Name of area visited: Texel the biggest island of the Waddenzee

Tour date: 13-05-2009 Name of area visited: Texel the biggest island of the Waddenzee Guide(s): Ruud fuut great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus dodaars little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis aalscholver great cormorant Phalocracorax carbo blauwe reiger grey heron Ardea cinerea lepelaar eurasian spoonbill Platalea leucorodia knobbelzwaan mute swan Cygnus olor grauwe gans greylag goose Anser anser brandgans barnacle goose Branta leucopsis rotgans brent goose Branta bernicla bergeend common shelduck Tadorna tadorna nijlgans egyptian goose Alopochen aegyptiacus smient eurasian wigeon Anas penelope wilde eend mallard Anas platyrinchos krakeend gadwall Anas strepera slobeend northern shoveler Anas clypeata zomertaling garganey Anas querquedula tafeleend common pochard Athya fernia kuifeend tufted duck Aythya fuligula eider eider Somateria mollissima bruine kiekendief marsh harrier Circus aeruginosus buizerd common buzzard Buteo buteo torenvalk common kestrel Falco tinunculus meerkoet common coot Fulica atra scholekster oystercatcher Heamatopus ostralegus kluut avocet Recuvirostra avosetta bontbekplevier great ringed plover Charadrius hiaticula zilverplevier grey plover Pluvialis squatarola kievit northern lapwing Vanellus vanellus steenloper turnstone Arenaria interpres kanoet red knot Calidris canutus bonte strandloper dunlin Calidirs alpina wulp eurasian curlew Numenius arquata grutto black tailed godwit Limosa limosa rosse grutto bar tailed godwit Limosa lapponica tureluur common redshank Tringa totanus zwarte ruiter spotted redshank Tringa erythropus groenpootruiter common greenshank Tringa nebularia kokmeeuw black headed gull Larus ridibundus stormmeeuw common gull Larus canus zilvermeeuw herring gull Larus argentatus kleine mantelmeeuw lesser black backed gull Larus fuscus grote stern sandwich tern Sterna sandvicensis visdief common tern Sterna hirundo dwergstern little tern Sterna albifrons houtduif wood pigeon Columba palumbus zomertortel turtle dove Streptopelia turtur koekoek common cuckoo Cuculus canorus veldleeuwerik sky lark Alauda arvensis boerenzwaluw barn swallow Hirundo rustica graspieper meadow pipit Anthus pratensis witte kwikstaart white wagtail Motacilla alba gele kwikstaart yellow wagtail Motacilla flava winterkoning wren Troglodytes troglodytes nachtegaal rufous nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos rietzanger sedge warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus kleine karekiet reed warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus grasmus common whithetrhoat Sylvia communis fitis willow warbler Phylloscopus trochilus tjiftjaf chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita spreeuw common starling Strunus vulgaris ekster magpie Pica pica kauw eurasian jackdaw Corvus monedula kraai carrion crow Corvus corone rietgors reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus Total species seen and heard: 64