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Niels Goulem

@NGoulem

Most time spent birding, heart beating for migration. Convinced that many people could improve their existence by birding.

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My most bizarre observation this year. On Öland for late autumn birding. Walked along the eastern coast this morning and heard a sharp call I couldn't place, eventually found a passerine high in the sky. A migrating Dipper! #BirdsSeenIn2025 #birdwatching @BirdLifeSverige

birdingstockho1's tweet image. My most bizarre observation this year. On Öland for late autumn birding. Walked along the eastern coast this morning and heard a sharp call I couldn't place, eventually found a passerine high in the sky. A migrating Dipper! #BirdsSeenIn2025 #birdwatching @BirdLifeSverige

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In the past five years I have ringed 34 Long-eared Owls. They are rare in Wiltshire so these totals are pretty amazing. We ringed this female in Jan 2023 and in March 2025 she was retrapped by a ringer in Finland - only the 4th 'LEO' ringed in the UK to be recovered in Finland!

mattthesparrow's tweet image. In the past five years I have ringed 34 Long-eared Owls. They are rare in Wiltshire so these totals are pretty amazing. We ringed this female in Jan 2023 and in March 2025 she was retrapped by a ringer in Finland - only the 4th 'LEO' ringed in the UK to be recovered in Finland!
mattthesparrow's tweet image. In the past five years I have ringed 34 Long-eared Owls. They are rare in Wiltshire so these totals are pretty amazing. We ringed this female in Jan 2023 and in March 2025 she was retrapped by a ringer in Finland - only the 4th 'LEO' ringed in the UK to be recovered in Finland!

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Alpine Accentor Aire point Cornwall L ✔️


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📢 New paper alert! Dive into the fascinating migration of the Woodland Kingfisher within Africa! 🌍✨ 📄doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2… Big congratulations to Yann Rime and @taymida on this outstanding work! 👏!


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Surveys by @CardiffOTT for @MARINElife_UK on @PelticSurveys provide more proof that thousands of Woodpigeons cross the Channel in Autumn: England to France. Many flocks visible on radar, all south, at 30mph speed, with 1.6k seen 15m N Alderney 31/10 & 10-20k 20m SW Guernsey 26/10

tom_m_brereton's tweet image. Surveys by @CardiffOTT for @MARINElife_UK on @PelticSurveys provide more proof that thousands of Woodpigeons cross the Channel in Autumn: England to France. Many flocks visible on radar, all south, at 30mph speed, with 1.6k seen 15m N Alderney 31/10 & 10-20k 20m SW Guernsey 26/10
tom_m_brereton's tweet image. Surveys by @CardiffOTT for @MARINElife_UK on @PelticSurveys provide more proof that thousands of Woodpigeons cross the Channel in Autumn: England to France. Many flocks visible on radar, all south, at 30mph speed, with 1.6k seen 15m N Alderney 31/10 & 10-20k 20m SW Guernsey 26/10

Ringed in 2008, still flying around. Ringed in the port of Zeebruges, but hasn't been seen there since 2014. Spends its time in Koksijde (BE) with occasional holidays in Vlissingen (NL). 109 sightings along its life, last one in October, same place. Have a nice spring KN•AT

NGoulem's tweet image. Ringed in 2008, still flying around. 

Ringed in the port of Zeebruges, but hasn't been seen there since 2014. Spends its time in Koksijde (BE) with occasional holidays in Vlissingen (NL). 109 sightings along its life, last one in October, same place. 

Have a nice spring KN•AT

1510, 200 years before Linnaeus, 350 years before the first porro prisms were invented but this guy knew his birds

This painting is over 500 years old, but looks like it could have been made yesterday. It might seem like an acid trip - it's actually the greatest warning about sin ever painted... (thread) 🧵

the_culturist_'s tweet image. This painting is over 500 years old, but looks like it could have been made yesterday.

It might seem like an acid trip - it's actually the greatest warning about sin ever painted... (thread) 🧵


15242 roosting gulls (mainly black-headed with common, herring and caspian) forming a cute little heart at the CCB quarry (Tournai) on Saturday evening. Just before a Eurasian eagle-owl started singing openly from the top of a poplar. Quite an atmosphere!

NGoulem's tweet image. 15242 roosting gulls (mainly black-headed with common, herring and caspian) forming a cute little heart at the CCB quarry (Tournai) on Saturday evening. Just before a Eurasian eagle-owl started singing openly from the top of a poplar. Quite an atmosphere!
NGoulem's tweet image. 15242 roosting gulls (mainly black-headed with common, herring and caspian) forming a cute little heart at the CCB quarry (Tournai) on Saturday evening. Just before a Eurasian eagle-owl started singing openly from the top of a poplar. Quite an atmosphere!

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Figure showing the wing beat frequencies of songbirds detected by radar from august - October 7 in the Netherlands. Small songbirds dominated aug-sep, thrushes (manly songthrush) the night from October 7-8, @BaranesJudy @trektellen @j_vanbruggen

hvangasteren's tweet image. Figure showing the wing beat frequencies of songbirds detected by radar from august - October 7 in the Netherlands. Small songbirds dominated aug-sep, thrushes (manly songthrush) the night from October 7-8, @BaranesJudy @trektellen @j_vanbruggen

WHAT IS THIS 😱😱😵‍💫😵‍💫

Anfang August ziehen die #Mauersegler bereits in ihre Winterquartiere. Vor dem schlechten Wetter am vergangenen Wochenende sind nicht weniger als 17 959 Mauersegler über den Col de Bretolet gezogen, ein eindrückliches Erlebnis! Video © Julia Wildi



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Here they come 😄 first juv Red-backed Shrike of the autumn this afternoon, bring it on.... @FI_Obs

Dan_Gornall's tweet image. Here they come 😄 first juv Red-backed Shrike of the autumn this afternoon, bring it on.... @FI_Obs

And that's a good thing! Light rain at night brought some of the best #nocmig nights in Brussels.

Average number of days per year with precipitation. 🇧🇪 Brussels tops the list at 199 days annually!

xruiztru's tweet image. Average number of days per year with precipitation.

🇧🇪 Brussels tops the list at 199 days annually!


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A sure sign of 'autumn' migration kicking in - the first juvenile Black-headed Gull on the beach here at #Filey this evening. Such beautiful birds, too....

Markthebirder's tweet image. A sure sign of 'autumn' migration kicking in - the first juvenile Black-headed Gull on the beach here at #Filey this evening. Such beautiful birds, too....

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Beats any frame filler hands down 😍

So chuffed to finally see the stunning Black-browed Albatross sat on the cliffs and flying round, much better than previous fly-pasts.

Jo_birding's tweet image. So chuffed to finally see the stunning Black-browed Albatross sat on the cliffs and flying round, much better than previous fly-pasts.


You thought #BirdsOnBoats was impressive, how about #BatsOnPlanes

Only this was left to see in 2021 : Air India flight to Newark returns back to Delhi after a bat flew by the cabin. ps : though its going towards the area where the really good @airindiain sandwiches are kept 😎



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Pink is back this season! Rosy Starling sightings have been increasing this past week, mainly in northern Italy and southwestern France. data.biolovision.net/index.php?m_id…

biolovision's tweet image. Pink is back this season! Rosy Starling sightings have been increasing this past week, mainly in northern Italy and southwestern France. data.biolovision.net/index.php?m_id…

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Aberdeen - Shetland ferry tonight, lots of fog and this House Martin appeared when we were well out #birdsonboats


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Migration | Jordan: unprecedented fall of Corn Crake (Crex crex) in Aqaba area, 9 May 2021, estimated to involve 10-15,000 birds (Feras Rahahleh via OSMEBirdNet)


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