FW: New birds in The Netherlands

    From: Wim Vader <wjm.vader@gmail.com&gt; Sent: tirsdag 13. oktober 2020 17:04 To: Willem Jan Marinus Vader <wim.vader@uit.no&gt; Cc: Riet Keuchenius <mmkeuchenius@gmail.com&gt;; Jan Willem Vader <jw.vader@chello.nl&gt;; Lena de Vries <lenajee@ziggo.nl&gt;; Anja Kroodsma <anja.kroodsma@xs4all.nl&gt; Subject: New birds in The Netherlands   ‘New ‘ birds in The Netherlands   I grew up in The Netherlands, but emigrated … Read more

Swift Signting – 18 Oct 2020

Hi all saw my first swifts of the spring/summer today at Central Coast Wetlands, Tuggerah, NSW. Approx 100 birds at peak, although unless I can actually count individually, I think that’s conservative – all WT Needletails that I could see.  It was a large group of birds that moved back and forth over the central … Read more

night vision optics

Gooday all on BA   Has anyone on BA had experience with night vision optics for birding? In particular it would be interesting to be able to observe waders within about 100m. Any observations, advice and recommendations on equipment would be very much appreciated.   Thanking you and good birding   Greg Little Virus-free. www.avast.com