Dutch birder, mainly on the island of Texel | voting member of the Dutch rarities committee (CDNA) | MSc Conservation Ecology at the University of Groningen
@SteveMcDonnell4@PaulCave3 Thanks! Good that you took a photo. Would you mind trying to upload the observation to https://t.co/gEV5JjivwA? Would help us, local bird reviewers, a lot! Thanks in advance!
@RIAllison62 There's little out of the ordinary. For UK birders Short-toed Treecreeper and Caspian Gull may be nice to see? There's also a Baikal Teal near Alkmaar and a Pygmy Cormorant near Lelystad that should be doable on the same day if you don't stay for too long with the Eider.
Went back this morning for better views of the SPECTACLED EIDER. What. A. Bird. ~600 twitchers managed to connect, with the first foreigners from Germany and Belgium joining in. Probably a 3cy male, based on grey (not white) tertials.
@01000011S Are there more twitchers from the UK coming? I'm always available for questions and information, just drop me a message. I'll be back in the weekend as well.
F*ckin Spectacled Eider on Texel!! Stressful drive from Groningen, but managed to tick it in the last light. #351 (CSNA) or #341 (IOC) for my Texel list, but definitely the most memorable one yet!
Very relaxed twitch of the 1st Pacific Diver for The Netherlands this morning! Particularly interesting how the birds' appearance changed with behaviour and distance (see the differences between both clips attached).