FOK3 expedition to Lake Constance, 2024

The original plan was to start in Stein am Rhein, but there were few migrant birds there, so we stuck to Triboltingen and Altnau. I should have taken my huge telephoto lens, as the birds were often far away near the German shore, where there were no human observers to disturb them. Also we didn't walk around, so the weight wouldn't have been a problem. That explains the poor pictures of interesting birds! (More infos to what we learned in the German version of this page.)
Voegel gemeldet durch Michael Furrer in ornitho.ch: Ermatinger Becken: Mute swan, Common whooper, Graylag goose, Eurasian wigeon, Eurasian teal, Mallard, Northern pintail, Northern shoveler, Gadwall, Red-crested pochard, Common pochard, Red-breasted merganser, Goosander, Little grebe, Great crested grebe, Great cormorant, Great egret, Grey heron, Red kite, Western marsh harrier, Northern harrier, Common buzzard, Water rail, Eurasian coot, Eurasian curlew, Little gull, Black-headed gull, Yellow-legged gull, Caspian gull, Eurasian collared dove, Common kingfisher, Great spotted woodpecker, Water pipit, Grey wagtail, Eurasian wren, European robin, Common blackbird. Altnau: Mute swan, Mallard, Gadwall, Red-crested pochard, Common goldeneye, Red-breasted merganser, Goosander, Arctic loon, Little grebe, Great crested grebe, Horned grebe, Black-necked grebe, Great cormorant, Grey heron, Western marsh harrier, Common buzzard, Eurasian coot, Black-headed gull, Common gull, Lesser black-backed gull, Yellow-legged gull, Eurasian green woodpecker, Great spotted woodpecker, Common blackbird, Marsh tit, Eurasian blue tit, Great tit, Short-toed treecreeper, Eurasian magpie, Carrion crow, House sparrow, Common chaffinch. A total of 15 species is included.

FOK3 at Lake Constance:

General: 2024-12-07 00.00.00 - 23.59.59 in Bodenseeregion und Ostschweiz

Background - Tripoltingen.



2024-12-07 08:57:31 Galaxy S24 Ultra Shutter speed 1/180
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Common whooper / Singschwan (Cygnus cygnus)🐦


♫ 2024-12-07 10:28:00 (song)

Background - here's a guide to Ermatingerbecken.



2024-12-07 10:30:45

Carrion crow / Rabenkrähe (Corvus corone)🐦


Auch ein Rabenkrähe hat was zu fressen gefunden am Bodensee. 2024-12-07 11:34:47

Common whooper / Singschwan (Cygnus cygnus)🐦


Vorne mit dem langen geraden Nacken müsste das Singschwäne sein. 2024-12-07 11:36:24

Mallard / Stockente (Anas platyrhynchos)🐦


Natürlich gibt's auch Stockenten bei Altnau. 2024-12-07 12:00:05

Mute swan / Höckerschwan (Cygnus olor)🐦


Junger Höckerschwan plus Erwachsene. 2024-12-07 12:00:12

Northern pintail / Spiessente (Anas acuta)🐦


Spiessente plus 2 Hockerschwäne. 2024-12-07 12:01:46


Zwei Spiessenten, Altnau. 2024-12-07 12:04:49

TBI - wir haben einige Weihen gesehen, ist das eine Art?



TBI - wir haben einige Weihen gesehen, ist das eine Art? 2024-12-07 12:11:56

Northern pintail / Spiessente (Anas acuta)🐦


Spiessente paar - aber das Männchen sollte einen braunen Kopf haben, nicht schwarz? 2024-12-07 12:13:41

Background - unsere Gruppe in Altnau.



2024-12-07 12:43:20 Galaxy S24 Ultra Shutter speed 1/264
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Great crested grebe / Haubentaucher (Podiceps cristatus)🐦


Haubentaucher, Altnau. 2024-12-07 13:14:49

Arctic loon / Prachttaucher (Gavia arctica)🐦


Prachttaucher paar, er im Schlichtkleid im Winter, Altnau. 2024-12-07 13:15:56

Common goldeneye / Schellente (Bucephala clangula)🐦


Schellente, Altnau. 2024-12-07 13:28:47

Western marsh harrier / Rohrweihe (Circus aeruginosus)🐦


Rohrweihe, Altnau. 2024-12-07 13:32:02

Red-crested pochard / Kolbenente (Netta rufina)🐦


Hundert Kolbenenten und ein paar Stockenten. 2024-12-07 14:08:38

Black-headed gull / Lachmöwe (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)🐦


Ein Lachmöwe, zwei Stockenten und hundert Kolbenten. 2024-12-07 14:08:48

Tundra swan / Pfeifschwan (Cygnus columbianus)🐦

Bird was seen but not recorded.

Eurasian coot / Blässhuhn (Fulica atra)🐦

Bird was seen but not recorded.

Common kingfisher / Eisvogel (Alcedo atthis)🐦

Bird was seen but not recorded.

Gadwall / Schnatterente (Mareca strepera)🐦

Bird was seen but not recorded.