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Arnold Meijer

@arnoldmeijer.bsky.social
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Birdwatcher from Katwijk, Netherlands. Also Hemeroptera. Graphic design. Owner of Blue Robin dtp and www.devogelaar.com

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Arnold Meijer @arnoldmeijer.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Naar de Hoge Veluwe geweest met als doeleen bosbeskielwants (Elasmucha ferrugata) vinden. Deze zeldzame soort wordt alleen op de Veluwe en op een paar plekjes in Drenthe en Overijssel gevonden. Na enkele veldjes met bosbessen afgezocht te hebben was het raak: een parend stelletje.
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Arnold Meijer @arnoldmeijer.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Kleine borstelige graafwants (Byrsinus flavicornis), Berkheide, Wassenaar, 29 maart 2025. Erg klein, zit niet stil, en indien toch, dan ingegraven.
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Arnold Meijer @arnoldmeijer.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Gisteren tijdens het fotograferen van bodemwantsen in Berkheide, Katwijk kwam er regelmatig een Lange steltwants (Neides tipularius) langs gewandeld. Deze stak een open plekje over, dus eindelijk eentje die een beetje vrij zat, ipv tussen de sprietjes.
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Arnold Meijer @arnoldmeijer.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Glanzende grootrug (Megalonotus praetextatus), Berkheide, Katwijk aan Zee, 27 maart 2025. Vooral algemeen langs de kust.
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Arnold Meijer @arnoldmeijer.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Saldula saltatoria, Frieze Wei, Berkheide, Katwijk, 24 maart 2025. Enkele 10-tallen van deze kleine oeverwantsen in natte plekken en langs kanten van bijna opgedroogde plasjes.
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Arnold Meijer @arnoldmeijer.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Zandstoppelwants (Pionosomus varius), Coepelduynen, Katwijk, 23 maart 2025. Er zaten er 10-tallen (wellicht 100-en) op een zonning zuidhellinkje.
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Arnold Meijer @arnoldmeijer.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Tritomegas bicolor today. Katwijk, Netherlands
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Arnold Meijer @arnoldmeijer.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
I found this Water Rail today when having coffee in the back yard. New bird for the house list. #birds #birdwatching
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Arnold Meijer @arnoldmeijer.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Eratigena atrica in the garden today. Stacked image OM-1 Mark II M.Zuikom 90mm Godox 680 Gygnus diffuser
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Arnold Meijer @arnoldmeijer.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
With only 3 records in 2024, Xylocoridea brevipennis is a rare bug in the Netherlands. But it’s probably much overlooked, due to it’s very small size and secretive habits. Noordwijk, 10 March 2025.
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Arnold Meijer @arnoldmeijer.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Salticus scenicus These small jumping Spider make no web, but jump on their prey. Always moving and hard to photograph.
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Arnold Meijer @arnoldmeijer.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Eaglesnest. India, 2009.
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Arnold Meijer @arnoldmeijer.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Right: Cardiastethus fasciiventris, my first bug of the year (and one I saw never before). I think it was 1,5 mm and it sat under a piece of bark with Anelosimus vittatus (left).
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Peter Moore @moorebirdsbybike.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Combined a half-term family trip to Amsterdam with some epic birding - starting with a visit to Texel with @studlandbirds.bsky.social to see the wintering Spectacled Eider
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Jim Lawrence @jimlaw.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Still elated by the “Brileider bonanza” we set our sights on other Dutch delights. Next up, was the Pygmy Cormorant at Natuurpark Lelystad on Flevoland. She turned out to be an obliging little stunner too and put in another stellar performance!
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Tom Lowe @saloplarus.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
The icing on the cake. What a bird! #brileider #dutchbirding
Celebrity drake Spectacled Eider on the Waddensee off Texel yesterday
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Tom Lowe @saloplarus.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Worth the wait 😍🤓😎 #brileider #spectacledeider #texel
Drake Spectacled Eider on a choppy Waddensee off Texel
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Phil Jones @philj61.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
A painting of the mega of all megas the Drake Spectacled Eider on Texel which we twitched last weekend, enjoyed it so much I’m half way thru a second painting🙂Message me if anyone fancies a print #DutchBirding #Birds 🪶
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Nicola Crockford @numenini.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Enjoy intimate vid of Spoon-billed Sandpiper, 1 of 10+ wintering Fangchenggang, Guangxi, South China, near Vietnam, feeding on polychaete worms in its typical habitat, pools on upper tidal flats (much of which, across range, destroyed in recent decades) by local Huasheng. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Birds 1/2
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Phil Jones @philj61.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
A brilliant couple of days of Dutch birding done ‘n’ dusted with @philsbirding.bsky.social Yesterday we got the main target the Specky Eider on Texel plus a Goose fest and today around Amsterdam region Black & Middle spotted peckers, Pygmy Cormorant, Firecrests, White Storks etc - Quality🙂
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Simon King @uktwitcher.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
A little late to the party having been overseas… So glad the SPECTACLED EIDER stayed to allow a successful visit to Texel, Netherlands this weekend. Great birding on Texel & a few bonuses on the way home to follow…
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Paul Rhodes @paulrhodes.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
First ever trip to Texel yesterday thanks to @hermverm.bsky.social good views of the spectacled eider feeding on crabs good day & company with Jurren and Annemiek good to see some British birders present and later at the Baikal Teal at Sint Pancras more pictures in further posts #birds #dutchbirding
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BirdLife Europe & Central Asia @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
🌿Huge win for nature in Poland! Thanks to our Partner @otop-birdlife.bsky.social, the Polish government has cancelled plans to build the Siarzewo Dam on the Vistula River. 💚 Read more about this historic victory: savepolesia.org/victory-for-... 📷: Daniel Rosengren
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John Nadin @jsn54.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Had a lovely few days in the Netherlands & our visit to Texel to see the Spectacled Eider was the highlight. #birds
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Phil Locker @philsbirding.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Mission completed in the Netherlands ✅😃🍻
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Arnold Meijer @arnoldmeijer.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
I went back yesterday to see the Spectacled Eider without the fog that hindered me on previous visits. The skies were clear and wind was absent, so the circumstances were excellent. The bird came close only once, but nog close enough for really good photographs. #birds #texel #birdwatching
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Andrew Whitehouse @anthrobirder.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
I enjoyed a fine weekend in Texel seeing the 'bird of the century': the drake Spectacled Eider. It seemed quite skilled at snaffling crabs, having success on almost every dive. Its enormous gape probably helped. #Birds
A drake Spectacled Eider swims right to left across a silvery sea. It has green, black and white plumage and a strange white patch around the eye.A drake Spectacled Eider swims left to right across a silvery sea. It has green, black and white plumage and a strange white patch around the eye. Here it's devouring a crab.A drake Spectacled Eider swims right to left across a silvery sea. It has green, black and white plumage and a strange white patch around the eye. In this picture it has its bill open, revealing a huge gape.A drake Spectacled Eider swims left to right across a silvery sea. It has green, black and white plumage and a strange white patch around the eye.
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Rob Smith @robertsjsmith.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Needless to say DRB and I had an exceptional wknd away in the Netherlands! A selection of highlights inc. Spectacle Eider, 1000s of Barnacles and White-fronts, 3 Black Woodpeckers, 8 Smew, Pygmy Cormorant, Pacific Diver, Bewick's Swans, Black-necked Grebes and 6 Spoonbills
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Dave Andrews @pterodroma.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
The opportunity to see Spectacled Eider, a bird I thought I may never see, was an excellent excuse for my first ever trip to the Netherlands. Texel was an incredible place for birds and a thoroughly enjoyable day making memories with friends. #birding
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Ruud van Beusekom @ruudvanbeusekom.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Vanmorgen zat de Brileider eindelijk even dichtbij! @vogelbeschermingnl.bsky.social #Texelrules
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Arnold Meijer @arnoldmeijer.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
If the duck is possible… 🤪 Bristle-thighed Curlew, 85 miles north of Nome, Alaska, VS, June 13th 1991.
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Nige Jarman @nigej.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
The superb Spectacled Eider, Texel today. A stressful start in the fog, but eventually great views (better than my poor pic suggests). Birders from Sweden, Denmark, Spain, Ireland, England, Netherlands & Belgium made it a truly European experience.
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Vincent Stork @vincentstork.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Dag 7 voor de Brileider op #Texel. Zeer actief foerageren, poetsend en soms baltsend. Wat een fraaie megazeldzaamheid. Veel bezoek uit heel Europa
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Richard Stephenson @rstephenson08.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
A couple of excellent days birding in Holland 🇳🇱 especially on Texel luckily the fog kept at bay for us🙂
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Arnold Meijer @arnoldmeijer.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Back to Texel tomorrow for the 3th time this week. Still excited. #birdwatching #texel #spectacledeider
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Arnold Meijer @arnoldmeijer.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Spectacled Eider, Texel, Netherlands, Jan 26th #birdwatching
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Arnold Meijer @arnoldmeijer.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Having great views again of the Spectacled Eider at Texel Netherlands.
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Arnold Meijer @arnoldmeijer.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Perhaps the easiest place to see the species right now is Texel: Spectacled Eider 🤩🤩🤩
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Arnold Meijer @arnoldmeijer.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Texel , Netherlands right now 💪
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Arnold Meijer @arnoldmeijer.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Not what I expected today!
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Arnold Meijer @arnoldmeijer.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Gisteren ontdekte Sven Valkenburg bij Neeltje jans (Zeeland) de eerste Pacifische Parelduiker voor Nederland. Toen voor mij niet haalbaar om er voor donker te zijn, maar gelukkig was de vogel vandaag nog aanwezig.
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Arnold Meijer @arnoldmeijer.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Succesfully twitched the first Pacific Diver for the Netherlands.
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Arnold Meijer @arnoldmeijer.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
First Pacific Diver for the Netherlands today: www.dutchbirding.nl/gallery
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Fotogalerij Mozaïek - Dutch Birding
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Arnold Meijer @arnoldmeijer.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Did some practicing with macro today. OM-1 Mark II with Zuiko 90mm, flash with Cygnustech diffuser. Platrug onbekend (Polydesmidae indet.), Panbos, Katwijk, 28 dec 2024.
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Arnold Meijer @arnoldmeijer.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Common Nettle Bug - Liocoris tripustulatus
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Arnold Meijer @arnoldmeijer.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Klimopkevercicade (Issus coleoptratus). ca 3mm. Zat buiten op het kantoorraam. Deze soort overwintert als nimf (soort juveniel). Net als wantsen hebben ze een rostrum (steeksnuit). Deze wordt tegen de onderzijde van het lichaam gehouden als er niets te zuigen valt.
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Arnold Meijer @arnoldmeijer.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Hij is weer verkrijgbaar! De koffietafeleditie van de ANWB vogelhuis aka de Collins guide. Nu tijdelijk met 10,- korting www.devogelaar.com #vogels #vogelgids #ANWB
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Arnold Meijer @arnoldmeijer.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Lang geleden dat een van mijn foto’s in Vogels werd gebruikt. Leuk! Paarse Strandlopers en Steenlopers in Hoek van Holland. #vogels @vogelbeschermingnl.bsky.social
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Arnold Meijer @arnoldmeijer.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Carpocoris purpureipennis (Dark-shouldered shieldbug), France Aug 2024.
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Arnold Meijer @arnoldmeijer.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Daar gaat weer een bestelling. Vogels van Europa en de gids De mooiste vogelkijkgebieden van Nederland en Vlaanderen gaan naar hun nieuwe eigenaar in België 😃 Besteld met onze cadeaubon. Want met vogels is alles leuker! www.devogelaar.com #cadeau #kado #vogelboek #veldgids #vogels #vogelsspotten
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