For the fifth time I went to Swedish Lapland in June to spend another field work season in Vindelfjällen to continue the research on arctic breeding birds, particularly Dotterels. This year we have spent quite some time in the birch forest for surveys and photographing forest birds. The season has started with very good rodent […]
Once again, in February Jan, Lukas and I went south, this year we chose Morocco to explore some vast desert areas and mountain ranges for nice North African birds, particularly desert birds. It has been a very nice and straightforward trip with very friendly people, many dreambirds, fantastic sceneries and magic moments in the silence […]
In July we continued our journey from Swedish Lappland to the Lofoten islands. Exploring the Scandinavian Arctic coast has always been an avid desire for me. Kittiwakes were breeding almost everywhere. Hiking in the dramatic mountainous landscape revealed some nice birds as well. We had the great chance to visit the small uninhabitet island Storfjell, […]
In June 2018 I had the chance to visit Swedish Lapland for fieldwork in different projects again working with Long-tailed Skuas and arctic wader species. More details about the projects can be found on our overthetreeline blog. Unfortunately most of the Long-tailed Skuas abandoned their nests but gathered in big flocks. We started a new […]
In February I went with Jan and Lukas to Fuerteventura to to see and photograph some (desert) birds while escaping the cold German winter for a while. A detailed birding trip can be found here. We expected good birding opportunities but did not expect good conditions for photography at all. We spent most of the early […]
Im Februar war ich zusammen mit Jan, Joachim, Lukas, Ralph und Torsten am Gemmipass, um Bartgeier zu fotografieren. Neben den imposanten Bartgeiern ließen sich auch Kolkraben, Alpendohlen, Schneesperlinge und Alpenbraunellen auf zum Teil kürzeste Distanz fotografieren. Wir hatten unglaubliches Glück mit den Bedingungen: Mehrfach flogen Bartgeier sehr nah vorbei und Alpenbraunelle und Schneesperling liefen uns […]
Auch in diesem Jahr konnte wieder zwei Wochen im Vindelfjällen in Lappland zur Feldarbeit verbringen. Glücklicherweise blieb auch viel Zeit zum fotografieren:
Bereits zweimal hatte ich die Gelegenheit ins schwedische Lappland, nach Ammarnäs im Schutzgebiet Vindelfjällen zu reisen, um in verschiedenen Forschungsprojekten mitzuarbeiten. Lappland wird nicht zu Unrecht als die letzte Wildnis Europas bezeichnet. Nie zuvor hatte ich nahezu unberührte Natur in diesen Ausmaßen gesehen. In den wilden Wäldern kann man, auf dem Weg in die […]