Common Redshanks, mating - copulating 729 AM 250423_01077

Peep-show. The entire copulation of two Common Redshanks in audio. It is the male redshank with the fast rattling song.
River Amer close to village Lage-Zwaluwe in the south of the Netherlands on a nice spring afternoon.

Birds detected by Merlin Bird ID app (ver. 3.6.1 (220 – 2024);

#1:02 #2:08 #2:21 #2:30 #2:38 Eurasian Blue Tit
#0:33 #0:44 #0:53 #0:58 #1:13 #1:21 #1:33 #1L42 #1:46 #1:52 #2:19 #2:21 #2:29 #2:35 Great Tit
#2:31 Mallard
#0:05 #1:43 #1:45 #1:48 #2:11 Canada Goose
#2:25 Common Chaffinch
#0:03 Common Redshank all the tine
#0:15 #0:17 #0:19 #0:26 #0:38 #0:44 #1:01 #1:18 #1:41 #2:06 Pied Wagtail/White Wagtail
#1:30 #1:32 #1:39 #2:00 #2:02 #2:09 Common Chiffchaff
#0:20 #0:35 #0:38 #0:52 #1:53 Common Greenshank
#1:17 #1:25 Black-headed Gull

Cargo shipping on the river. Waves against the breakwater. Birds everywhere.
River on 40m.
Birds in and around the water.
Other side river(s) 3 km
Shipping on 300 m
Breakwater on 50m

more along this path / More along this river

Date/time: April 23 2025, 9:29 AM

Weather: 13c, clouds 100%, wind NW-ESE 123° 5-13 km/h, 1014 hPa, humidity 73%, dew point 9°c, visibility 24 km, sun 180 W/m2

Location; River Amer, Beverpad, Lage-Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands (Holland), Europe. GPS 51.71823 4.71655

Gear chain: Sennheiser mkh30/50 MS, in Rycote cyclone small, windjammer >Tascam dr-100 Mk2. Decoded Mid-side to STEREO. Noise floor 33dBA (whispering).

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Reference GPS 51.71848 4.71733

(verstuurd naar vroege vogels bnn/vara, 23 april 2025)