A lone #Whooper #swan on the #reservoir at #Stoneyford this morning. I’m guessing it’s a #cygnet that’s been left behind by the migrating flock.

Good start to the trip to #Norfolk with three mates; Whooper Swan, Tree Sparrow, Chinese Water Deer, Short-eared Owl and Water Pipit amongst the highlights.

Moin,
brilliant day for #LowCarbonBirding
Hanging around with #whooper and #bewick's #swans on a sunny #sunday. And nope, it wasn't that silence, as the whoopers had some argues ;-)
Still missing the wintering geese though.
#SchleswigHolstein #northern Germany #NABU #BirdsOfMastodon #Zwergschwan #Singschwan #WinterCycling #BikeTooter

Moin,
after the ice and snow period beginning of December I did not expect to see any wintering #swans today.
But 15 #bewick's (0 first cy) and 75 #whooper (6 first cy) were at the roost early morning.
The weather was miserable, dark, drizzle rain and wind all day long, not that nice for #birding and #cycling, but it was wonderful to hear the swans singing and wings flapping.
#BirdsOfMastodon #LowCarbonBirding #Nature #SchleswigHolstein #OAGSH #NABU #Zwergschwan

Moin,
back in mud and rainy walks.... our usual winter weather in the north.
Little black dog feels a little sorry of herself.
Interestingly, #whooper swans are back, as the snow has melted, saw 29 today. This gives some hope for next weekends swan and geese count.
#SchleswigHolstein #birding #DogsOfMastodon #Hunde

Moin,
as ice and snow arrived, #bewick's and #whooper #swan moved further south-west. I could hear common #cranes calling, they are hardy #birds. 11 whoopers still here. The moor lake is almost frozen, 2 mute swans and 1 whooper was paddeling in the last spot of open water. #Otter tracks in the snow at his usual crossing.
Flocks of geese flying over south-west.
Little birds switched from #birb to #borb now.
#SchleswigHolstein #BirdsOfMastodon #LowCarbonBirding #Winter #December

Moin,
early morning at the moor lake, where swans and geese are on the roost. It was freezing cold.
A few hundred of white-fronted, bean and greylag geese, 47 #bewick's and 74 #whooper swans are singing.
Not sure, if the video is visible, but let's try it. Have a good day.
#SchleswigHolstein #Birding #BirdsOfMastodon #NABU #OAGSH #Zwergschwan #nature #outdoor

Moin,
there was a lot of flight traffic today. Flocks of #geese, #whooper's and #bewick's swans heading south-west since the frost arrived in the baltic states. Some landed around my village to have a snack in the fields. Number's of common #cranes are increasing too, many of them will stay here for the winter.
#LowCarbonBirding #cycling #Birding #Birds #BirdsOfMastodon #SchleswigHolstein #NABU #OAGSH #Fahrrad

Moin #SchleswigHolstein
#Silentsunday at the moor lake
#whooper #swan #birding #birds #waterfowl count #autumn #outdoor #nature #BirdsOfMastodon #Singschwan

Moin! #whooper #swan's
I'am really excited - the resident pair has a #cygnet !
First time ever since I monitor this patch.
There are residential #whooper swans (2 pairs, unfortunately 1 adult died 21/22 due to avian flu, 3 remaining).
Look how bright the cygnets plumage is already, hatched much earlier than in hight north-east.
Sorry for bad picture, taken before sunrise at a dull morning at the moor lake.
#SchleswigHolstein #nature #outdoor #birding #Singschwan

Moin! 66 km and several hours in drizzling rain wasn't that much fun, especially, since I found only 15 #bewick's #swan and 11 #whooper.
Last year this time I had 77 bewicks on my patch.
#SchleswigHolstein #weekend #LowCarbonBirding #birding #bike #Zwergschwan #OAGSH

Lots of #bird activity on the #SalineLagoon at #WWTCastleEspie this morning: #Whooper #swan, #sparrowhawk & #kingfisher
Hope they’ll put on as good a show when the Centre reopens next week!

#nature #naturephotography #wildlife #photography #bird #birds #birdphotography #waterbird #birdofprey #birdinflight #countydown #northernireland @RSPB #winterwatch

Moin,
since 14-Dec 2022 we had increasing number of wintering #bewick's and #whooper swans feeding near the roost (nature reserve) on rapeseed (farmland, about 3 km away).
1-Jan 2023: c57 bewick's, c110 whoppers.
7-Jan 2023: ... all gone, chased away by farmer :(
Found some few on another field nearby today.
Bewick's swans are in decline and according to IUCN criteria globally vulnerable species.
#LowCarbonBirding #birding #conservation #biodiversity #Zwergschwan #NABU

Moin! +9.5°C, strong wind, feels like #April.
#Bewick's and #Whooper swans still feeding in the same field (3 weeks now). Nice flock of common #gulls and few BHG on flooded fields far away from the coast.
#LowCarbonBirding #SchleswigHolstein #Winter #Bike #Birding #Fahrrad #nature

Moin! Dreich day in #November
The usual gang in the fields around: #whooper, few #bewick's #swans, #geese and #cranes.
Interesting to see lot's of #chaffinch in the hedge rows.
#SchleswigHolstein #LowCarbonBirding #birding #nature #bike #fotografie #Landleben #Fahrrad #Singschwan #Zwergschwan #Kranich #Blässgans #Graugans #NABU

Moin!
tomorrow synchronized counting of #bewick’s swans starts again in Northern Germany #SchleswigHolstein
So far none seen on my patch, only #whooper's and #crane's ;-)
Challange for this year: I am going for #LowCarbonBirding #ClimateChange #Bike #Birding #Zwergschwan #NABU