News · 29. Juni 2016
On this morning I went northwards to the former inner-German border, which marked the end of the western world just 30 years ago. It's hard to believe but this is and was only an hour's drive away from Bamberg. At that time the 1400 km long border was a hostile place, now it is an attractive area for several rare birds like Whinchat and Stonechat. On ornitho.de I couldn't find many sightings from there, but the area southwest of Adelhausen, the so called "Bischofsau", looked very promising....
News · 27. Juni 2016
Finally, I could make another trip to the nature reserve "Lange Rhön" possible. The mountain range in the midst of Germany is one of the most important breeding areas in (Southern) Germany and my favourite birding site, not least because it is fairly unknown among german birders. This is the reason why I want to change the chapter about this site radically so that not only single spots but the whole area and its beauty are highlighted. Therefore I have selected an awarded hiking tour that...
News · 23. Juni 2016
According to the weather forecast it should get very hot today (up to 36 °C), which was the reason why I used the cool morning hours for a small birding trip. Currently, I'm still researching for the new guide and so I selected one of the probable new sites that I hadn't visited so far. Once again it is a suitable spot for observing waterfowl, which offers furthermore good chances for some sought-after woodland species. Another great advantage is that the two Bischofsweiher (and the...
News · 16. Juni 2016
Originally, I was adjusted to torrential rainfalls this morning but was surprised by bright sunshine instead. At first, I couldn't believe it but the weather forecast confirmed that this nice weather would last for at least five hours leaving me enough time for a birding trip. So I spontaneously decided to visit the Mohrhof-Weihergebiet 30 kilometers south of Bamberg, a small part of an area with thousands of ponds. And yes, this site is already covered in the guide, but still I wanted to check...
News · 15. Juni 2016
And my exploration mission goes finally on. The last time it had been a tour through Lower Franconia, today I turned my attention to a recommendable site in Upper Franconia. This region is currently a bit underrepresentated in the guide, because just a single site is featured there. So it is absolutely necessary to change that. Up to four new site descriptions are planned for Upper Franconia including the Goldbergsee northwest of the town Coburg, which was my destination for today. First of...
News · 09. Juni 2016
Some time ago I said that there would be another edition of the guide, which will include a couple of new sites and will generally be more detailed. Today I can officially announce that I've started with the development process. However, before I can create maps and write the texts, I want to visit these new sites at least once, in order to get some basis information (e.g. how much time should you consider for a visit, etc.). This describes the purpose of my Lower Franconia Tour perfectly and...
News · 04. Juni 2016
A month ago I posted that I had found the mixed singer again, which caused a lot of interest in 2015. If you want to get some basis information about the bird please look on the special site I've established for this bird. Despite that I had planned to visit this bird more regularly than last year, I didn't come to this place for a whole month. Nevertheless, in the last couple of days I had some pretty successful hours there and some news to tell. As you can imagine I was mainly recording its...