Blyth’s reed warbler, first ever Dutch nest


This 2021 video from England says about itself:

This male Blyth’s Reed Warbler was discovered at Middleton Lakes RSPB reserve in Staffordshire on Friday 18th June.

It represents the first record for Staffordshire and the West Midlands Region.

The Blyth’s Reed Warbler appears to be expanding its range westwards across Europe with an increasing number of singing males reaching Britain.

The majority of the world population spend the winter in the Indian Subcontinent.

This year, for the first time ever, a Blyth’s reed warbler couple nested in the Netherlands. The young birds fledged from the Texel island nest,

Texel goldcrests, sanderlings and geese


This video says about itself:

Hyperactive SANDERLINGS on the beach at the Cap-Pele wharf in southeastern New Brunswick, Canada on November 5, 2011.

On 9 January 2021, a walk through the forest and sand dunes of Texel island to the North Sea.

On a meadow, gray lag geese, white-fronted geese and Egyptian geese.

In the forest, goldcrests. And a blue tit hanging upside down on a branch.

On the beach, herring gulls and sanderlings.

Goldcrests on Texel island


This is a goldcrest video from Sweden.

Today, at Den Helder ferry harbour, two jackdaws sitting on top of a sign, a bit distant from each other. The sign warned people to distance spatially.

In the forest west of Den Burg village on Texel island, a great spotted woodpecker calls.

A flock of goldcrests.

American blackpoll warbler on Dutch Texel island


This 27 October 2020 Dutch video from Texel island is about an American blackpoll warbler. This bird was discovered by Han Zevenhuizen on the cemetery of De Cocksdorp village on 25 October.

It is the first time ever for that species in the Netherlands

Black-headed gulls don’t like flamingo


This July 2020 video is about a greater flamingo near the east coast of Texel island in the Netherlands.

Black-headed gulls don’t like the flamingo near their nesting colony and attack it.

Avocets are also in the background of the video.

Luc Middendorp made this video.

Cetti’s warbler warbles on Texel island


This 14 April 2020 video is about a Cetti’s warbler warbles on Texel island.

Cetti’s warblers are recent immigrants to the Netherlands from southern Europe.

They are common now in the southern Dutch Biesbosch national park; but still rare in northern regions like Texel.