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Vögel in der Hansestadt Bremen und umzu. / Birds in the Hanseatic City of Bremen and surrounding area.

Ich bin keine Ornithologin, sondern eine Frau, die Vögel mag. / I'm not an ornithologist, just a lady who likes birds.
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Pyrrhula pyrrhula
🇩🇪: Gimpel
🇬🇧: Bullfinch
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My garden, 2 & 14 Mar 2026
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#birdfact: Bullfinches are monogamous and often hang out in pairs.
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A male bullfinch sits on top of a leafy branch. He is a very round bird with a black cap, a peachy pink torso, and grey wings. A female bullfinch sits on a budding branch. She's a round bird with a black cap and a grey-brown torso and black wings. She has flowers in her mouth.
March 17, 2026 at 9:47 AM
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Tyto alba
🇩🇪: Schleiereule
🇬🇧: Barn owl
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Schwachhausen, 9 Feb 2026
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#birdfact: Although this owl stays in #Germany year-round, it is so shy that it's rarely seen.
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A female barn owl squints at the camera. She has a white face surrounded by a ring of brown feathers.
March 14, 2026 at 7:25 PM
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This blackbird (Turdus merula) is one of a kind. That's because he has leucism, a genetic mutation that causes some feathers to develop without pigment.
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Universität Bremen, 6 Feb 2026
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#birds #birding #birdwatching #voegel #germany #bremen #birdsofbremen #nature
An adult male blackbird with leucism. He is a glossy black bird with an orange beak, and an area of mottled white feathers around his eye.
February 20, 2026 at 8:33 AM
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Mergus merganser
🇩🇪: Gänsesäger
🇬🇧: Common merganser, goosander
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Bürgerpark, 2 Feb 2026
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#birdfact: Females (like the one shown here) often care for their babies in groups called creches.
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A female common merganser swims in an area of water in front of a patch of ice. She is a medium-sized duck with a thin, red bill, a reddish-brown head with spiky feathers, and a grey-and-white body.
February 16, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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Aythya ferina
🇩🇪: Tafelente
🇬🇧: Common pochard
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Bürgerpark, 2 Feb 2026
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#birdfact: This duck is classified as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List due to #climatechange and habitat destruction.
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A common pochard drake swims in the water. It's a medium-sized duck with a reddish-brown head, red eyes, a long, dark grey bill, a light grey body and a black rear.
February 13, 2026 at 9:43 AM
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Regulus regulus

🇩🇪: Wintergoldhähnchen
🇬🇧: Goldcrest
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Bürgerpark, 7 Jan 2026
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#birdfact: Weighing only 4-7 grams when fully grown, the goldcrest is the smallest bird in Europe.
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A goldcrest stands on snowy ground next to a green bench. It's a tiny brown-yellow bird with black wingtips and a striking black eye.
January 17, 2026 at 9:29 AM
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Turdus iliacus

🇩🇪: Rotdrossel
🇬🇧: Redwing
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Bürgerpark, 7 Jan 2026
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#birdfact: This bird is a non-breeding winter visitor to #Germany. It breeds in the tundra of Russia and Scandinavia.
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A redwing in a berry bush. It's a brown bird with a speckled white and brown belly, and a red side. A redwing in a berry bush. It's a brown bird with a speckled white and brown belly, and a red side.
January 13, 2026 at 8:57 AM
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Emberiza schoeniclus
🇩🇪: Rohrammer
🇬🇧: Reed bunting
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Borgfelder Wümmewiesen, 29 May 2025
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#birdfact: During the summer breeding season, the male (pictured) perches atop reeds and sings for a female.
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A male reed bunting in tall grass. It's a small bird with brown wings, a black head, a white neck, and a grey belly. A male reed bunting in tall grass. It's a small bird with brown wings, a black head, a white neck, and a grey belly.
July 9, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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Spatula clypeata
🇩🇪: Löffelente
🇬🇧: Northern shoveler
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Polder Kreuzdeich, 8 May 2025
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#birdfact: Shovelers use their large, specialized bills to filter food from the water, much like flamingos.
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A northern shoveler drake swims in the water. It's a stocky duck with a black-green head; a white, ruddy brown, and black body; and a large black bill.
June 11, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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Somateria mollissima
🇩🇪: Eiderente
🇬🇧: Common eider
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Wattenmeer, 1 May 2025
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#birdfact: St. Cuthbert instituted one of the first known bird protection laws in England to protect the eider, also called "Cuddy's duck."
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A male eider duck swimming in the North Sea. It's a large duck with a black and white body and a short, grey bill.
June 2, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Troglodytes troglodytes
🇩🇪: Zaunkönig
🇬🇧: Eurasian wren
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Bürgerpark, 25 Apr 2025
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#birdfact: The male wren builds nests in his territory to attract a mate. Females favor mates who have built more nests.
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A wren perches on a branch. It's a small, round, brown bird with its tail sticking straight up.
May 29, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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Anser anser
🇩🇪: Graugans
🇬🇧: Greylag goose
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Kleine Werdersee, 21 Apr 2025
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#birdfact: Up to 20% of couples in a flock are same-sex pairs. They tend to acquire high-ranking status in the flock.
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#birds #birding #geese #goose #birdsofbremen #birdsofbluesky #voegel #germany #bremen
An adult greylag goose swimming with three babies. The adult is a large, grey goose with an orange bill. The goslings are small, fluffy and yellow. Three adult greylag geese and nine babies grazing. The adults are large, grey geese with orange bills. The goslings are small, fluffy and yellow.
May 21, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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Branta bernicla
🇩🇪: Ringelgans
🇬🇧: Brant
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Wattenmeer, 18 Apr 2025
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#birdfact: It was once believed that barnacles were the larval form of this goose since they nest in the far northern Arctic and no one saw them hatch.
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A brant goose swimming in the ocean. It's a small, short-necked goose with a black neck and a dark brown body.
May 14, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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Fringilla coelebs
🇩🇪: Buchfink
🇬🇧: Chaffinch
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Osterdeich, 28 Mar 2025
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#birdfact: Outside of the breeding season, chaffinches eat seeds. During the breeding season, they eat insects and worms.
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A male chaffinch sitting on a branch. It's a small reddish-brown bird with grey on top of its head and white bars on black wings.
May 7, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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Haematopus ostralegus
🇩🇪: Austernfischer
🇬🇧: Oystercatcher
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Uni Bremen, 10 Apr 2025
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#birdfact: The oystercatcher has an exceptionally long life. This year, one was found to be at least 46 years old in the UK!
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An oystercatcher in a field. It's a large black and white bird with a long orange beak.
May 2, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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Corvus frugilegus
🇩🇪: Saatkrähe
🇬🇧: Rook
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Uni Bremen, 11 Apr 2025
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#birdfact: The Puy du Fou theme park in western #France has trained these highly intelligent corvids to pick up litter.
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A rook standing next to a pile of seed. It's a large black crow with a patch of white at the base of its beak. A rook walking on a sidewalk. It's a large, black crow with an off-white beak.
April 28, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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Sylvia atricapilla
🇩🇪: Mönchsgrasmücke
🇬🇧: Blackcap
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Stadtwald, 6 Apr 2025 / Uni Bremen, 10 Apr 2025
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#birdfact: Male blackcaps aggressively defend their territory and use their warbling song to warn others to stay away.
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A female Eurasian blackcap amongst tree branches. She's a small, grey bird, and the top of her head is reddish-brown. She's looking up and to the left. A male Eurasian blackcap amongst tree branches. He's a small, round grey bird with a characteristic black "cap" on his head. He's looking at the camera.
April 22, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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Phylloscopus collybita
🇩🇪: Zilpzalp, Weidenlaubsänger
🇬🇧: Chiffchaff
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Bürgerpark, 21 Mar 2025
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#birdfact: This little bird's song is one of the first signs of spring, as it is one of the earliest migrants.
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A tiny brownish-yellow bird sits atop a tree branch. It's camouflaged and hard to notice.
April 16, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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Sitta europaea
🇩🇪: Kleiber, Spechtmeise
🇬🇧: Eurasian Nuthatch
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Herdentor, 21 Mar 2025
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#birdfact: If the entrance to their nest is too large, they plaster it with mud to make it smaller and keep predators out.
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A nuthatch hanging upside down on a tree trunk. It's a small bird with a blue-grey back and a muted orange underside. There is a black stripe across the eye.
April 12, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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Egyptian goslings (Nilgans) have arrived in Bremen!
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Bürgerpark, 10 Apr 2025
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#birdfact: The Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca) is not a goose at all, but more closely related to shelducks.
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An Egyptian goose looks out at the water. Her three goslings are in the grass next to her.
April 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Sturnus vulgaris
🇩🇪: Star
🇬🇧: Starling
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Herdentor, 21 Mar 2025
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#birdfact: The starling has up to 35 different song types. Males with more complex songs tend to be favoured by females.
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A starling in the ivy. It's an iridescent black bird with little white spots and a yellow beak, which is open in song. A starling sitting amongst ivy. It's an iridescent black bird with little white spots.
April 8, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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They're here! 🥰

Please keep your distance when you see them so that mum and dad can raise their chicks in peace. Use a camera or binoculars to get a closer look without disturbing them.
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Wallanlagen, 5 April 2025
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#birds #birding #birdwatching #birdsofbremen #voegel #bremen #germany #babybirds
A Eurasian coot and its baby in a nest. The parent is a black bird with a white face and beak. The baby has a red, bald head and wispy yellow hairs around its neck. A Eurasian coot and its baby in a nest. The parent is a black bird with a white beak. The baby has a red, bald head and wispy yellow hairs around its neck.
April 6, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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Motacilla alba
🇩🇪: Bachstelze
🇬🇧: White wagtail
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Herdentor, 20 Mar 2025
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#birdfact: This is the national bird of #Latvia! It gets its name from how its tail bounces up and down as it walks.
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A white wagtail in a tree. It's a small grey bird with a white face and a black beard. A white wagtail in a field. It's a small grey bird with a white face and a black beard and chest.
April 5, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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Coming soon to #Bremen: Baby coots (Blässhühner)!

Coots lay 6-10 eggs in a floating nest in shallow water. Chicks are black with a red face surrounded by wiry yellow feathers and sadly have a high mortality rate.
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A coot sitting in its nest. It's a medium-sized black bird with a white face, sitting amongst a pile of twigs. It's looking at the camera.
April 3, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Coloeus monedula
🇩🇪: Dohle
🇬🇧: (Western) Jackdaw
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Nelson Mandela Park, 19 Mar 2025
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#birdfact: Jackdaws form mobs to attack and scare away larger birds, such as vultures and ravens.
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A jackdaw looking at the ground. It's a small, crow-like bird with a grey and black head and pale grey eyes. A jackdaw looking at the ground. It's a black bird with a black and grey head.
April 2, 2025 at 2:38 PM