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Grenspark Groot Saeftinghe and spoonbills
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After many years of wrangling and procedures, the first water flowed into the Hedwige and Prosperpolder on October 25, 2022. To this end, a new sea-retaining dike has been constructed and the surrounding dikes have been lowered. Read more
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An orange spoonbill!?
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Mariette Haagsma took these beautiful photos of an orange spoonbill at the Balgzandpolder bird observation screen on July 29th, 2023. Is it a different color variety? Is it due to iron-rich water? Could eating shrimps lead to such beautiful pink-orange spoonbills? We have no idea! Read more
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How's Sinagote?
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Despite concerns among the Staatsbosbeheer nature managers on Vlieland, as was broadcasted by Omrop Fryslan, we still have hope that Sinagote will return. Read more
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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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