When I first observed these birds in Switzerland
These are only birds I've seen or heard myself, sorted from newest to oldest observations.
A total of 186 species is included.
- Middle spotted woodpecker 07 April 2024 - hmm, I'm not sure just where.
- Wood lark 06 April 2024 - hmm, I'm not sure just where.
- Whiskered tern 03 March 2024 in Cambodia - never observed in Switzerland
- Purple heron 03 March 2024 in Cambodia - never observed in Switzerland
- Bluethroat 17 February 2024 in Laos - never observed in Switzerland
- Bank swallow 26 January 2024 in Thailand - never observed in Switzerland
- Great northern loon 06 October 2023 in New England - never observed in Switzerland
- Herring gull 19 August 2023 - hmm, I'm not sure just where.
- White-fronted goose 11 August 2023 in Islay - never observed in Switzerland
- Great black-backed gull 11 August 2023 in Islay - never observed in Switzerland
- Common whitethroat 16 July 2023
- Turtle dove 19 June 2023
- Lesser whitethroat 27 May 2023
- Citril finch 27 May 2023
- Jackdaw 26 May 2023
- Osprey 21 April 2023 in Yucatan - never observed in Switzerland
- Red knot 15 April 2023 in Yucatan - never observed in Switzerland
- Sanderling 27 March 2023 in Yucatan - never observed in Switzerland
- Eurasian crane 10 February 2023
- Velvet scoter 09 February 2023
- Brambling 01 February 2023 - hmm, I'm not sure just where.
- Little gull 03 December 2022
- Mediterranean gull 03 December 2022
- Tawny pipit 02 October 2022
- Northern shrike 02 October 2022
- Little bittern 04 September 2022
- Common sandpiper 04 September 2022
- Common ringed plover 04 September 2022
- Green sandpiper 04 September 2022
- Eurasian skylark 25 June 2022
- Savi's warbler 04 June 2022
- Melodious warbler 04 June 2022
- Wood warbler 22 May 2022
- Golden eagle 21 May 2022
- Western marsh harrier 21 May 2022
- Common rock thrush 21 May 2022
- European bee-eater 21 May 2022
- Common linnet 15 April 2022 in Mallorca - first observed in Switzerland 27 May 2023
- Western yellow wagtail 12 April 2022 in Mallorca - first observed in Switzerland 22 June 2022
- Common greenshank 12 April 2022 in Mallorca - first observed in Switzerland 04 September 2022
- Common redshank 12 April 2022 in Mallorca - first observed in Switzerland 04 September 2022
- Black-winged stilt 12 April 2022 in Mallorca - never observed in Switzerland
- Northern harrier 12 April 2022 in Mallorca - never observed in Switzerland
- Little ringed plover 10 April 2022 in Mallorca - never observed in Switzerland
- Pied avocet 08 April 2022 in Mallorca - never observed in Switzerland
- Kentish plover 08 April 2022 in Mallorca - never observed in Switzerland
- Corn bunting 08 April 2022 in Mallorca - first observed in Switzerland 25 June 2022
- Eurasian hoopoe 07 April 2022 in Mallorca - first observed in Switzerland 22 May 2022
- Blue rock-thrush 07 April 2022 in Mallorca - first observed in Switzerland 04 June 2022
- Whimbrel 19 March 2022 in Canary Islands - first observed in Switzerland 23 June 2022
- Ruddy turnstone 19 March 2022 in Canary Islands - never observed in Switzerland
- Grey wagtail 05 February 2022
- Common shelduck 05 February 2022
- Northern pintail 05 February 2022
- Little egret 05 February 2022
- Lesser black-backed gull 16 January 2022 - hmm, I'm not sure just where.
- Great bittern 30 October 2021
- Common snipe 24 October 2021
- Spotted redshank 24 October 2021
- Wood sandpiper 19 August 2021
- Eurasian three-toed woodpecker 02 August 2021
- Northern wheatear 29 July 2021
- Common firecrest 28 July 2021
- Meadow pipit 27 June 2021
- Ring ouzel 27 June 2021
- Stock dove 29 May 2021
- Red-backed shrike 29 May 2021
- Cirl bunting 29 May 2021
- Eurasian wryneck 10 May 2021
- Common cuckoo 04 May 2021
- Marsh warbler 04 May 2021
- Stonechat 27 April 2021
- Italian sparrow 06 April 2021
- Red-breasted merganser 06 April 2021
- Tawny owl 03 April 2021
- Black kite 03 April 2021
- Common raven 10 March 2021
- Yellow-legged gull 07 March 2021
- Ferruginous duck 07 March 2021
- Black-necked grebe 07 March 2021
- Common gull 07 March 2021
- Graylag goose 26 February 2021
- Eurasian wigeon 24 February 2021
- Great egret 24 February 2021
- Northern lapwing 24 February 2021
- Eurasian bullfinch 21 February 2021
- Water rail 15 February 2021
- Mute swan 12 February 2021
- Eurasian siskin 12 February 2021
- Common moorhen 12 February 2021
- Eurasian curlew 12 February 2021
- Common pochard 08 February 2021
- Gadwall 08 February 2021
- Northern shoveler 08 February 2021
- Eurasian sparrowhawk 06 February 2021
- Goosander 26 January 2021
- Great cormorant 26 January 2021
- Eurasian teal 26 January 2021
- Common goldeneye 26 January 2021
- Northern goshawk 17 January 2021
- Fieldfare 16 January 2021
- Lesser spotted woodpecker 16 January 2021
- Alpine chough 01 January 2021
- Eurasian green woodpecker 08 November 2020
- Black woodpecker 21 October 2020
- Short-toed treecreeper 16 October 2020
- Common kingfisher 08 October 2020
- Common house martin 10 August 2020
- European crested tit 31 July 2020
- Water pipit 19 July 2020
- Goldcrest 13 July 2020
- Alpine swift 20 June 2020
- European serin 14 June 2020
- Red crossbill 13 June 2020
- Tree pipit 12 June 2020
- Common swift 10 June 2020
- Spotted nutcracker 10 June 2020
- Western bonelli's warbler 08 June 2020
- Spotted flycatcher 03 June 2020
- Yellowhammer 26 May 2020
- Eurasian golden oriole 25 May 2020
- Eurasian collared dove 21 May 2020
- Sedge warbler 20 May 2020
- Great reed warbler 20 May 2020
- Black-headed gull 20 May 2020
- Mallard 20 May 2020
- Mistle thrush 07 May 2020
- Whinchat 07 May 2020
- Grey heron 07 May 2020
- Marsh tit 04 May 2020
- Garden warbler 27 April 2020
- Common reed bunting 27 April 2020
- Common tern 27 April 2020
- Eurasian reed warbler 27 April 2020
- Common redstart 27 April 2020
- Great crested grebe 27 April 2020
- Willow tit 25 April 2020
- Eurasian treecreeper 25 April 2020
- White stork 25 April 2020
- Common kestrel 24 April 2020
- Willow warbler 24 April 2020
- Carrion crow 22 April 2020
- Common nightingale 19 April 2020
- Coal tit 18 April 2020
- Common wood pigeon 18 April 2020
- Common buzzard 17 April 2020
- Eurasian jay 17 April 2020
- Barn swallow 16 April 2020
- Dunnock 16 April 2020
- European pied flycatcher 15 April 2020
- Eurasian coot 14 April 2020
- Long-tailed tit 13 April 2020
- Eurasian magpie 13 April 2020
- Red kite 13 April 2020
- Great spotted woodpecker 12 April 2020
- Common starling 11 April 2020
- Eurasian tree sparrow 10 April 2020
- Black redstart 09 April 2020
- Eurasian blue tit 05 April 2020
- European nuthatch 04 April 2020
- European robin 02 April 2020
- European goldfinch 22 September 2019
- Black cap warbler 30 August 2019
- European greenfinch 01 August 2019
- Eurasian wren 07 July 2019
- Song thrush 16 June 2019 in Brittany - first observed in Switzerland 22 April 2020
- Common chaffinch 04 June 2019
- Common chiffchaff 04 June 2019
- House sparrow 14 May 2019
- Great tit 22 April 2019
- Sandwich tern 11 March 2018 in Costa Rica - never observed in Switzerland
- Cattle egret 27 February 2018 in Costa Rica - never observed in Switzerland
- Black-bellied plover 25 September 2016 in Botswana - never observed in Switzerland
- Egyptian goose 24 September 2016 in Botswana - first observed in Switzerland 08 February 2021
- Parasitic jaeger 10 June 2015 in Iceland - never observed in Switzerland
- Eurasian oystercatcher 09 June 2015 in Iceland - never observed in Switzerland
- Common eider 09 June 2015 in Iceland - first observed in Switzerland 12 February 2021
- Redwing 05 June 2015 in Iceland - first observed in Switzerland 30 December 2020
- Horned grebe 05 June 2015 in Iceland - never observed in Switzerland
- Tufted duck 05 June 2015 in Iceland - first observed in Switzerland 12 February 2021
- Red-crested pochard 05 June 2015 in Iceland - first observed in Switzerland 07 March 2021
- White wagtail 05 June 2015 in Iceland - first observed in Switzerland 06 April 2020
- Common whooper 03 June 2015 in Iceland - never observed in Switzerland
- Little tern 29 May 2015 in Iceland - never observed in Switzerland
- Little grebe 22 October 2009 in Gqeberha (former Port Elisabeth) - first observed in Switzerland 19 August 2021
- Common blackbird 01 January 2008 in Australia - first observed in Switzerland 04 June 2019