Last sunday I had booked a guided walk into the Ramsar area Ismaninger Speichersee, organized by the Munich Volkshochschule, and led by Manfred Siering from the Ornithologische Gesellschaft Bayern. Phew, four links in one sentence.
We started at 8 am at the S-Bahn station in Ismaning, from where it is just a 3 km drive to the BMW area and the (aritifical) lake which is one of the major wetland areas in Bavaria, and of high importance for migrating birds. The part we visited is not accessible to the public, you can get into it only with a guide like I did today.
Highlight today was the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker I could photograph with the help of our guide who attracted the little bird. Well, I know, this is not art, more of a better ID photo.
Now, first for my own IDs
- Great Crested Grebe / Haubentaucher
- Cormorant / Kormoran
- Grey Heron / Graureiher
- Great Egret / Silberreiher
- Mute Swan / Höckerschwan
- Greylag Goose / Graugans
- Canada Goose / Kanadagans
- Mallard / Stockente
- Red-crested Pochard / Kolbenente
- Common Pochard / Tafelente
- Tufted Duck / Reiherente
- Common Merganser / Gänsesäger
- Eurasian Coot / Blässralle
- Northern Lapwing / Kiebitz
- Black-headed Gull / Lachmöwe
- Great Tit / Kohlmeise
- Eurasian Blue Tit / Blaumeise
- Common Chaffinch / Buchfink
With the help of the guide, I also saw (the guide identified)
- Little Grebe / Zwergtaucher
- Gadwall / Schnatterente
- Greater White-Fronted Goose / Bläßgans
- Northern Pintail / Spießente
- Northern Goshawk / Habicht
- Eurasion Sparrowhawk / Sperber
- Common Buzzard / Mäusebussard
- Yellow-legged Gull / Mittelmeermöwe
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker / Kleinspecht
- Redwing / Rotdrossel
- Long-tailed Tit / Schwanzmeise
- Marsh Tit / Sumpfmeise
- Yellowhammer / Goldammer
- Common Reed Bunting / Rohrammer
- European Goldfinch / Stieglitz
- Rook / Saatkrähe
- Carrion Crow / Rabenkrähe
I was looking the other way when the group / guide saw
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow / Feldsperling
- Common Starling / Star
- Eurasian Magpie / Elster
- Eurasian Jay / Eichelhäher
- White Wagtail / Bachstelze
- Meadow Pipit / Wiesenpieper
- Water Pipit / Bergpieper
Most impressive was the ability of our guide’s audio identification. He just stepped up to the wood, and immediately listed audio confirmation for
- Water Rail / Wasserralle
- Great Spotted Woodpecker / Buntspecht
- Wren / Zaunkönig
- Eurasian Robin / Rotkehlchen
- Common Blackbird / Amsel
- Common Chiffchaff / Zilpzalp
- Goldcrest / Wintergoldhähnchen
- Eurasian Nuthatch / Kleiber
- Short-toed Treecreeper / Gartenbaumläufer
- European Green Woodpecker / Grünspecht
- European Greenfinch / Grünfink
- Eurasian Siskin / Erlenzeisig
All I could hear was the engines of the airplane directly overhead (it’s very close to the Munich airport), and something I thought was a Robin…
BTW, why bother listing all these names in English and German? Well, I am learning the English bird names, and believe me, this is quite an effort for a non-native speaker!
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