Out car stops on the edge of a wide sandy beach. The wind dies down for a moment. The sea stretches wide and overwhelming, outlined by black and white foam caps and a distant, dark gray horizon. Dozens of Little Gulls (Hydrocoloeus minutus) dot the white of sky and earth. On the way back from… Continue reading Little Gull at Cape Gilazi in Azerbaijan
Tag: Lesser Black-backed Gull
AZERBAIJAN – a birding trip in late migration time
INTRODUCTION The goal was to use 4 days off and a public holiday to go on another birding trip to a distant country after the corona pandemic had ended. This was also a reconnaissance trip to investigate birding destinations in western Asia. We didn’t want to linger long with stopovers at any airport. So the… Continue reading AZERBAIJAN – a birding trip in late migration time
Zwergmöwen über schwarz-weißen Schaumkronen
Auf dem weiten Sandstrand bleiben wir stehen. Für einen Moment legt sich der Wind. Weit und überwältigend erstreckt sich das Meer, umrissen vom schwarz-weißen Schaumkronen und einem fernen, dunkelgrauen Horizont. Dutzende Zwergmöwen (Hydrocoloeus minutus) sprenkeln das Weiß von Himmel und Erde. Auf dem Rückweg von Besh Barmag im Norden Aserbaidschans gestern hatten wir die Abzweigung… Continue reading Zwergmöwen über schwarz-weißen Schaumkronen
American Golden Plover near Tarifa at the Playa de los Lances
As the morning dawns on an early October day at the Playa de los Lances, west of Tarifa at the southern tip of Spain, only two fighting sanderlings (Calidris alba) con be observed and photographed. Apart from that, there are Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula), Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus), Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica), Dunlin (Calidris… Continue reading American Golden Plover near Tarifa at the Playa de los Lances
Lesser Black-backed Gull in Mehamn, Finmark in early May
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) is said to be on its northern limit in Finmark/ northern Norway. It is described as a scarce and sparse breeding bird in Finmark. First breeding records date back to the 1960s. The bird breeds in small colonies normally in western Finmark and the Porsanger Fjord. The population in Finmark… Continue reading Lesser Black-backed Gull in Mehamn, Finmark in early May