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Spoonbills in the Dutch Delta-area in 2023
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The 2023 ringing season is over again in the Delta area. Limited access to the area, bird flu and threat of foxes made it exciting again this year. A review. Read more
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Spoonbill from shelter RYf/RaG
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The 2023 ringing season is over again in the Delta area. Limited access to the area, bird flu and threat of foxes made it exciting again this year. A review. Read more
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GPS tracked spoonbills on Texel
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In 2022, we equipped several spoonbills with a GPS-tracker, in collaboration with NIOZ and BirdEyes. Therefore we can obtain a better view of the areas and habitats that spoonbills use throughout the year. Read some interesting findings here! Read more
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BSOR 29 - a beautiful elderly spoonbill
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On April 23, 2023 Keimpe Bleeker was able to photograph a very old spoonbill near Ferwert on the Frisian Wadden coast. It is an old acquaintance, ringed by Harry Horn on the Boschplaat of Terschelling on June 14, 1994, and he or she is still looking great. Read more
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Vogelgriep 2022
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Delta Op 25 mei 2022 gingen leden van de Werkgroep Lepelaar evenals voorgaande jaren naar het Slaakeiland in het Krammer Volkerak met de bedoeling jonge lepelaars te kleurringen. Op het eiland bevonden zich 111 nesten verdeeld over 4-5 clusters en een aantal losse nesten. In het eerste cluster waar geringd zou worden lag een groot… Read more
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Amie, Rumex en Lauwers zijn weer terug!
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Amie en Rumex zijn twee volwassen lepelaars die in 2022 op de kwelder van Schiermonnikoog een zender op hebben gekregen. Lauwers heeft al een zender op sinds 2016. Amie Amie was dit jaar al heel vroeg terug uit haar overwinteringsgebied, 13 maart op de kwelder van Schiermonnikoog. Na een geslaagd broedseizoen verliet ze vorig jaar… Read more
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musings on over 40 years of ringing
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While observing the first spoonbills of this season, spoonbill-ringer Harry Horn looks back to the early 1980s when spoonbills gradually discovered all the Wadden Islands and ringing was started there as well. Read more
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Nice observations at Bûtendyks
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Nice message from an observer on the Frisian Wadden Sea coast. He has seen several (ringed) spoonbills, including a 25-year-old spoonbill. Read more
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Breeding season 2022 in the Delta
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In this post we look back at the 2022 breeding season of spoonbills in the Delta region of the Netherlands. Here you can read more about last year’s successes, setbacks and threats. Read more
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Annual report 2022
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On January 21 and 22, 2023, the annual meeting of the Spoonbill Working Group was held in Gaast. Here you can read our annual report 2022. Read more
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