Fascinated to learn that we are still discovering new species at the highest rate ever. Mapping Earth's biodiversity is far from over, and while we learn more and more about it, let's protect what we do know as well as we can! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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#Cop30 in Belem - meanwhile in Germany: A new #Autobahn will be built in the #Eifel. It will strongly affect an important area protected by European conservation law and threaten rare species. #natureconservation #birds #A1 #climatecrisis #biodiversitycrisis www1.wdr.de/nachrichten/...

Early-career ornithologists take note!! The next EOU Fledglings meeting will take place in Gdansk in March 2026. Please RT! #ornithology

Mein langfristiger subjektiver Eindruck aus #Vogelmonitoring + #Naturschutz ist tw anders: Heute sind wir mehr, haben aber individuell oft weniger Zeit als vor Jahrzehnten. Gibt's Zahlen dazu? Korrigiert mich gerne. www.tagesschau.de/inland/gesel... @dda-avifauna.bsky.social @nabu.de #Ehrenamt

Women in ornithology? Absolutely essential! Unfortunately, they remain underrepresented. Our president @dorit-vlh.bsky.social and second chair Sylke Frahnert went on a mission to uncover and highlight forgotten female contributors to ornithology.

New State of birds in Germany ("Vögel in Deutschland") by DDA @dda-avifauna.bsky.social and @bfn-de.bsky.social

Hummigbird hawk-moths to brighten up grey #autumn days 🦋 Taubenschwänzchen. 📅 2025-10-19 + 21, #Siebengebirge, 🇩🇪 #Moth #Lepidoptera #Sphingidae #Nature #garden #naturephotography #photography #autumncolours #fall #insects #Schwärmer #Schmetterling #Naturfotografie #Foto #Garten #Insekten #Garten

Common Cranes on the #horizon #Kraniche am #Horizont 2025-10-18 #Siebengebirge #BirdsSeenIn2025 #birding #birds #birdphotography #BlueSky #nature #birdphotography #photography #birdmigration

🚨 Neue Studie Brutvögel-Artenvielfalt: Langfristige Veränderungen übertreffen Auswirkungen des extremen Hochwassers Pressemitteilung www.uni-osnabrueck.de/campusleben/... 🧵 1/6 #Naturschutz #Artenschutz #Vogelschutz #Naturschutzbiologie

🚨 Neue Studie Brutvögel-Artenvielfalt: Langfristige Veränderungen übertreffen Auswirkungen des extremen Hochwassers Pressemitteilung www.uni-osnabrueck.de/campusleben/... 🧵 1/6 #Naturschutz #Artenschutz #Vogelschutz #Naturschutzbiologie

🚨 Paper alert Long-term decline and homogenization of an avian community surpasses effects on bird diversity caused by a single extreme flood event free pdf (European Journal of Ecology) journals.ku.edu/EuroJEcol/ar... 🧵 1/6

This female 1 cy Eurasian Goshawk is an almost daily visitor over the #garden. Habicht über dem #Garten. 2025-10-14 #Siebengebirge 🇩🇪 #birding #birdphotography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #photography #BirdsSeenIn2025 #BlueSky #patchbirding #raptor #Vögel #Vogelfoto

It's #WorldMigratoryBirdDay! 2 Common Snipes, a Dunlin, a Curlew Sandpiper and a lot of suitable resting habitat along the shore of a lake ( #mud ). #birding #birdvideo #wetlands #birdmigration #WorldMigratoryBirdDay2025 #BirdsSeenIn2025 (🇩🇪)

Beobachtungstipp "Ackerlimikolen" In den letzten Tagen sind erstaunlich viele #Kiebitzregenpfeifer beobachtet worden. Diese u.a. #Limikolen rasten immer wieder auf Äckern. ➡️ www.nw-ornithologen.de/index.php/ak... #Vögel #Vogelbeobachtung #Vogelzug 📷 @dstiels.bsky.social (Belegfoto) 🌐 #ornitho

🍁🐦🍂 Some #autumn #colours ... European Goldfinches on Wild teasel. | Stieglitze auf Wilder Karde. 2025-09-27 Rhineland, 🇩🇪 #BirdsSeenIn2025 #birds #birding #photography #birdphotography #fallow #flowerstrips #wildlifephotography #nature #Goldfinch #Stieglitz #Vögel #Vogelfoto #Herbst #Naturfoto

Bird monitoring data from the UK. Always worth comparing with trends from Central Europe, e.g., similar negative trends in Willow Tit and Tree Sparrow or positive trends in Cetti's Warbler ⬇️

Migrating Black Storks (Ciconia nigra) over the garden. Just a strongly edited record shot but you can clearly distinguish a 1st year from an adult (look at the dull vs. bright reddish bill). 2025-09-20 #Siebengebirge, 🇩🇪 #BirdsSeenIn2025 #birds #birdidentification #birdmigration #birdphotography

A look is worth a thousand words. Common wood pigeon | Ringeltaube 2025-09-19 #Siebengebirge 🇩🇪 #birds #birding #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #BirdsSeenIn2025 #photography #gardenbirding

#Leptember brings Hummingbird hawk-moths! They seem to be particularly keen of Calamintha (Clinopodium) flowers in the garden. Taubenschwänzchen an Bergminze. 2025-09-10, #Siebengebirge, 🇩🇪 #Moths #TeamMoth #Lepidoptera #Insects #Photography #NaturePhotography #Insectphotography

Asian hornets (Vespa velutina) have become a daily sight in our #garden. 2025-09-10 #Siebengebirge, NRW, 🇩🇪 #InvasiveSpecies #Neobiota #NonNativeSpecies #Insects #AsianHornet #Hymenoptera #NaturePhotography #Photography

Extraordinary migration over the #garden yesterday: 1 Osprey, 5 Honey Buzzards, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Black Storks. All very high, though. 2025-09-04 #Siebengebirge 🇩🇪 #birding #patchbirding #gardenbirding #birdphotography #BirdsSeenIn2025 #birds #Vögel #Vogelzug #Vogelfoto #Fischadler

Bird migration continues, so here is a Whinchat showing the subtile beauty of its tan, brown, black and white plumage. 2025-09-04, #Siebengebirge, 🇩🇪 #BirdsSeenIn2025 #birding #birdphotography #naturephotography #nature #birding #photography #birds #Vögel #Vogelbeobachtung #Braunkehlchen #Vogelfoto

A short reminder that European Turtle Doves have already diminished from many former breeding areas in Central Europe - a hunting ban in parts of the #EU ended this spring. #Ecocide PR by @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social from Apr. 25 www.birdlife.org/news/2025/04...

🦅👀 Autumn Migration of European Honey Buzzards seems to reach its peak. YDA, >15 + this evening a flock of 13 🔄 high above the terrace (📷 cutout). 📍 #Siebengebirge, 🇩🇪 #BirdsSeenIn2015 #birding #patchbirding #gardenbirding #nature #birdphotography #terracebirding #raptors #BlueSky #birdmigration

Aktuell ist bei uns der Höhepunkt des Wespenbussard-Durchzugs ▶️ www.nw-ornithologen.de/index.php/ak... Gestern waren es >15, heute Abend ein Trupp mit 13 (📷 zeigt Ausschnitt). #Vögel #Vogelbeobachtung #Vogelzug

Autumn #garden #birding kicks off this week with my first ever #NOCMIG Ortolan bunting (sonogram shows one of several calls). 🥳 Today, afternoon birding from the terrace revealed a migrating 1cy Marsh Harrier high above the narrow valley. #Siebengebirge 🇩🇪 #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Vögel #Vogelbeobachtung

Eurasian dotterels often use traditional stopover sites during autumn migration. In #NRW (🇩🇪) they prefer freshly cultivated stubble fields in open landscapes without vertical structures. Unfortunately, some of these areas lack legal protection. #birdmigration #birds #farmlandbirds #waders

Common darter | Sympetrum striolatum | Große Heidelibelle In front of the office window. 2025-08-13, #Siebengebirge, 🇩🇪 #Odonata #dragonfly #nature #garden #naturephotography #photography #Insekten #Natur #garten #Libelle #Naturfoto

Händigkeit bei Vögeln? Rosaflamingos scheinen zumindest überwiegend rechtsfüßig zu sein, aber das gilt nicht für alle #Vögel. 🪶🦩 In unseren #FAQ findet Ihr erstaunliche Beispiele ➡️ www.nw-ornithologen.de/index.php/da... #Weltlinkshändertag #Linkshänder #Ornithologie #FAQs #Vogelbeobachtung

Some Robin content to colour up your timeline 🪶 This #bird hid unsuccessfully behind some flowers of common bird's-foot trefoil in the #garden. #Rotkehlchen im #Garten #Siebengebirge, 2025-08-10 #birds #nature #birdphotography #birding #naturephotography #photography #Vögel #Vogelbeobachtung

A female Mallard on an urban park pond for #MallardMonday among water lilies (Nupha lutea). Stands of bulrush/cattail (Typha sp) mirror in the water. #Stockente 2025-06-19, #Siebengebirge, #BadHonnef #birdphotography #birds #BirdsSeenIn2025 #photography #nature #biodiversity #naturephotography

Impact of future climate change and land-use change on habitat suitability for a long-distance avian migrant under diverse socioeconomic-emission scenarios | doi.org/10.1016/j.ge... | Global Ecology and Conservation | #ornithology #conservation 🪶

Wish you a weekend full of Hairstreaks 🦋🤩 Purple Hairstreak hiding in a bush in the #garden after heavy rainfall. Blauer Eichenzipfelfalter versteckt im Gebüsch im #Garten nach starkem Regen. 2025-08-01, #Siebengebirge #Lepidoptera #butterfly #Nature #Naturephotography #Naturfoto #Photography

Foto from the archive. #HummingbirdHawkMoth #naturephotography #photography #Sphingidae #nature #garden

Successful first survey season of the new German Breeding Bird Atlas Project #ADEBAR2 (an acronym for "Atlas Deutscher BrutvogelArten" / Atlas of German breeding birds). 🪶 ps #ADEBAR is the name of the White Stork (Ciconia ciconia) in old German fables.

Your daily dosis of #cuteness is presented by this juvenile Chiffchaff. Tail feathers are still not fully grown adding to its round jizz.🪶🐥 2025-05-06 #Siebengebirge, DE #birds #birb #birding #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Zilpzalp #Vögel #Vogelbeobachtung

Kleiner Sonnenröschen-Bläuling | Braun Argus | Aricia agestis 🦋🦋🦋 Today #Butterfly species no. 32 visited our #garden 🥳 Tagfalterart nr. 32 im Garten 🥳 📍 #Siebengebirge, DE #Nature #Natur #Lepidoptera #Garten #Schmetterling #Biodiversity #Artenvielfalt #Tagfalter #Naturephotography

Large White | Pieris brassicae | Großer Kohlweißling A rather common 🦋 but always a great sight with its contrasting wing pattern and distinct flight behaviour. 📍 #Siebengebirge 🇩🇪 #Nature #Naturephotography #butterflies #Lepidoptera #Photography #Garden #Natur #Insectphotography #Insekten #Garten

Warum hören Vögel im Sommer eigentlich auf zu singen? Es ist merklich stiller draußen geworden... 1/3 #Vögel #Vogelbeobachtung #Ornithologie #FAQ #Vogelwissen

Meet Barbistes serricauda (DE: Laubholz-Säbelschrecke). This #cricket typically stays high in the canopy so a male sitting over our front door was a cool sighting, imho. 🦗 2025-06-29, #Siebengebirge (GER) #Nature #Insects #Naturephotography #grasshopper #Ensifera #garden 1/2

#Sporophila #Seedeater #Pfäffchen

Brenthis daphne (Marbled Fritillary | Brombeer-Perlmuttfalter) has substantially extended its range in Central Europe most likely due to #climate change. It prefers warm forest edges. 2025-06-21 #Siebengebirge ( #garden) #Lepidoptera #butterfly #photography #naturephotography #Schmetterling

🇬🇧: For #MothMonday: An impressive Swallow-tailed #moth ( #Nachtschwalbenschwanz | Ourapteryx sambucaria) visited our terrace 🦋 A long-desired addition to our #garden list.🥳 📍 #Siebengebirge 🇩🇪 #Lepidoptera #Nature #Naturephotography #Nachtfalter #Geometridae #insect

Gestern ein Schlangenadler in Rheinland-Pfalz. Erstaunlicherweise bereits der zweite im Jahr 2025. 🤩 #Vögel #Vogelbeobachtung #Vogelfoto #Greifvögel

Short-toed Snake Eagle ( #Schlangenadler | Circaetus gallicus) today in Rhineland-Palatinate 🇩🇪. 🐍🦅 Already 2nd self-found in 2025 🤯🥳 A decent rarity and an impressive bird. 🤩😎 #BirdsSeenIn2025 #birds #birding #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #bluesky #birdsofprey #Vögel #Vagrancy

Fascinating study 👇 biomass 📈 biodiversity 📉 In a small scale study a couple of years ago we found a similar pattern (in a suburban area in Bonn, 🇩🇪) due to the increase of Common wood pigeons and the decrease of many other species (ICYMI: www.researchgate.net/publication/...)

A juvenile Chiffchaff looking a bit hangry as I had no fresh arthropods as protection racket at hand. 😉 #Gardenbirding, #Siebengebirge, 🇩🇪 #Birding #Birdphotography #Nature #Naturephotography #Photography #BirdSeenIn2025 #birds #patchbirding

🐝Endlich ein Bild von den #Bienen am Gilbweiderich 🤩: Braune Schenkelbiene | Macropis fulvipes (🙏 to obsidentify @observation.org ) Gehört zu den Ölbienen und ist auf Lysimachia spezialisiert.🤓 #Hymenoptera #Naturephotography #Photography #bees #insects #Insekten #Bienen #Naturfoto

Green-veined white (Pieris napi) in the #garden. Grünaderweißling im #Garten. 2025-06-14 #Siebengebirge #Lepidoptera #Naturephotography #Insects #Insectphotography #Photography #Nature #Schmetterlinge