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The beach and dunes next to the pier are among the most exciting birding hotspots near my home. Several rarities have turned up here in the past. It is only a matter of time before the next good bird will arrive.

I list all birds observed from within about 500 m of the dunes next to the pier or from the pier itself.

Since the summer of 2023 I have observed 203 bird species, including five introduced ones, in 450 hours of birding.

Bewick's Swan (8/1/2024)
Smew (15/10/2024)
Red-crested Pochard (26/10/2023)
Ring-necked Duck (returning bird in 2023-24)
Horned Grebe (31/03/2024)
Leach's Storm Petrel (3/11/2023)
Balearic Shearwater (6/10/2023)
Kentish Plover (18/7/2023)
Ruff (29/9/2023)
Little Stint (2/9/2023)
Jack Snipe (8/10/2023)
Black Guillemot (19/10/2024)
Little Auk (21/11/2024)
Long-tailed Jaeger (11/9/2024)
Sabine's Gull (1/11/2023)
Iceland Gull (4/11/2024)
Glaucous Gull (19/10/2024)
Red-footed Falcon (2/9/2024)
Alexandrine Parakeet (26/10/2023)
Northern Raven (31/10/2024)
Eurasian Penduline Tit (26/10/2023)
Bearded Reedling (23/10/2023)
Pallas's Leaf Warbler (26/10/2024)
Siberian Chiffchaff (31/10 & 2/11/2024)
Spotted Flycatcher (26/10/2024)
Red-breasted Flycatcher (21/9/2024)
Village Weaver (18/7/2023)
Olive-backed Pipit (24/10/2024)
Common Rosefinch (27/9/2023)
European Serin (15/10/2024)

A Balearic Shearwater flying south over sea on 6 October 2023; Eurasian Dotterels on 2 September 2023 and 7 and 22 September 2024; Red Phalaropes on 3 November 2023 and 31 October 2024; four Little Auks on 21 November 2024; a Long-tailed Jaeger on 11 September 2024; a Sabine's Gull on 1 November 2023; a ringed Baltic Gull (black J261K) from Nordhorsvær, Norway, on 8 October 2023; a confiding Red-footed Falcon on 2 September 2024; a Eurasian Penduline Tit moving inland along the pier on 26 October 2023; Yellow-browed Warblers on 8 and 17 October 2023 and 1 (two), 4, 6 and 15 October 2024; a Dusky Warbler on 24 October 2024; a Common Rosefinch on 27 September 2023; a European Serin on 15 October 2024; Richard's Pipits on 10 October 2023, 30 September 2024 and 16 and 24 October 2024; an Olive-backed Pipit on 24 October 2024; Red-throated Pipits on 26 September 2023, 22 September 2024 and 19 October 2024; and Little Buntings on 8 (two), 9 and 10 October 2023 (three).

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