Birding North-east Germany
Common Cranes Grus grus
( I can almost imagine what it must have been like generations ago hearing
Cranes
flying high overhead, looking up trying to see where those strange and wonderful sounds were coming from. Imagine losing such remarkable birds, those calls no longer echoing from times past…it would be an awful indictment of us as a species. If you happen to feel the same way, here’s an inspirational website worth looking at -
International Crane Foundation
).
Another great sighting - there were lots of them, I’m just picking out my personal favourites by the way - came as Jochen and I walked towards a reed-bed so that I could try and photograph some
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