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Mild Winters Increase Kingfisher Numbers

Posted by Amy on January 23rd, 2007 at 12:30 pm CST
Categories: Netherlands

Kingfishers in the Netherlands are doing exceptionally well due to the recent mild winters. In the Dutch language they are called ijsvogels, which means ice birds. Despite that name, the birds do not fare well in cold winters.


Ten years ago the population of Kingfishers in the Netherlands consisted of only 150 breeding pairs. Today there are several hundred.

Source: IJsvogel rukt op dankzij zachte winters

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  1. Wolfstad.com » More Kingfishers in the Netherlands from mild winter Says:
    January 23rd, 2007 at 5:53 pm

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