Vincent20 okt. 20192 minutenStormy weatherSound track advice: Stormy weather - Billie Holiday I’ve always considered myself a birder with a camera, rather than a bird...
Vincent27 nov. 20183 minutenSave the best for last: ID & age of a megaIn many respects autumn was remarkably slow. But November turned everything upside down! Like in spring (with an Alpine Swift), the girls...
Vincent13 nov. 20181 minutenTristis: not always a peep showpics © Marijn van Oss & Jorrit Vlot sound © Thijs Fijen Earlier I wrote about Siberian Chiffchaffs with common Chiffchaff calls (here)....
Vincent10 nov. 20182 minutenArctic surpriseThere's a big if - but another big redpoll invasion could be in the making. The if depends on stuff like weather conditions, and the...
Vincent11 jun. 20181 minutenOut now: the redstart ID article!The ID article on Eastern Black Redstart ID that I wrote with Nicolas Martinez has been published! It was published in the latest Dutch...
Vincent23 mei 20183 minutensenator in disguise: thoughts on Balearic ShrikeEarly May I spent a week on the lovely island of Sardinia. I was of course keen to see Balearic Shrike, the endemic west Mediterranean...
Vincent19 mei 20182 minutenThe Med FlyI just spent a lovely week on Sardinia. The recently split Mediterranean Flycatcher (Muscicapa tyrrhenica tyrrhenica) is pleasantly...
Vincent8 mrt. 20183 minutenSize doesn't matterProbable Russian Common Gull, 5 February 2012, Meijendel, Wassenaar, the Netherlands I don't like using measurements as a diagnostic...
Vincent25 feb. 20183 minutenRedstart headaches: moult & primary spacingEastern Black Redstart, 1 cy male, October 2008, Kazakhstan (Arend Wassink) Redstart articles coming up! The ID article on Eastern Black...
Vincent16 jan. 20181 minutenDouble trouble: redpolls!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...
Vincent22 dec. 20171 minutenThe look-alike that turned out to be a tristis after all. Maybe. I think so. Right?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...
Vincent11 nov. 20172 minutenHume's Leaf Warbler: my bird of the autumnAutumn 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,...
Vincent27 jul. 20172 minutenageing a calling Iberian ChiffchaffOn 14 July I stumbled upon a calling Iberian Chiffchaff (ca 45th record) in my hometown The Hague. Since calling birds are probably...