Happy new year!

Sorry for the irregular posting but it is winter, days are shorts (and time also:-). The garden is still attracting many birds including a Woodcock which unfortunately did not return after I unintentionally flushed it, and yesterday a Peregrine flew over. Some weeks ago we had a spectacular view of 4 together over the office in Leeuwarden, my biggest "flock" ever!

And some pictures of some oldskool winter birding around the Afsluitdijk. Highlights were a Black Brant, 2 Long-tailed Ducks, Velvet Scoter and many Smew, 2 Bitterns (one at Den Oever, flushed by a walker, and one between Kornwerderzand and Zurich fighting the strong winds) and a surprising Waxwing somewhere in Harlingen. It does not happen very often that you find where you were looking for!

Best wishes for 2013!