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I used to be very glad to have the ability to spend the week of Christmas and the brand new yr on the Tegernsee, a small lake in southern Bavaria, along with my household and my girlfriend. Though a number of sudden hick-ups occurred, reminiscent of important journey delays (which have turn out to be the norm when utilizing Germany’s trains) and optimistic Covid checks that prevented some relations from becoming a member of, it was refreshing to spend a while elsewhere, notably in a scenic and enjoyable surroundings just like the Tegernsee.
Whereas I did benefit from the consolation inside, we did usually enterprise exterior and I used to be glad to have a number of good birding moments. The lake itself didn’t produce something out of the strange nonetheless, with Eurasian Coot, Nice Crested Grebe, Tufted Duck, Mallard, Frequent Pochard, Mute Swan, and Gray Heron. I hoped for Black-throated Diver, which typically winters in lakes in southern Germany, however was not fortunate (you may need seen a sure sample rising in my earlier posts, concerning this species…).
The city of Rottach-Egern, the place we stayed, was equally unremarkable by way of birds. The usual backyard birds have been round, though Eurasian Bullfinch and Hawfinch have been good additions to the journey listing.
An attractive space for a brief hike is from the parking zone “Klamm” to the “Königsalm”, south of the Tegernsee. This path first passes by means of forest earlier than reaching a bigger pasture space increased up, offering an excellent mixture of habitat. Coal Tit, Crested Tit, and Goldcrest have been among the many pleasant birds round, they usually have been notably cute having fluffed up their feathers within the chilly, turning into tiny balls hopping across the foliage. Nonetheless, the primary shock was within the type of a Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker, which I noticed in unhealthy gentle however comparatively effectively because it clambered up a tree earlier than flying off. I didn’t count on to see this lifer, one of the vital common species within the Alps.
Whereas there are a number of species I’m nonetheless very keen so as to add to my listing within the Alps, reminiscent of the varied recreation birds, Alpine Accentor, White-winged Snowfinch, and so on., I used to be very content material with simply doing a little reasonable birding on this household vacation, notably as I didn’t have any expectations and was nonetheless handled with the woodpecker.
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