Oldest Dutch herring gull in Friesland province

This video is about adult and juvenile herring gulls (and a few black-headed gulls in winter plumage)

Translated from the Waddenvereniging in the Netherlands today:

The oldest ringed herring gull in our country turned up last weekend in Leeuwarden‘s [capital of Friesland province] new district Blitsaerd in front of the lens of nature photographer Ruurd Jelle van der Ley …

Meanwhile, the seagull has reached the respectable age of 28 years and eight months. On July 3, 1986, on Ameland island, this bird got two colored rings. An orange one with letter A and a green one with letter Y. Birdwatchers know him as OAGJ or Green J. he lost the orange ring about six years ago. Thanks to the remaining green ring and the fact that he walks with a slight limp he is still recognizable.

Related articles

• Remote town of Nhulunbuy braces for birdwatchers after rare black-headed gull sighting
• Liverpool seagulls getting fatter after bingeing on human food
• Arctic terns get new island
• Gloucester County Nature Club | How well do you know your gulls?
• Green Point Cape Town
• Salish Sea seagull populations halved since 1980s
• 61 species of birds found refuge this winter in Cyprus
• Raptors pull ahead in Raptors vs. Gulls
• The Flight Patterns Of Birds, Visualized
• Rare Caspian gulls on Dutch rubbish tip, video

Birds of Ameland island

This a 3 December 2014 video about the Feugelpôlle wetland on Ameland island. Brent geese, waders and other birds live there.

The second biggest nesting colony of Sandwich terns in western Europe is there.

There has been erosion, making the Feugelpôlle smaller. Work has been done to stop that.

See also here.

Related articles

• A Mornings Birding in North Kent
• Dutch Sandwich tern, Ameland to Namibia migration
• Birds counted on Terschelling island
• Texel, turnstones and brent geese
• Brent geese migrate to the Arctic
• British anti-wildlife ‘Boris island airport’ plan rejected
• Brent geese on Vlieland island
• Birds of Terschelling island, the Netherlands
• Purple sandpiper, eider duck and brent geese of Texel
• Brent geese, sanderlings and plovers

Still golden buttons flowers on Ameland island

Warden Marjan reports today from Ameland island in the Netherlands that golden buttons are still flowering.

The normal flowering time for this species is July-October. Golden buttons need a brackish environment; which they find on the Noordkeeg area of Ameland.

Golden buttons are originally from South Africa. In 1972, it was seen for the first time in the Netherlands; first in Flevoland province, later also elsewhere.

Related articles

• Rare fungus discovery in Dutch Flevoland
• New fungi discoveries in the Netherlands
• Rare mushroom in the Netherlands for first time
• Rare two-barred warbler in the Netherlands
• New great egret nesting colony in the Netherlands
• Rare plant discovery on Ameland island
• Caspian terns’ new roosting place on sandbank discovered
• Orchids of Ameland island
• Dutch Sandwich tern, Ameland to Namibia migration
• Red fox den webcam

Orchids of Ameland island

This video is called Japanese wild orchid hunt: the search for Calanthe sieboldii.

On 21 September 2014, Vroege Vogels radio in the Netherlands reported about the Groene Strand beach on Ameland island.

New sand dunes are forming there. They attract special plant species.

Including the rare fen orchid.

Other orchid species there: southern marsh orchid; early marsh orchid; and marsh helleborine.

Fen orchids of Texel island: here.

Almere orchids destroyed: here.

Related articles

• Through the dune slacks of Newborough Warren in search of Marsh Helleborine
• Dutch national spider count week
• Nature Conservation & Economic Activity Co-exist in Antwerp Port
• Orchids make a comeback thanks to the end of cutting lawns
• Orchid tricks hoverflies: Eastern marsh helleborine mimics aphid alarm pheromones to attract pollinators
• Wild Britain: Week 1. The Best of the Wildlife Trust’s sites
• Shoreweed, and more Meijendel plants
• Rare musk orchid found in the Netherlands
• First ever tawny owl on Ameland island
• Good Dutch orchid news

Common vole on Ameland island, video

This is a video about a common vole on Ameland island in the Netherlands.

The vole was feeding on grass next to a cycle track.

Ronald made this video in August 2014.

Related articles

• Dutch Sandwich tern, Ameland to Namibia migration
• Rare plant discovery on Ameland island
• Sunfish beaches on Dutch island
• Tawny owls may face extinction says Scots research
• Ice age vole teeth discovery on Texel island
• Ladder link helps voles get out more
• WILDLIFE : British water vole population slumps by more than one-fifth, survey finds
• Caspian terns’ new roosting place on sandbank discovered
• Map butterfly on Dutch islands, new discovery
• What Texel island barn owls eat

Rare plant discovery on Ameland island

Dutch Vroege Vogels radio reports that a flowering plant species, new for the Netherlands, has been discovered on Ameland island.

It is Limonium binervosum, rock sea lavender. This species used to be endemic to Britain and Guernsey, Wikipedia says. And Spain and France, Vroege Vogels says.

Over 100 rock sea lavender plants have been found recently on Ameland, making it the most northerly and easterly place for this species.

See also here.

Related articles

• Dutch Sandwich tern, Ameland to Namibia migration
• Sunfish beaches on Dutch island
• Second white-tailed eagle nest in Biesbosch national park
• First ever tawny owl on Ameland island
• Caspian terns’ new roosting place on sandbank discovered
• Brown trout back spawning in Geul river
• Slow redshank migration, cold spring
• Biologist uses Spinoza Prize for godwits, spoonbills, red knots
• Map butterfly on Dutch islands, new discovery
• Will young sea eagle survive?

Caspian terns’ new roosting place on sandbank discovered

This video from California in the USA is called Caspian Terns Up Close & Personal.

Warden Nico Jonker on Ameland island in the Netherlands reports about a recently discovered roosting place for Caspian terns.

Since the beginning of this month, about 10-22 Caspian terns gather on Engelsmanplaat sandbank, east of Ameland, to sleep.

This biggest of tern species is rare in the Netherlands. On 15 August, the Caspian terns will be counted again.

Related articles

• Dutch Sandwich tern, Ameland to Namibia migration
• Dutch water birds report published
• First ever tawny owl on Ameland island
• Terns have ‘most successful year’
• Six of Eighteen
• Climate change threat to Norfolk’s little tern colonies
• Cousin Island Seabird Census completed!
• Caribbean bird turns up on Farne Islands