Upon arrival at the parking area, the excursion started on a high note with a Cetti’s Warbler—a personal lifer. Moving onto the beach, scanning the gulls yielded an adult Glaucous Gull, which flushed almost immediately as a White-tailed Eagle soared overhead. Several wader species were also active along the shore.

At 6 a.m. I (Hans Overduin) picked up Bogi, from Iceland, at his hotel in downtown Den Haag. As Bogiwanted to photograph raptors, we quickly made our way to a nearby forest, where after a shortsearch we found a female sparrowhawk. Due to the early hour there was not much light, butwe were still able to make some nice pictures.

On Saturday, January 10th, I (Rein Genuit) went on a trip with Patrick to the South Holland Islands and the northern part of the province of Zeeland.

This was truly a day to remember, everything went perfectly with Black-faced Bunting, 3 White-bellied Brent, a Black Brent, Tundra Bean Goose, Red-breasted Goose, Falcated Duck and a Beluga!

*Ring-necked Pheasant

This day Alexandra joined our guide Menno van Duijn on a photography tour. Targets were Bluethroat and White Stork for Alexandra which after some effort managed to photograph.

This day Menno guided Mandy and her partner in the Biesbosch. It was hard work and fighting the mosquitos and horseflies but resulted in 90 species in mid summer!

Beverly and Rich ended their Norwegian Cruise in the harbor of Rotterdam. They both had visited the Netherlands before and had some target birds for their Dutch and life list which we tried to see this day.

Guide: Vincent van der SpeckDate 8+9 June 2024

Terry and his wife enjoyed their honeymoon trip to Amsterdam and wanted a day out of the city to see the country and it's wildlife, we managed to see 86 species of birds.

This morning's tour in Zeeland was focussed on finding various species of waders.

Michael had sent over his target list for European birds. We tried to get most of them , some easier than others.