Birds of Europe
We don’t spend much time in Europe, but when we are there we try to look for birds during our walks. The collection of European birds isn’t very big yet, but we enjoy adding the occasional new bird whenever we are back in Europe again.
The Netherlands has 286 birds, and in Europe there are around 700. Europe has 10 endemic species, of which we have only seen one (the European crested tit).
As we don’t have a book for the European birds, we’re not sure in what order they are usually listed. We have tried to follow the African and Australian books we have, as far as that is possible. For now, we have used the same setup as the Australian birds. Maybe one day we will get a book and sort them correctly, until then, enjoy the randomness.
Where possible we have added the names of the birds in Dutch in brackets, they can be quite different sometimes.
There might still be a few additional ‘firsts’ as Povilas is helping identify some of the remaining unknown birds from our most recent trips around Europe…
Marine and coastal birds
Eight marine and coastal birds up until 20 Feb 2020.
Freshwater birds
A total of 13 freshwater birds in Europe. We could probably add a few more photos here too, as some of the birds in this category overlap with the birds we saw in Africa…
Mute swan (knobbelzwaan) - Lahemaa NP, Estonia (4 Jun 2019)
Greylag goose (grauwe gans) - Dintelse Gorzen, The Netherlands (25 Mar 2018)
Greater Canada goose (grote Canadese gans) - The Hague, The Netherlands (26 May 2019)
Barnacle goose (brandgans) - The Hague, The Netherlands (26 May 2019)
Mallard (wilde eend) - The Hague, The Netherlands (12 Mar 2019)
Common goldeneye (brilduiker) - Lahemaa NP, Estonia (4 Jun 2019)
Goosander (grote zaagbek) - Lahemaa NP, Estonia (4 Jun 2019)
Common shelduck (bergeend) - Curonian Spit, Lithuana (14 Jun 2019)
Tufted duck (kuifeend) - Nemunas Delta, Lithuania (16 Jun 2019)
Common teal (wintertaling) - Nemunas Delta, Lithuania (16 Jun 2019)
Great crested grebe (fuut) - Dintelse Gorzen, The Netherlands (25 Mar 2018)
Common (eurasian) crane (kraanvogel) - Nemunas Delta, Lithuania (16 Jun 2019)
Eurasian (common) coot (meerkoet) - The Hague, The Netherlands (26 May 2019)
Land birds
We’ve seen 41 land birds in Europe.
White-tailed eagle (zeearend) - Nemunas Delta, Lithuania (16 Jun 2019)
Rose-ringed parakeet (halsbandparkiet) - London, UK (24 Jun 2019)
Common wood pigeon (houtduif) - Abdij forest Ossendrecht, The Netherlands (27 May 2019)
Stock dove (holenduif) - Nemunas Delta, Lithuania (15 Jun 2019)
White wagtail (witte kwikstaart) - Tallinn, Estonia (4 Jun 2019)
Carrion crow (zwarte kraai) - Abdij forest Ossendrecht, The Netherlands (27 May 2019)
Eurasian magpie (ekster) - Bergen op Zoom, The Netherlands (2 Jun 2019)
Western jackdaw (kauw) - Fort de Roovere, The Netherlands (1 Jun 2019)
Hooded crow (bonte kraai) - Lahemaa NP, Estonia (5 Jun 2019)
Common raven (raaf) - Nemunas Delta, Lithuania (15 Jun 2019)
Eurasian jay (gaai) - Ligatne nature trails, Estonia (Latvia)
Middle spotted woodpecker (middelste bonte specht) - Latvia (9 Jun 2019)
Black woodpecker (zwarte specht) - Curonian Spit, Lithuana (14 Jun 2019)
Common cuckoo (koekoek) - Nemunas Delta, Lithuania (16 Jun 2019)
Common starling (spreew) - Tallinn, Estonia (4 Jun 2019)
Common blackbird (merel) - Bergen op Zoom, The Netherlands (2 Jun 2019)
Fieldfare (kramsvogel) - Tallinn, Estonia (4 Jun 2019)
Thrush nightingale (Noordse nachtegaal) - Nemunas Delta, Lithuania (15 Jun 2019)
Common redstart (gekraagde roodstaart) - Latvia (11 Jun 2019)
Whinchat (paapje) - Nemunas Delta, Lithuania (15 Jun 2019)
Common chaffinch (vink) - Ossendrechtse Duinen, The Netherlands (20 May 2019)
Eurasian bullfinch (goudvink)- Lahemaa NP, Estonia (4 Jun 2019)
Common linnet (kneu) - Hill of Crosses, Lithuania (12 Jun 2019)
European greenfinch (groenling) - Nemunas Delta, Lithuania (15 Jun 2019)
Common rosefinch (roodmus) - Nemunas Delta, Lithuania (15 Jun 2019)
European goldfinch (putter) - Nemunas Delta, Lithuania (15 Jun 2019)
Crested tit (kuifmees) - Abdij forest Ossendrecht, The Netherlands (27 May 2019)
Great tit (koolmees) - Abdij forest Ossendrecht, The Netherlands (27 May 2019)
Long-tailed tit (staartmees) - Abdij forest Ossendrecht, The Netherlands (27 May 2019)
Blue tit (pimpelmees) - Nemunas Delta, Lithuania (16 Jun 2019)
Dunnock (heggenmus) - Abdij forest Ossendrecht, The Netherlands (27 May 2019)
Common whitethroat (grasmus) - Nemunas Delta, Lithuania (16 Jun 2019)
Eurasian tree sparrow (ringmus) - Nemunas Delta, Lithuania (16 Jun 2019)
Spotted flycatcher (grauwe vliegenvanger) - Latvia (11 Jun 2019)
Eurasian pied flycatcher (bonte vliegenvanger) - Lithuana (13 Jun 2019)
Lesser whitethroat (braamsluiper) - Curonian Spit (14 Jun 2019)
Marsh warbler (bosrietzanger) - Nemunas Delta, Lithuania (15 Jun 2019)
Meadow pipit (graspieper) - Bergen op Zoom, The Netherlands (26 Jun 2019)
Eurasian skylark (veldleeuwerik) - Hill of Crosses (12 Jun 2019)
Common reed bunting (rietgors) - Nemunas Delta, Lithuania (15 Jun 2019)
Yellowhammer (geelgors) - Nemunas Delta, Lithuania (15 Jun 2019)