Olivier Dupont
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Birding in Belgium · Belgian Rare Birds Committee · editorial board Aves · aspiring woodworker · 🏳️🌈
Aren't Epipactis the best looking orchids? With all their shades of... green 🤩 An excursion with the #Naturalistesbelges in southern Belgium under the guidance of Pierre Devillers delivered its two targets: Epipactis muelleri and Gymnadenia odoratissima, only known from a handful of sites
July 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Aren't Epipactis the best looking orchids? With all their shades of... green 🤩 An excursion with the #Naturalistesbelges in southern Belgium under the guidance of Pierre Devillers delivered its two targets: Epipactis muelleri and Gymnadenia odoratissima, only known from a handful of sites
The 4th Lesser Kestrel for Belgium—an adult male (!)—is currently feasting on crickets on an airfield managed by the administration and @natuurpunt.bsky.social, kindly opened to birders for the occasion. The 1st twitchable, a few days after our 1st twitchable Blue-cheeked Bee-eater. #BirdingBelgium
May 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The 4th Lesser Kestrel for Belgium—an adult male (!)—is currently feasting on crickets on an airfield managed by the administration and @natuurpunt.bsky.social, kindly opened to birders for the occasion. The 1st twitchable, a few days after our 1st twitchable Blue-cheeked Bee-eater. #BirdingBelgium
And the 2cy Red-footed Falcon a hundred meters from there was a nice addition!
May 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
And the 2cy Red-footed Falcon a hundred meters from there was a nice addition!
The 2nd Blue-cheeked Bee-eater for Belgium put on a show last Sunday, but left early in the afternoon. It was the 1st twitchable for the country, as the previous one was a flyover. Symens & Ducastel discuss the 2017 record, its ssp. id and wider European context: www.natuurpunt.be/sites/defaul...
May 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The 2nd Blue-cheeked Bee-eater for Belgium put on a show last Sunday, but left early in the afternoon. It was the 1st twitchable for the country, as the previous one was a flyover. Symens & Ducastel discuss the 2017 record, its ssp. id and wider European context: www.natuurpunt.be/sites/defaul...
In the OD, Wagler mentions a nearly entirely black bill as a main feature (see alt)—hence the name melanorhynchos. Looks like seasonal variation in bare parts colouration has long been a source of confusion in Great Egret subspecific identification. Looking at you red-legged birds in Western Europe…
April 22, 2025 at 4:48 PM
In the OD, Wagler mentions a nearly entirely black bill as a main feature (see alt)—hence the name melanorhynchos. Looks like seasonal variation in bare parts colouration has long been a source of confusion in Great Egret subspecific identification. Looking at you red-legged birds in Western Europe…
Ardea alba melanorhynchos—with black legs, a dagger-shaped bill, a light loral area, a long gape, and a wide 'moustache' reaching the tomium. I can finally put a name on this Great Egret seen on Santiago (Cape Verde) in 02/2022. Great paper in DB and superb illustrations by Sébastien Reeber! Thanks!
April 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Ardea alba melanorhynchos—with black legs, a dagger-shaped bill, a light loral area, a long gape, and a wide 'moustache' reaching the tomium. I can finally put a name on this Great Egret seen on Santiago (Cape Verde) in 02/2022. Great paper in DB and superb illustrations by Sébastien Reeber! Thanks!
À prendre avec des pincettes parce que c'est largement en dehors de mon champ de compétences, mais tu trouveras probablement ce que tu cherches ici : cds.climate.copernicus.eu/datasets/rea... Dans la nuit du 13 au 14/05/2024 à c. 1500m d'altitude (850 hPa), le vent soufflait du SSW à 35km/h environ.
November 25, 2024 at 11:32 AM
À prendre avec des pincettes parce que c'est largement en dehors de mon champ de compétences, mais tu trouveras probablement ce que tu cherches ici : cds.climate.copernicus.eu/datasets/rea... Dans la nuit du 13 au 14/05/2024 à c. 1500m d'altitude (850 hPa), le vent soufflait du SSW à 35km/h environ.