This message was also sent to the EBN-list: I can double-post it every time,
but I think all members of European Twitching News, are also members of EBN?

-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: Remco Hofland <remcohofland@...>
Aan: EBN <ebn@...>
Datum: dinsdag 29 februari 2000 0:57
Onderwerp: EBN: Dutch news


>Hi all,
>
>Dutch news this past weekend included:
>
>* the first-winter Franklin's Gull still present just W/SW of Kampen
>(Overijssel), on 28th.
>* two adult Ross's Geese were seen: one still at Strijen (Zuid-Holland) and
>one at Ezumazijl (Friesland) - in the vicinity there also 4 Red-breasted
>Geese.
>* an adult Ring-billed Gull was reported (twice briefly) near Stevensweert
>(Limburg) on 27th.
>* Reportedly, a male Parrot Crossbill was seen near Zeist (Utrecht) on
>25-26th.
>* the Hume's Leaf Warbler still wintering at 'Jollema', Oosterend,
>Terschelling (Friesland), on 28th.
>* first-winter Glaucous Gulls were seen: apparently two at IJmuiden (N-H)
>and one at Rotterdam (Z-H).
>
>We are now eagerly awaiting the Surf Scoters, seen in Belgium this past
>weekend - the Franklin's Gull took three weeks to be discovered in The
>Netherlands, how about these Scoters in two.......?
>(The last twitchable Surf Scoter in The Netherlands was an adult male at
>Eemshaven (Groningen) on 20 November - 3 December 1982; the last report
>being in 1988!)
>
>Remco Hofland
>Leiden
>The Netherlands
>remcohofland@...
>