by Sven Prins/ on 28 Dec 2024 Wintering spoonbills on Schouwen-Duiveland 2024 and transmitter spoonbill Carex By now it is no longer as conspicuous as it used to be, spoonbills in the Netherlands during the winter months. Nowadays, especially in the Delta area, there are places where groups of sometimes 50-70 birds can still be found at this time of year. Read more...
by Carl Zuhorn/ on 12 Jan 2024 How did spoonbill Sinagote do? Spoonbill Sinagote, which received its YfLY/aLY color rings on Vlieland in the Oude Huizenvallei in 2006 and a UVA bit transmitter on Schiermonnikoog in 2013, has “disappeared from the radar”. She bred in various colonies on Vlieland from 2014 to 2022: from 2014 to 2016 in the Oude Huizenvallei and from 2017 to 2022 in De Cranberryvallei. Read more...
by Petra de Goeij/ on 12 Jan 2024 The adventures of tracked spoonbills In 2023, the Spoonbill Working Group, in collaboration with the University of Groningen BirdEyes, local nature conservation organizations and the crews of the Asterias and Harder, provided 671 spoonbill chicks with a color ring. Read more...
by Harry Horn/ on 23 Nov 2023 Life story of my adopted spoonbill BBAN (2001-2022) Within the Spoonbill Working Group, it is possible to adopt one or more favorite spoonbills for a small fee. As long as this bird is observed, you will receive an overview of the life history of these adopted birds once a year. Read more...
by Petra de Goeij/ on 15 Nov 2023 How are the Schiermonnikoog spoonbills doing? It has been a strange autumn as far as spoonbill migration is concerned. They stayed on Schiermonnikoog for a very long time, especially at the high-water refuges near the 1st and 4th mudflats, the Willemsduin and near the Reef. Read more...
by Petra de Goeij/ on 02 Jul 2023 How's Sinagote? Despite concerns among the Staatsbosbeheer nature managers on Vlieland, as was broadcasted by Omrop Fryslan, we still have hope that Sinagote will return.
