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Sightings 2002
red is a rare or scarce species
green is early (first) or late sighting
blue is a high count
blue is a count that exceeds the 1% level
The 1% level is an indicator of the importance of a wetland area. If 1% of the total North-West European population of a bird species is present on a regular basis, the site is of international importance. See also "De 1%-soorten van de Meeslouwerpolder en de Vogelplas Starrevaart" (in Dutch) and Population estimates and 1%-levels for waterbird species occurring in the Netherlands: suggestion for standardisation, P.L. Meininger, H. Schekkerman, en M.W.J. van Roomen, Limosa, 68(2):41, 1995.
December 2002
December 31 - Great Bittern 1 passing
, Common Goldeneye 3 male
5 female
.
Vlietland
. Greater Scaup 1 female
.
Eurasian Widgeons, 31-12-2002 (Photo © Roland Groenen)
December 29 - Bewick's Swan 100, Tundra Bean Goose 1 SW , Greater White-fronted Goose 263 present and 840 NE , Barnacle Goose 80 NE , Ruddy Shelduck 1 SW , Common Shelduck 24, Northern Pintail 34, Northern Shoveler 158, Tufted Duck 414, Jack Snipe 4, Black-tailed Godwit 1, Water Pipit 41 (record) , Grey Wagtail 1, Firecrest 2, Common Reed Bunting 2.
Vlietland . Spotted Redshank 4.
December 26 - Vlietland . Greater Scaup 1 female , Spotted Redshank 1.
December 24 - Great Bittern 1, Common Buzzard 4, Peregrine Falcon 1.
December 23 - Dunlin 3.
December 21 - Great Bittern 1, Northern Pintail 31, Dunlin 1, Ruff 4, Hooded Crow 2.
Meeslouwerplas . Goosander 1 male .
Count on roosting site. Eurasian Curlew 50, Black-headed Gull 14000, Common Gull 8000, European Herring Gull 600, Water Pipit 16.
Vogelplas and Vlietland together. Eurasian Wigeon 26200 (record) .
December 20 - Peregrine Falcon 1, Ruff 1, Hooded Crow 2, Brambling 1 amongst the Common Chaffinches .
December 18 - Great Bittern 1.
December 15 - Great Bittern 1, Northern Pintail 19, Northern Shoveler 191, Goosander 1 male , Dunlin 4, Ruff 3, Jack Snipe plucked, Common Snipe 1, Eurasian Curlew 215, Barn Owl pellet found, Water Pipit 6, Bearded Reedling 1, Hooded Crow 1.
Vlietland . Great Crested Grebe 64, Gadwall 330, Common Pochard 39, Tufted Duck 510, Eider 1 juvenile male , Water Rail 4 of which 2 killed by a cat , Northern Chiffchaff 1.
Vogelplas and Vlietland together. Little Grebe 20, Eurasian Wigeon 18800 (record) , Common Goldeneye 10 male 9 female , Eurasian Coot 2450, Firecrest 4.
Passing . White Stork 2.
December 14 - Eurasian Woodcock 1.
December 13 - Great Bittern 1 with a broken leg .
December 12 - Great Bittern 2 of which 1 found dead with a broken wing .
December 11 - Bewick's Swan 95, Common Shelduck 26, Northern Pintail 14, Eurasian Curlew 104, Hooded Crow 2.
In Vlietland . Whooper Swan 2, Gadwall 210, Mallard 2080, Eider 1 juvenile male , Western Marsh Harrier 1 juvenile , Firecrest 2.
Vogelplas and Vlietland together. Eurasian Wigeon 14900.
Passing . Tundra Bean Goose 4, Greater White-fronted Goose 14, Northern Lapwing 90.
Bewicks' Swans, 11-12-2002
In Vlietland . Eider 1 juvenile male , Western Marsh Harrier 1 juvenile , Common Kingfisher 1.
Passing . Eurasian Curlew 70.
December 9 - Bewick's Swan 41, Smew 13, Goosander 1 male , Eurasian Curlew 28, Hooded Crow 2, Common Chaffinch 85.
In Vlietland . Great Egret 1.
December 8 - Northern Pintail 15, Northern Shoveler 327, Tufted Duck 623, Hen Harrier 1 male , Peregrine Falcon 1 adult , Common Snipe 7, Spotted Redshank 1, Hooded Crow 1.
Migration (10:00-12:00 hours). Great Cormorant 47, Bewick's Swan 10, Whooper Swan 2, Greater White-fronted Goose 5, Greylag Goose 264, Common Shelduck 20, Goosander 13, European Golden Plover 44, Northern Lapwing 2500, Stock Dove 8, Fieldfare 53.
In Vlietland . Eider 1 juvenile male .
December 7 - Common Shelduck 20, Smew 1 male 3 female , Goosander 1 male 2 female , Northern Chiffchaff 1, Hooded Crow 1.
In Vlietland . Long-tailed Tit 4 of which 1 white-headed .
December 5 - Hybrid Common Teal x Eurasian Widgeon (see pictures) .
In Vlietland . Velvet Scoter 4, Eurasian Green Woodpecker 1 male .
Passing . Greater White-fronted Goose 90 south , Barnacle Goose 130 south , Eurasian Curlew 19.
December 3 - Black-tailed Godwit 1, Hooded Crow 1.
In Vlietland . Red-throated Loon 1, Eider 1 female .
Passing . Greater White-fronted Goose 310.
December 2 - Goosander 2 male .
In Vlietland . Eider 2.
December 1 - Bewick's Swan 51, Canada Goose 206, Peregrine Falcon 1, Jack Snipe 1, Spotted Redshank 4, Water Pipit 13, Bearded Reedling 5, Hooded Crow 1, Common Chaffinch 70.
In Vlietland . Red-throated Loon 1 juvenile , Eider 2, Velvet Scoter 2, Firecrest 2.
Passing . Greater White-fronted Goose 80, European Golden Plover 40, Northern Lapwing 7000, Eurasian Siskin 10.
November 2002
November 28 - In
Vlietland
. Eider 2, Velvet Scoter 4 juvenile
(see photo)
, Grey Wagtail 1.
November 27 - In
Vlietland
. Eider 1, Velvet Scoter 4 juvenile
(south-side Meeslouwerplas)
.
Passing
. Greater White-fronted Goose 400.
November 26 - Ruff 9, Black-tailed Godwit 1.
In Vlietland still present. Red-throated Loon 1 juvenile
, Eider 2.
November 24 - Bewick's Swan 24, Greater Scaup 1 female
, Hen Harrier 1 female
, Black-tailed Godwit 1.
In
Vlietland
. Red-throated Loon 1 juvenile
west side of lake
, Eider 2, Northern Goshawk 1, Grey Wagtail 1, Northern Chiffchaff 1.
Passing
. European Golden Plover 20, Northern Lapwing 3000 (disturbence
in neigbouring farmland)
, Eurasian Curlew 50, Fieldfare 70, Eurasian Siskin 10.
November 23 - Bewick's Swan 41, Northern Goshawk 1, Ruff 12, Spotted Redshank 6, Water Pipit 26, Grey Wagtail 1, Firecrest 2, Bearded Reedling 8.
In
Vlietland
. Loon spec. 1 (see description)
, Red-throated Loon 1, Eider 2, Eurasian Curlew 50 passing
.
Spotted Redshanks, 23-11-2002
In Vlietland . Red-throated Loon 1, Jack Snipe 1, Common Kingfisher 2.
November 21 - Hen Harrier 1 female , Dunlin 10, Jack Snipe 2, Black-tailed Godwit 1.
November 20 - Little Grebe 7, Greater White-fronted Goose 16, Smew 3 female 1 male , Goosander 1 female , redpoll spec. 1 passing .
November 19 - Smew 3, Goosander 1 female , Northern Goshawk 1 female , Spotted Redshank 6, Common Redshank 2, Grey Wagtail 1.
Passing . Pink-footed Goose 250, Greater White-fronted Goose 350.
November 18 - Northern Goshawk 1 female .
November 17 - Bewick's Swan 94, Greylag Goose 417, Common Teal 166, Tufted Duck 455, Common Goldeneye 9, Hen Harrier 1, Jack Snipe 2, Lesser Black-backed Gull 1, Yellow-legged Gull 1, Water Pipit 20 on roosting site , Grey Wagtail 1, Bearded Reedling 13.
Passing . Greater White-fronted Goose 112, Eurasian Curlew 24.
November 16 - Bewick's Swan 93, Greater White-fronted Goose 7, Eurasian Wigeon 9500 (due to hunting elsewhere?) , Northern Pintail 15, Northern Shoveler 410, Common Goldeneye 9, Smew 2, Dunlin 1, Spotted Redshank 6, Common Kingfisher 1.
Count on roosting site. Black-headed Gull 6000, Common Gull 9000, European Herring Gull 1600.
In Vlietland . Little Grebe 13, Great Crested Grebe 73, Sedge Warbler 1 (pond near Overhaalbrug) .
Bewick's Swan, 16-11-2002
November 10 - Jack Snipe 2, Rose-ringed Parakeet 2, Long-eared Owl 1 hunting , Grey Wagtail 1, Bearded Reedling 5, Short-toed Tree Creeper 2, Common Starling 63000 on roosting site .
Migrating. Stock Dove 15, Common Wood Pigeon 41, Eurasian Skylark 25, Common Blackbird 2, Fieldfare 160, Redwing 34, Rook 3, Common Chaffinch 98, Brambling 80, European Goldfinch 12, redpoll spec. 1, Common Reed Bunting 15.
November 6 - Pink-footed Goose 2 south , Smew 1, Red-breasted Merganser 1 female , Western Marsh Harrier 1 juvenile , Common Kingfisher 1, Wood Lark 6 south-west , Bearded Reedling 1, Rook 1 east .
November 5 - Water Pipit 11 leaving roosting site .
November 4 - Ruddy Shelduck 1, Grey Wagtail 1, Brambling 20 passing .
November 3 - Red-breasted Merganser 2 female , Spotted Redshank 13, Common Kingfisher 1, Great Spotted Woodpecker 3, Long-tailed Tit 30.
November 2 - Pink-footed Goose 3, Greylag Goose 505, Bar-headed Goose 2, Canada Goose 144, Gadwall 103, Northern Shoveler 580, Common Goldeneye 5, Water Rail 5, Jack Snipe 4, Eurasian Green Woodpecker 1, Water Pipit 5, Grey Wagtail 2, Whinchat 1 female , Short-toed Tree Creeper 1.
Migrating. Fieldfare 11, Blue Tit 3, Brambling 21, Eurasian Siskin 48.
Pink-footed Goose, 2-11-2002
October 2002
October 31 - Common Wood Pigeon 1000 flying past in one
flock
.
October 29 - Mealy Redpoll 31 passing
.
October 28 - Northern Goshawk 1.
Migrating. Fieldfare 80, Redwing 70.
October 26 - At the Vogelplas Starrevaart. Eurasian Wigeon 2700, Gadwall 61, Common Teal 130, Northern Shoveler 512, Tufted Duck 330.
In
Vlietland
. Little Grebe 6, Great Crested Grebe 83, Gadwall 288, Northern Chiffchaff 1, Firecrest 3.
October 24 - Water Pipit 2.
October 22 - Common Goldeneye 2, Common Snipe 17, Spotted Redshank 28.
October 21 - Ruff 1.
October 20 - Grey Wagtail 1, Lapland Longspur 2 passing
.
October 19 - Western Marsh Harrier 2.
October 18 - Common Shelduck 20, Pied Avocet 1, Dunlin 1, Eurasian Curlew 17, Spotted Redshank 19, Common Redshank 4, Water Pipit 3, Redwing 100 passing
.
October 17 - Red Phalarope 1 winter plumage near the hide (new species for the
area)
, Yellow-legged Gull 1.
Red Phalarope, 17-10-2002 (Photo © Renée de Kleijn)
October 13 - Little Grebe 7, Red-necked Grebe 1 juvenile , Great Egret 1, White Stork 1 passing , Bewick's Swan 12, Greylag Goose 507, Gadwall 160, Garganey 1 female , Northern Shoveler 186, Tufted Duck 428, Water Rail 2, Jack Snipe 1, Spotted Redshank 14, Common Sandpiper 1, Common Kingfisher 1, Water Pipit 1, Rock Pipit 1, European Reed Warbler 1, Bearded Reedling 10, Eurasian Penduline Tit 1 near parking lot , Eurasian Jay 13 east .
Great Egret, 13-10-2002 (Photo © Roland Groenen)
October 9 - Red-necked Grebe 1 juvenile (see also the overview of photos) , White Stork 11 passing , Northern Pintail 30, Tufted Duck 315, Grey Wagtail 1 in Vlietland , Mistle Thrush 3 passing , Eurasian Siskin 30.
October 6 - Red-necked Grebe 1 juvenile , Great Bittern 1, White Stork 3 passing , Eurasian Curlew 20 passing , Common Kingfisher 1, Barn Swallow 2, Firecrest 2 at Meeslouwerplas .
Juvenile Red-necked Grebe, 6-10-2002
October 4 - Red-necked Grebe 1 juvenile , Grey Plover 1 passing , Northern Wheatear 1.
October 2 - Red-necked Grebe 1 juvenile , Peregrine Falcon 1, Eurasian Penduline Tit 3 south-western reedbeds .
October 1 - Peregrine Falcon 1 hunting on roosting site of starlings , Common Kingfisher 1.
September 2002
September 30 - Red-necked Grebe 1 juvenile
, Western Marsh Harrier 4, Common Buzzard 8, European Golden Plover 300 flying around
.
September 29 - Little Grebe 10, Red-necked Grebe 1 juvenile
, White Stork 2, Northern Goshawk 1 juvenile
, Common Buzzard 5, Eurasian Hobby 1, European Golden Plover 20 passing
, Spotted Redshank 23, Common Kingfisher 1, Eurasian Green Woodpecker 1, Grey Wagtail 1 passing
, Rose-coloured Starling 1 adult
.
September 28 - Red-necked Grebe 1 juvenile
, Yellow-legged Gull 1, Common Kingfisher 1, Rose-coloured Starling 1 adult
almost at the same place
.
Juvenile Red-necked Grebe, 28-9-2002
September 26 - Little Grebe 11, Black-necked Grebe 1 winter plumage , Great Bittern 1, Common Goldeneye 1 male , Northern Goshawk 1 female , Eurasian Hobby 1, Rose-coloured Starling 1 adult at dusk near the pond in the south-western tip of Vlietland .
September 24 - Great Bittern 1.
September 23 - Eurasian Curlew 12, Rose-coloured Starling 1 adult at dusk flying in a group of starlings .
September 22 - Gadwall 206, Common Kingfisher 1.
September 21 - Little Grebe 6, White Stork 6 passing , Gadwall 190, Northern Shoveler 138, European Honey-buzzard 2 north 4 south-east , Western Marsh Harrier 1 male 3 female , Northern Goshawk 1 male , Eurasian Sparrowhawk 2, Water Rail 4, Dunlin 1, Ruff 2, Tree Pipit 1 passing , Eurasian Penduline Tit 2 opposite observation tower , Rose-coloured Starling 1.
September 20 - Osprey 1 present , Rose-coloured Starling 1 adult at dusk near the hide .
Rose-coloured Starling, 20-9-2002 (Photo © Dylan Verheul)
September 18 - Rose-coloured Starling 1 adult .
September 16 - Little Grebe 6, Northern Pintail 9, Common Kingfisher 1 male 1 female , Long-tailed Tit 17.
September 15 - Northern Goshawk 1, Eurasian Hobby 1 chasing bats at dawn , Spotted Redshank 2, Green Sandpiper 1.
September 14 - Little Grebe 6, Great Egret 1 shortly present , Eurasian Wigeon 474, Western Marsh Harrier 3, Common Kingfisher 2, Rose-coloured Starling 1 adult in north west corner .
September 13 - Pied Avocet 1, Common Kingfisher 1, Rose-coloured Starling 1 adult .
September 12 - Great Bittern 1, Purple Heron 1, Yellow-legged Gull 1, Short-eared Owl 1.
September 11 - Purple Heron 1 juvenile , Gadwall 205, Northern Pintail 4, Garganey 2, Northern Shoveler 257, Osprey 1 hunting , Spotted Redshank 1, Yellow-legged Gull 1, Common Swift 1, Rose-coloured Starling 1 adult found between the Starlings leaving the roosting site in the morning; in the evening the bird arrived again .
September 10 - Great Bittern 1, Purple Heron 1 juvenile , Yellow-legged Gull 1, Short-eared Owl 1 flying at Meeslouwerplas , Rose-coloured Starling 1 adult and 1 juvenile in the evening between appr. 30.000 Starlings on the roosting site near the hide .
September 9 - Eurasian Spoonbill 8, Osprey 1 adult fishing .
September 8 - Eurasian Spoonbill 5, European Honey-buzzard 1 south , Northern Goshawk 1 female , Eurasian Hobby 1, Water Rail 3, Northern Wheatear 1.
September 6 - Rose-coloured Starling 1.
September 5 - Northern Goshawk 1 juvenile , Common Kingfisher 1, Firecrest 1.
September 4 - Spotted Redshank 2, Black Tern 1.
September 2 - Common Goldeneye 1 juvenile , Peregrine Falcon 1 north , Whinchat 5.
Whinchat, 2-9-2002 (Photo © Adri de Groot)
August 2002
August 31 - Western Marsh Harrier 3 , 1 juvenile picked up a sick Tufted Duck
, Northern Goshawk 1 juvenile
, Eurasian Hobby 1, Common Kingfisher 1.
August 30 - White Stork 1, Eurasian Wigeon 17, Garganey 6, Western Marsh Harrier 3, Eurasian Hobby 1, Common Kingfisher 1, Whinchat 1.
August 29 - Eurasian Spoonbill 23, Eurasian Wigeon 35, Northern Pintail 3, Western Marsh Harrier 2 juvenile
feeding on ducks suffering from botulism
, Common Kingfisher 3.
Common Kingfisher, 29-8-2002 (Photo © Roland Groenen)
August 26 - Greylag Goose 710, Northern Goshawk 1 passing , Spotted Redshank 30.
August 25 - Eurasian Spoonbill 26, Eurasian Wigeon 1, Garganey 5, Northern Shoveler 96, Water Rail 2, Sand Martin 7.
August 23 - Eurasian Spoonbill 33, Osprey 1 after a short stop flying off to south west , Eurasian Hobby 1, Sand Martin 10.
August 20 - Eurasian Spoonbill 31.
August 19 - Black-necked Grebe 3, Purple Heron 1 adult , Eurasian Spoonbill 26, Garganey 5, Western Marsh Harrier 3, European Golden Plover 325, Wood Sandpiper 1, Common Kingfisher 1, Whinchat 1.
August 18 - Purple Heron 1 juvenile , Eurasian Spoonbill 37, Canada Goose 165, Spotted Crake 1, European Turtle Dove 2, Common Kingfisher 1, Whinchat 2.
August 17 - White Stork 1, Eurasian Spoonbill 22, Northern Pintail 16, Spotted Crake 1, European Golden Plover 400, Spotted Redshank 24, Caspian Tern 1 adult and 1 juvenile , Arctic Tern 1 juvenile .
August 16 - Black-necked Grebe 1, Eurasian Spoonbill 45, Northern Pintail 2, Northern Goshawk 1 juvenile , Osprey 2 passing at high altitude , Common Ringed Plover 5, European Golden Plover 400, Bar-tailed Godwit 1, Yellow-legged Gull 1.
August 15 - Little Grebe 2, Black-necked Grebe 2, Great Cormorant 121, Peregrine Falcon 1, European Golden Plover 320, Spotted Redshank 17, Yellow-legged Gull 1.
August 14 - Black-necked Grebe 3, Spotted Crake 1, Mediterranean Gull 1, Yellow-legged Gull 1, Whinchat 1.
August 13 - Spotted Crake 1.
August 12 - Black-necked Grebe 6, Sacred Ibis 1, Eurasian Spoonbill 43, Spotted Crake 1, Spotted Redshank 20, Wood Sandpiper 2 juvenile , Common Sandpiper 15, Mediterranean Gull 1.
August 11 - Black-necked Grebe 2, Sacred Ibis 1, Eurasian Spoonbill 53, European Golden Plover 120, Green Sandpiper 3, Yellow-legged Gull 1.
August 10 - Little Grebe 1, Black-necked Grebe 3, White Stork 7 + 1 north, 4 south, 2 present, Eurasian Spoonbill 80, Greater White-fronted Goose 27, Gadwall 116, Northern Shoveler 217, European Honey-buzzard 1 west , Northern Goshawk 1, Spotted Crake 1, European Golden Plover 180, Spotted Redshank 15, Common Greenshank 10, Eurasian Green Woodpecker 1, Rook 4 south .
August 9 - Western Marsh Harrier 1 female , Spotted Crake 1, Northern Lapwing 2000.
Spotted Crake, 9-8-2002
August 6 - Spotted Crake 1, Yellow-legged Gull 1, Common Kingfisher 1 near parking lot .
August 5 - Black-necked Grebe 1, Northern Goshawk 1, Water Rail 1, Spotted Crake 2 in front of the watch tower .
August 4 - Black-necked Grebe 1 juvenile , Great Cormorant 135, Gadwall 120, Northern Shoveler 246, Western Marsh Harrier 2, Water Rail 1, Spotted Crake 1, European Golden Plover 100, Little Stint 2, Common Sandpiper 18, Yellow-legged Gull 1, Common Kingfisher 1.
August 3 - Sacred Ibis 1, Spotted Crake 2.
August 2 - White Stork 2 south west , Eurasian Spoonbill 51, Osprey 1 south , Spotted Crake 1 (see overview of photos) , Little Stint 1, Whimbrel 40 present and later taking off south, Spotted Redshank 16, Black Tern 1, Bluethroat 1.
Spotted Crake, 2-8-2002
Spotted Crake, 1-8-2002 (Photo © Kingfisher
Productions)
July 2002
July 31 - Black-necked Grebe 1, Greylag Goose 680, Garganey 12, Spotted Crake 2 seen together
, European Golden Plover 14, Temminck's Stint 2, Ruff 66.
Spotted Crake, 31-7-2002
July 29 - Garganey 3, Pied Avocet 46, Little Stint 2, Green Sandpiper 7, Wood Sandpiper 4, Yellow-legged Gull 1.
July 28 - Common Kingfisher 1.
July 27 - Common Ringed Plover 1, Curlew Sandpiper 5, Wood Sandpiper 1, Rose-ringed Parakeet 5 passing .
July 26 - Curlew Sandpiper 2, Ruddy Turnstone 1.
July 25 - White Stork 5 and 2 SW .
July 24 - Little Egret 1, Eurasian Curlew 58.
July 22 - Eurasian Spoonbill 82, Spotted Crake 1, Curlew Sandpiper 2, Ruddy Turnstone 1, Bluethroat 1 juvenile .
July 21 - Temminck's Stint 1, Dunlin 10, Marsh Sandpiper 1 juvenile .
July 20 - Eurasian Spoonbill 75, Northern Goshawk 1 juvenile , Water Rail 2, Ruff 71, Spotted Redshank 11, Marsh Sandpiper 1 juvenile , Wood Sandpiper 1, Savi's Warbler 1.
Juvenile Marsh Sandpiper, 20-7-2002
July 18 - Sacred Ibis 5, Greylag Goose 570, Spotted Redshank 15, Common Sandpiper 12.
July 17 - Eurasian Spoonbill 71, Common Goldeneye 1 female , Little Stint 1, Curlew Sandpiper 7, Ruff 49, Common Snipe 3, Barn Swallow 140 at roosting site at the Meeslouwerplas .
July 16 - Temminck's Stint 5.
July 15 - Eurasian Spoonbill 65, Curlew Sandpiper 6, Ruff 43, Ruddy Turnstone 2, Common Starling 12000 at roosting site .
July 14 - Horned Grebe 1 adult , Great Cormorant 47, Eurasian Wigeon 3, Garganey 5, Common Goldeneye 1 female , Common Ringed Plover 2 adult 2 juvenile , Dunlin 11, Ruff 30, Whimbrel 1, Spotted Redshank 7, Common Greenshank 5, Ruddy Turnstone 1, Black Tern 4, European Turtle Dove 3.
Ruffs during migration, 14-7-2002
July 9 - Black-winged Stilt 1 juvenile , Mediterranean Gull 1 adult .
July 8 - Black-necked Grebe 1 pair with young , Eurasian Spoonbill 62, Common Ringed Plover 3, Ruff 23.
July 7 - White Stork 1 passing , Eurasian Spoonbill 44, Eurasian Wigeon 3, Garganey 1, Northern Shoveler 143, Common Goldeneye 1, Eurasian Hobby 1, European Golden Plover 8, Little Stint 1, Ruff 18, Common Greenshank 1, Green Sandpiper 4, European Turtle Dove 3, Common Swift 250, Sand Martin 21.
July 6 - Yellow-legged Gull 1 in the evening .
June 2002
June 30 - Green Sandpiper 1, Common Sandpiper 5, Mediterranean Gull 1.
Young life: young of Common Tern and Black-headed Gull, 30-6-2002 (Photo © Roland Groenen)
On roosting site. Eurasian Oystercatcher 205, Black-tailed Godwit 400, Eurasian Curlew 31, Common Redshank 65, Black-headed Gull 2100, Lesser Black-backed Gull 305.
June 23 - Eurasian Spoonbill 42, Common Shelduck 2 pair with pulli (but see observation of hunting cormorant) , Garganey 1 pair , Common Ringed Plover 2 adult 1 juvenile , Dunlin 1, Green Sandpiper 2, Wood Sandpiper 1, European Reed Warbler 54.
June 17 - Black-necked Grebe 2, Sacred Ibis 2, Eurasian Spoonbill 42, Ruff 1 male 1 female , Eurasian Curlew 46, Common Redshank 34, Green Sandpiper 2, Mediterranean Gull 2, Savi's Warbler 1.
Pair of Mediterranean Gulls, 17-6-2002
June 15 - White Stork 1 passing , Eurasian Spoonbill 28, Northern Shoveler 118, Sand Martin 12 from a colony of 27 nests in Starrenburg II, Voorschoten .
June 13 - Common Shelduck 60, Eurasian Hobby 1 with prey , Common Ringed Plover 6, Common Greenshank 1.
on the roosting site. Eurasian Oystercatcher 110, Black-tailed Godwit 1360, Eurasian Curlew 14, Common Redshank 25.
Number of Black-tailed Godwits on roosting site (sunset: 22:00 hours), 13-6-2002
June 9 - Eurasian Spoonbill 22, Garganey 5 male 1 female , Pied Avocet 40 adult 30 pulli , Little Ringed Plover 14 (2 nests) , Common Ringed Plover 2 displaying , Black-tailed Godwit 440, Whimbrel 1, Spotted Redshank 5, Green Sandpiper 2, Common Gull 4 nests , Common Tern 125 nests , Sand Martin 4, Bluethroat 5 male 2 female , Common Grasshopper Warbler 1, Eurasian Bullfinch 1 male passing .
June 7 - Eurasian Spoonbill 18, Water Rail 3, Spotted Redshank 1 passing , Common Tern first pulli seen.
June 3 -
June 2 - Eurasian Spoonbill 13, Gadwall 117, Common Teal 2 male , Garganey 3 male , Pied Avocet 23 pair most with young now , Little Ringed Plover 5, Sanderling 1 summer plumage , Black-tailed Godwit 380 (roosting site) , Eurasian Curlew 50, Common Tern colony grown to 98 nesting pairs.
Meeslouwerplas . Water Rail 1, Common Nightingale 1, Common Grasshopper Warbler 1, Savi's Warbler 1.
Breeding count. Bluethroat 3 male singing, 2 with young , Marsh Warbler 13, European Reed Warbler 42, Lesser Whitethroat 1.
June 1 - Common Ringed Plover 14 passing 1 present , Rose-ringed Parakeet 1 passing .
Male Bluethroat with prey, 1-6-2002
May 2002
May 26 - Common Shelduck 60, Little Ringed Plover 4, Common Ringed Plover 2.
May 25 - Temminck's Stint 1, Common Kingfisher 1 (in front of hide)
.
May 23 - Grey Plover 3.
May 21 - White Stork 1 passing
, Little Ringed Plover 3 (1 on nest)
.
May 20 - Common Ringed Plover 8, Marsh Sandpiper 1 in the evening
, Mediterranean Gull 2 adult
.
May 19 - Common Shelduck 25, Gadwall 50, Sanderling 1, Common Gull 1 leucistic
still present
, Bluethroat 2, Savi's Warbler 2, Marsh Warbler 6, European Reed Warbler 44.
May 18 - Eurasian Hobby 1, Grey Plover 1, Bar-tailed Godwit 1, Ruddy Turnstone 1, Mediterranean Gull 1 first summer on mudflat
, Common Gull 1 leucistic
(see photographs)
, Black Tern 2, Common Swift 100, Sand Martin a few
, Common House Martin 20.
May 17 - Eurasian Spoonbill 6, Common Ringed Plover 56, Red Knot 1, Temminck's Stint 1, Curlew Sandpiper 4, Common Sandpiper 20, Marsh Warbler 2.
In the evening. Black-tailed Godwit 77, Eurasian Curlew 56, Lesser Black-backed Gull 200, Great Black-backed Gull 1.
Nest count on
mudflat and island. Pied Avocet 22, Black-headed Gull 50, Common Tern 82.
part of the group of 56 Great Ringed Plovers, 17-5-2002
May 13 - Common Pochard with young , Pied Avocet several pair with young, Red Knot 3 summer plumage , Little Gull 1 still present , Black Tern 6.
May 12 - Red Knot 1, Curlew Sandpiper 3, Common Sandpiper 10, Ruddy Turnstone 3.
May 10 - Grey Plover 2.
May 9 - Eurasian Wigeon 1 male , Common Goldeneye 1 juvenile male , Common Ringed Plover 3, Little Stint 1, Black Tern 4 staying for half a day and departing north .
Vlietland. Common Nightingale 2.
On the mudflat. Eurasian Spoonbill 6 and 2 south , Common Gull 3 pair , Common Tern 40 pair .
Breeding count. Bluethroat 3, Common Grasshopper Warbler 1, Sedge Warbler 22, European Reed Warbler 20.
Along the Kniplaan. Savi's Warbler 3 singing .
May 8 - Bewick's Swan 1, Eurasian Wigeon 2 male , Water Rail 1, Common Ringed Plover 6, Black Tern 9, Northern Wheatear 1.
In the evening. Northern Goshawk 1 north , Whimbrel 2 north , Black Tern 2 north , Whinchat 1 male .
May 7 - Eurasian Wigeon 2 male , Eurasian Hobby 2, Pied Avocet 14 pair , first pair with young , Temminck's Stint 4 staying shortly , Little Gull 2 juvenile , Common Whitethroat 1.
May 6 - Mute Swan 129, Garganey 1, Northern Goshawk 1 male and 1 female , Sanderling 1, Wood Sandpiper 2, Little Gull 1 juvenile , Black Tern 11.
May 2 - Whooper Swan 1, Dunlin 1, Mediterranean Gull 2, Common Grasshopper Warbler 1.
May 1 - Bewick's Swan 1, Eurasian Wigeon 2 male , Common Goldeneye 1, Western Marsh Harrier 1 male and 3 female , Eurasian Hobby 1, Peregrine Falcon 1, Little Ringed Plover 3, Eurasian Curlew 33, Spotted Redshank 12, Common Tern 60, Little Tern 1, Common Swift 120, Sand Martin 20, Barn Swallow 80, Common House Martin 15.
April 2002
April 30 - Hen Harrier 1 female
, Little Gull 1 juvenile
, Water Pipit 1.
April 28 - Northern Wheatear 1 female
.
April 27 - Eurasian Hobby 1, Little Ringed Plover 5, Grey Plover 1, Red Knot 3, Black-tailed Godwit 5 islandic
, Bar-tailed Godwit 1, Green Sandpiper 1, Little Gull 5, Common Swift 60, Blue-headed Wagtail 1, Savi's Warbler 2 along Kniplaan
.
April 25 - Grey Plover 1, Common Swift 15.
April 24 - Sacred Ibis
1, Mute Swan 100, Pied Avocet 40 (with currently 11 nests on mudflat)
, Black-tailed Godwit 150 (mostly ssp. Islandica)
, Bar-tailed Godwit 1, Whimbrel 4, Eurasian Curlew 42, Barn Swallow 70, Common Nightingale 1 singing in Vlietland
, Common Grasshopper Warbler 1.
April 23 - Bar-tailed Godwit 4, Little Gull 5, Common Swift 3.
April 22 - Roosting site count in the evening. Whimbrel 2, Eurasian Curlew 35, Spotted Redshank 13, Common Greenshank 2, Lesser Black-backed Gull 200, Sand Martin 10, Barn Swallow 30, Common House Martin 10.
April 21 - Purple Heron 1 passing
, Common Greenshank 1, Wood Sandpiper 1, Little Gull 7, Black Tern 1, Common Cuckoo 1, European Reed Warbler 1.
April 20 - Whooper Swan 1, Northern Pintail 8, Garganey 1, Western Marsh Harrier 2 male
, Eurasian Hobby 1 west
, Peregrine Falcon 1, Pied Avocet 35, Little Ringed Plover 2, European Golden Plover 1, Ruff 7, Black-tailed Godwit 116 (ssp. Islandica, 2
with colour rings)
, Whimbrel 1 north
, Green Sandpiper 1, Mediterranean Gull 1, Lesser Black-backed Gull 135 (1 with colour rings)
, Great Black-backed Gull 3, Sand Martin 1, Grey Wagtail 1 along the Vliet
, Fieldfare 16 north
, European Goldfinch 14.
Islandic Black-tailed Godwits, 20-4-2002
in the evening. Common Sandpiper 1, Mediterranean Gull 4 passing , Long-eared Owl 4, Bluethroat 8.
April 14 - Eurasian Spoonbill 9, Mute Swan 45, Whooper Swan 1, Eurasian Wigeon 250, Northern Pintail 13, Northern Shoveler 265, Northern Goshawk 1 juvenile , Pied Avocet 32, Whimbrel 1, Water Pipit 3, Fieldfare 7 present 60 north , Savi's Warbler 3.
April 13 - Red Knot 1, Wood Sandpiper 1, Mediterranean Gull 1 with colour ring , Little Gull 22.
April 11 - Little Ringed Plover 2, Bluethroat 6.
April 7 - Whooper Swan 1, Garganey 5 male 4 female , Northern Shoveler 280, Northern Goshawk 1 passing , European Golden Plover 17, Mediterranean Gull 2 adult and 2 2cy , Little Gull 1 juvenile , Tree Pipit 2 staying shortly in south western part , Water Pipit 2, Ring Ouzel 1 flying north over the lake , Savi's Warbler singing along Kniplaan, Bearded Reedling 2.
April 6 - Passing . Great Bittern 1, White Stork 5, Garganey 3, Western Marsh Harrier 8, Northern Goshawk 1 male hunting , Common Crane 8 passing (a new species for the area) , Little Ringed Plover 2, Jack Snipe 1 passing , Common Tern 1, Barn Swallow 20, Common House Martin 1, Common Crossbill 1 passing (a new species as well) .
April 5 - Osprey 1 passing , Pied Avocet 25.
April 4 - Jack Snipe 1 on western dyke around Meeslouwerplas .
April 3 - Pied Avocet numbers grown to 16, Black-tailed Godwit several with colour rings, Savi's Warbler 1 singing along Kniplaan .
April 1 - Little Grebe 1, Black-necked Grebe 15, Common Shelduck 36, Garganey 1 pair , Northern Shoveler 230, Common Goldeneye 2 male 8 female , Western Marsh Harrier 2, Eurasian Sparrowhawk 1 displaying , Common Buzzard several times 4-6 flying at high altitude, not clear if this was migration or local breeding birds, Peregrine Falcon 1 adult 1 juvenile , Pied Avocet 13, Ruff 30, Black-tailed Godwit 2000 (appr. 3% was ssp. Islandica) , Common Redshank 35, Green Sandpiper 5, Blackcap 1 pair at Meeslouwerplas .
Singing . Bluethroat 4, Sedge Warbler 2 (equals earliest arrival date in 2001) .
in the surrounding woods. Fieldfare 2 passing , Brambling 1 male .
March 2002
March 31 - Pied Avocet 12, Mediterranean Gull 2 (1 was colour ringed)
.
new CR-species: Mediterranean Gull ringed in Belgium, 31-3-2002
March 25 - Eurasian Spoonbill 7, Eurasian Wigeon 4000, Water Rail 4, Pied Avocet 7, Black-tailed Godwit 1600.
March 24 - Great Crested Grebe 72 in drown willow woods , Great Bittern 1, Mute Swan 75, Common Shelduck 40, Common Goldeneye 7 male 12 female , Smew 2 female , Western Marsh Harrier 1 male 2 female , Northern Goshawk 1, Eurasian Sparrowhawk 2 displaying , Water Rail 2 along Kniplaan , Eurasian Oystercatcher 240, Pied Avocet 3, European Golden Plover 55, Ruff 6, Black-tailed Godwit 1400, Spotted Redshank 5, Mediterranean Gull 2 adult , Barn Swallow 1, Water Pipit 6 leaving roosting site , Bluethroat 3.
Black-tailed Godwits on the mudflat., 24-3-2002
March 22 - Common Teal 130, Northern Pintail 33, Garganey 1 pair .
March 20 - Peregrine Falcon 1, Black-tailed Godwit 940.
March 19 - Black-necked Grebe 1, Willow Warbler 1.
March 17 - Mute Swan 26, Western Marsh Harrier 1 male , Mediterranean Gull 1.
March 16 - Greater White-fronted Goose 38, Smew 7, Black-tailed Godwit 1000.
March 15 - Great Bittern 1, Common Shelduck 24, Western Marsh Harrier 1.
March 14 - Little Grebe 7, Whooper Swan 1 juvenile , Eurasian Oystercatcher 151, Pied Avocet 6, Black-tailed Godwit 500, Spotted Redshank 2.
March 11 - Common Goldeneye 12, Northern Chiffchaff 1, Fulvous Whistling Duck 4 (escapes) .
March 10 - Great Bittern 1, Eurasian Spoonbill 5, Bewick's Swan 10, Whooper Swan 1 juvenile amongst the Mute Swans , Greater White-fronted Goose 51, Northern Shoveler 148, Northern Goshawk 1 north , Peregrine Falcon 1 adult pair staying shortly on the island , Pied Avocet 2, Dunlin 2, Black-tailed Godwit 170, Common Redshank 40, Mediterranean Gull 1, Eurasian Green Woodpecker 1 north , Water Pipit 33 left the roosting site .
In the woods. Redwing 110, Goldcrest 1 singing , Eurasian Siskin 5.
Waiders on the island, 10-3-2002
March 4 - Little Grebe 3, Eurasian Oystercatcher 1 with colour ring ('Exe') .
March 3 - Eurasian Spoonbill 14, Bewick's Swan 16, Northern Pintail 86, Common Buzzard 5, Peregrine Falcon 1, Pied Avocet 1, Water Pipit 21.
Eurasian Spoonbills, 3-3-2002
March 1 - Spotted Redshank 5 in the drown willow woods .
Februari 2002
February 24 - Eurasian Spoonbill 6, Bewick's Swan 62, Black-tailed Godwit 270, Spotted Redshank 1, Water Pipit 25.
February 17 - Eurasian Wigeon 4300, Gadwall 235, Common Teal 300.
Count on roosting site. Mediterranean Gull 1 adult
summer plumage
, Black-headed Gull 4000, Common Gull 9000, Lesser Black-backed Gull 2, European Herring Gull 1300.
February 15 - Eurasian Spoonbill 2, Common Goldeneye 8 male
12 female
, Water Pipit 26 leaving roosting site
.
February 14 - Northern Pintail 87, Pied Avocet 1.
February 13 - Red Kite 1 passing
, Northern Goshawk 1, Peregrine Falcon 1, Eurasian Curlew 360, Green Sandpiper 1.
February 12 - Hen Harrier 1 female
.
February 9 - Eurasian Spoonbill 4, Smew 17.
February 7 - Eurasian Oystercatcher the "Hamble Point"
appeared again, Black-tailed Godwit 121.
"Hamble Point" Oystercatcher, 7-2-2002 (Photo © Roland Groenen)
February 2 - Pink-footed Goose 1, Greater White-fronted Goose 209, Northern Shoveler 410, Black-tailed Godwit 9, Spotted Redshank 1, Common Kingfisher 1 at the Meeslouwerplas , Water Pipit 13.
Januari 2002
January 29 - Eurasian Spoonbill 2 juvenile
, Black-tailed Godwit 4.
January 27 - Great Crested Grebe 81 in
Vlietland
, Eurasian Spoonbill 1 adult
, Pink-footed Goose 1 between the White-fronted Geese
, Barnacle Goose 1, Eurasian Wigeon 6300, Smew 7 male
9 female
, Peregrine Falcon 1, Eurasian Tree Sparrow 2.
First Eurasion Spoonbill, 27-1-2002
January 19 - Bewick's Swan 210, Northern Pintail 42, Common Goldeneye 13, Northern Goshawk 1 female , Merlin 1 male , Ruff 94, Eurasian Curlew 440, Bearded Reedling 1, Lapland Longspur 1 passing .
In Vlietland . Red-necked Grebe 1, Red-crested Pochard 1 pair , Goosander 3.
January 18 - Ruff 14.
January 16 - The Vogelplas was largely free of ice, present were. Greater White-fronted Goose 197 south , Northern Goshawk 1 female present on the bundles left on the freshly cut reed bed , Common Buzzard 11 from the highway A4 in Vlietland and Vogelplas Starrevaart and in Leidschendammerhout another 3 , European Golden Plover 47, Dunlin 24, Spotted Redshank 2 in Meeslouwerplas , Eurasian Green Woodpecker 1 in Meeslouwerplas .
January 13 - Most birds were present round a hole in the frozen Vogelplas. Bewick's Swan 210, Whooper Swan 8, Northern Pintail 41, European Golden Plover 8, Dunlin 5, Ruff 8, Eurasian Curlew 76, Spotted Redshank 1, Lapland Longspur 1 passing along Kniplaan .
At Vliet side. Hen Harrier 1, Eurasian Green Woodpecker 1 female , Water Pipit 2.
Most birds occurred in Vlietland. Greater White-fronted Goose 240, Eurasian Wigeon 8600, Tufted Duck 640.
Total for both areas. Great Bittern 3, Common Goldeneye 7 male 14 female , Water Rail 4.
One of the 3 Great Bitterns that
were present, 13-1-2002
January 10 - Barnacle Goose 130 passing , Hen Harrier 1 female .
January 9 - Great Bittern 2, Dunlin 2, Ruff 7, Spotted Redshank 1, Hooded Crow 1.
Meeslouwerplas . Red-crested Pochard 8 male 6 female , Eurasian Woodcock 1 passing , Speckled Teal 3 (escapes) .
January 5 - Bewick's Swan 471, Whooper Swan 5, Tundra Bean Goose 10, Greater White-fronted Goose 170, White-tailed Eagle 1 juvenile came flying in from the west and landed on a completely frozen Vogelplas; after 20 minutes the bird departed in southern direction. , Eurasian Curlew 420.
In Vlietland. Little Grebe 14, Great Crested Grebe 63, Greater White-fronted Goose 520 north , Barnacle Goose 210 north , Eurasian Wigeon 13000, Gadwall 268, Red-crested Pochard 4 male .
Juvenile
White-tailed Eagle with Carion Crow and Magpie, 5-1-2002 (Photo © Roland
Groenen)
January 3 - Dark-bellied Brent Goose 1, Hen Harrier 1, Hooded Crow 1.
January 1 - Great Bittern 2, Whooper Swan 2, Smew 7, Eurasian Curlew 480 present 74 south , Spotted Redshank 5.
List of observers
The following people have contributed to this overview by submitting their observations (and thank you for this!) :Wilfred Alblas , Guido Band , Hemme Batjes , Ronald van den Berg , An Bouchier , Matthijs Broere , Hermien Bruin , Lex Burhel , Kees Dijkstra , Roland Groenen , Adri de Groot , Peter de Haas , Kasper Hendriks , Brian Hunter , Johan Idema , G.J. Gelling , Willem-Jan Hooijmans , Ad Jansen , Hans Keijser , Renée de Kleijn , Erik Kleyheeg , Jeanine Klinkenberg , Marco Knipping , Wim Kolber , André Kommer , André van der Krogt , Luc Leermakers , Henk Merts , Nico Metaal , Rob Olivier , Martin Peters , René Priem , Luuk Punt , Martin van de Reep , Willem Renema , Sjaak Schilperoort , Swim Stigter , Wouter Teunissen , Peter Voois , Rick van der Weijde , Rob Westerduijn , Ben Wielstra , Bert Zaalberg , Mark Zevenbergen .