#BirdsSeenIn2026

A rare #Bijeneter
#Merops_apiaster
#European_Bee-eater in the #Netherlands .

#Vogels #Birds

📷 by Merijn Loeve .

@tonyrinaud.bsky.social
@britishnatureguide.bsky.social

"... Except for the resident southern African population, the species is strongly migratory, wintering in tropical Africa. This species, like other bee-eaters, is a richly coloured, slender bird." Appears in "European bee-eater": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_bee-eater