Sound track advice: Stormy weather - Billie Holiday I’ve always considered myself a birder with a camera, rather than a bird photographer...

In many respects autumn was remarkably slow. But November turned everything upside down! Like in spring (with an Alpine Swift), the girls...

pics © Marijn van Oss & Jorrit Vlot sound © Thijs Fijen Earlier I wrote about Siberian Chiffchaffs with common Chiffchaff calls (here). ...

There's a big if - but another big redpoll invasion could be in the making. The if depends on stuff like weather conditions, and the exa...

The ID article on Eastern Black Redstart ID that I wrote with Nicolas Martinez has been published! It was published in the latest Dutch ...

Early May I spent a week on the lovely island of Sardinia. I was of course keen to see Balearic Shrike, the endemic west Mediterranean is...

I just spent a lovely week on Sardinia. The recently split Mediterranean Flycatcher (Muscicapa tyrrhenica tyrrhenica) is pleasantly commo...

Probable Russian Common Gull, 5 February 2012, Meijendel, Wassenaar, the Netherlands I don't like using measurements as a diagnostic feat...

Eastern Black Redstart, 1 cy male, October 2008, Kazakhstan (Arend Wassink) Redstart articles coming up! The ID article on Eastern Black ...

With the current redpoll invasion in Europe, it was time to spend some words and pics on these wonderful birds. Redpolls all the way from...

Right. Chiffchaffs never stop to amaze me. But I now feel we're really getting somewhere. Only very recently Peter de Knijff and I wrote ...

Autumn 2016 was nothing less than perfect. But this autumn, well... it was a bit boring to be honest. I missed most good vis mig days, ri...

On 14 July I stumbled upon a calling Iberian Chiffchaff (ca 45th record) in my hometown The Hague. Since calling birds are probably overl...