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Many birds on wintery Texel island

On 10 January 2024, a wintery but sunny day on Texel island, there were 165 Bewick’s Swans near Concordia building, east of De Waal village. The photo shows some of these swans, a wintering species in the Netherlands, including greyish young ones.

This photo shows Eurasian wigeon ducks; as part of the Wadden Sea is frozen.

This photo shows brent geese, mallards, a male teal and avocets at the Wadden Sea coast.

Among other birds on Texel that day: redwings, fieldfares, white-fronted geese, barnacle geese, golden plover, redshank. Near the Slufter nature reserve, in the sand dunes: long-tailed tits, goldfinch, wren.