La Sauge 2025 Prep

Tips to identify these birds. A total of 27 species is included, 24 of them have been observed.
Information isn't adequate to describe these birds: Great reed warbler, Sedge warbler, Eurasian reed warbler, Common sandpiper, Eurasian skylark, Common swift, Purple heron, Cetti's warbler, Common ringed plover, Western marsh harrier, Common house martin, Caspian tern, Savi's warbler, Common nightingale, Yellow-billed kite, Western yellow wagtail, Whimbrel, Northern wheatear, Osprey, Common redstart, Willow warbler, Water rail, Eurasian penduline-tit, European serin, Common tern, Alpine swift, Common greenshank.
These can't be distinguished based on the identifying characteristics entered so far
Great reed warbler / Drosselrohrsänger (Acrocephalus arundinaceus)
Drosselrohrsänger, Leukerfeld. 2022-05-21 10:39:42 Switzerland NIKON D5600 ISO 400
Exposure 1/1600 50% grösser als der ähnlich aussehende Teichrohrsänger Profile 		Sedge warbler / Schilfrohrsänger (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Schilfrohrsänger. 2022-06-04 11:48:16 Kaltbrunner-Riet NIKON D5600 ISO 400
Exposure 0.001 Profile
Eurasian reed warbler / Teichrohrsänger (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
Teichrohrsänger. 2024-05-22 18:14:47 Fanel/Chablais de Cudrefin und La Sauge Profile 		Common sandpiper / Flussuferläufer (Actitis hypoleucos)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) probing mud banks in Kolkata I IMG 4169, by J.M.Garg - Own work. Source: OTHER Common_Sandpiper_(Actitis_hypoleucos)_probing_mud_banks_in_Kolkata_I_IMG_4169, by J.M.Garg - Own work.jpg Profile
Eurasian skylark / Feldlerche (Alauda arvensis)
Feldlerche im Flug, Neunkirch. 2023-07-16 10:20:40 Neunkirch, Schaffhausen NIKON D5600 ISO 400
Exposure 0.001 Appearance and identification:Somewhat like a house sparrow but 18-19 cm long, not 14-15, kleiner als Star. Ruffled head feathers. NABU says streaks on breast contrast with white belly. [Link] Profile 		Common swift / Mauersegler (Apus apus)
Mauersegler nahe Susten Golfplatz. 2022-05-21 10:09:00 Switzerland NIKON D5600 ISO 400
Exposure 0.001 Profile
Purple heron / Purpurreiher (Ardea purpurea)
Purple heron, Phnom Krom. 2024-03-03 06:13:38 Thailand NIKON D5600 ISO 3200
Exposure 1/500 Profile 		Cetti's warbler / Seidensänger (Cettia cetti)
Wikipedia: Cetti's warbler Source: WIKIPEDIA 1200px-37-090505-cettis-warbler-at-Kalloni-east-river.jpg Profile
Common ringed plover / Sandregenpfeifer (Charadrius hiaticula)
Sandregenpfeifer auf Ende vom Damm in La Sauge. 2024-09-14 15:34:58 Fanel/Chablais de Cudrefin und La Sauge Profile 		Western marsh harrier / Rohrweihe (Circus aeruginosus)
MerlinBirdID meint Rohrweihe. 2022-05-21 16:00:56 Switzerland NIKON D5600 ISO 400
Exposure 1/1600 Profile
Common house martin / Mehlschwalbe (Delichon urbicum)
MerlinBirdID meint Mehlschwalbe. 2022-05-21 10:11:56 Switzerland NIKON D5600 ISO 400
Exposure 0.001 Profile 		Caspian tern / Raubseeschwalbe (Hydroprogne caspia)
Wikipedia: Caspian tern Source: WIKIPEDIA 1200px-Sterna-caspia-010.jpg Never observed. Profile
Savi's warbler / Rohrschwirl (Locustella luscinioides)
Wikipedia - Rohrschwirl Chiemgau. Source: WIKIPEDIA Wikipedia - Rohrschwirl_Chiemgau.jpg Engadin Profile 		Common nightingale / Nachtigall (Luscinia megarhynchos)
Common nightingales - das erste Mal das ich sie gesehen habe und direkt beim Haus in Fehraltorf. 2020-04-19 07:41:56 Fehraltorf NIKON D5600 ISO 560
Exposure 1/1000 Profile
Yellow-billed kite / Schwarzmilan (Milvus aegyptius)
Wikipedia: Yellow-billed kite Source: WIKIPEDIA 1200px-Milvus_aegyptius_-Limpopo%2C_South_Africa-8.jpg Never observed. Profile 		Western yellow wagtail / Schafstelze (Motacilla flava)
Schafstelze, Albufera. 2022-04-12 14:59:06 Mallorca NIKON D5600 ISO 400
Exposure 0.001
Schafstelze. 2024-02-02 16:00:54 Asia NIKON D5600 ISO 500
Exposure 1/1000
Schafstelze Paar auf einem Feld mit Kühen, den schwarzen Kopf gibt's nur bei Unterart Feldegg. 2025-04-26 10:56:57 Bolle di Magadino Canon EOS R7 24-240mm Shutter speed 9.375
ISO 640
Exposure 1/640 Profile
Whimbrel / Regenbrachvogel (Numenius phaeopus)
Regenbrachvogel oder Grosser Brachvogel - dunkle Schwanzfedern ein mögliches Zeichen. 2022-06-23 16:53:34 Wauwilermoos NIKON D5600 ISO 400
Exposure 0.001
Whimbrel at x. 2025-02-25 10:29:04 Lanzarote Canon EOS R7 24-240mm Shutter speed 69/8
ISO 400
Exposure 1/400 Profile 		Northern wheatear / Steinschmätzer (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Male northern wheatear, photo by Andreas Trepte - Own work, CC BY-SA 2.5 Source: WIKIPEDIA Wikimedia Steinschmaetzer_Northern_wheatear_male.jpg
Here a rare picture, by Frederic Peisy from oiseaux.net, showing the famous black T-pattern on its tail and the grey-black wing pattern I used to identify them on Muottas Muragl. Source: OTHER oiseaux.net - Northern wheater typical black T-pattern on tail.jpg It has an evil-looking black eye stripe like the shrike. (I liked Nici Baiker's description of it in the FOK field ornithology course as 'Zorro look'.) I saw one flying on Muottas Muragl and thought the striking gray oval surrounded by dark feathers has to be typical and seems unique to the northern wheatear. Profile
Osprey / Fischadler (Pandion haliaetus)
Osprey in flight. 2023-09-27 12:22:08 Florida NIKON D5600 ISO 400
Exposure 0.001 Profile 		Common redstart / Gartenrotschwanz (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
Vogelwarte zeigt, dass der Gartenrotschwanz eher im Tessin und in Wallis gesehen wird Source: VOGELWARTE Vogelwarte Gartenrotschwanz Dichte 2013-2016.png Red-orange belly with white further down, grey back and head, black beard up to eyes with white eyebrows Profile
Willow warbler / Fitis (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Fitis am kleinen Wildertweiher - Feder sind halb im Fokus, aber der Kopf ist versteckt, schade, aber er war halb versteckt. 2025-03-30 12:03:05 Wildert Canon EOS R7 200-800mm Shutter speed 69/8
ISO 400
Exposure 1/400 Profile 		Water rail / Wasserralle (Rallus aquaticus)
Wasserralle im schilf am pfäffikersee. 2021-02-15 08:33:30 Fehraltorf NIKON D5600 ISO 1400
Exposure 0.002 Appearance and identification:The upper parts from the forehead to tail are olive-brown with black streaks, especially on the shoulders. The sides of the head and the underparts down to the upper belly are dark slate-blue, except for a blackish area between bill and eye, and brownish sides to the upper breast. The flanks are barred black and white, and the undertail is white with some darker streaks. The long bill and the iris are red, and the legs are flesh-brown. [Link] Profile
Eurasian penduline-tit / Beutelmeise (Remiz pendulinus)
Wikipedia: Eurasian penduline-tit Source: WIKIPEDIA Remiz_pendulinus_3_%28Martin_Mecnarowski%29.jpg Never observed. Profile 		European serin / Girlitz (Serinus serinus)
Girlitz in Levanto. 2024-05-30 06:15:49 Levanto Canon EOS R7 24-240mm Shutter speed 8.625
ISO 2000
Exposure 1/400 Profile
Common tern / Flussseeschwalbe (Sterna hirundo)
Flussseeschwalbe. 2023-07-08 19:00:12 Neeracherried NIKON D5600 ISO 800
Exposure 1/800 Profile 		Alpine swift / Alpensegler (Tachymarptis melba)
MerlinBirdID says common swift above, alpine swift below, seen from our vacation apartment in Locarno. 2025-04-28 07:41:49 Locarno Canon EOS R7 200-800mm Shutter speed 10
ISO 640
Exposure 1/1000 Profile
Common greenshank / Grünschenkel (Tringa nebularia)
Wahrscheinlich Grünschenkel mit leicht aufwärts gebogenem Schnabel. 2022-09-04 07:42:06 Neeracherried NIKON D5600 ISO 900
Exposure 0.002
Grünschenkel im Schlichtkleid, d. 2022-09-04 08:11:36 Neeracherried NIKON D5600 ISO 800
Exposure 0.001
MerlinBirdID says common greenshank, probably non-breeding adult. 2022-04-12 14:52:08 Mallorca NIKON D5600 ISO 400
Exposure 0.001 Profile