcedo atthis bavaria common kingfisher (alcedo atthis)
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  24. European stonechat

    European stonechat

    Probably the sweetest female stonechat ever. She posed and sat still. I immediately fell in love with her. No bad thoughts are necessary. Her two youngsters were somewhere else.
    • jbpixels
    • Media item
    • bavaria european stonechat (saxicola rubicola)
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  25. Common sandpiper

    Common sandpiper

    Sunny place.
    • jbpixels
    • Media item
    • actitis hypoleucos common sandpiper bavaria
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Britain & Europe
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