Sandra & Markus Trachsel (qsi69)'s video: Birds of Switzerland Top Ten Bird Watching Hotspots in Spring Switzerland 2024 4K-Video

Welcome to our bird watching excursions in Switzerland. Join us on our trips to ten of the best birding hotspots in spring and early summer 2024. We documented over 75 different species of birds in six different Swiss cantons. For each tour we provide a link to a detailed hiking map. From April till June we visited the following ten hotspots for bird watching in Switzerland: Lake Sempach, Lucerne LU https://map.schweizmobil.ch/?lang=en&&trackId=345632258 Leukerfeld & Hohe Brücke, Valais VS https://map.schweizmobil.ch/?lang=en&trackId=1385995920 https://map.schweizmobil.ch/?lang=de&trackId=161411948 Leuk (Guttet-Thel-Brentjong), Valais VS https://map.schweizmobil.ch/?lang=en&trackId=161411948 Les Grangettes, Vaud VD https://map.schweizmobil.ch/?lang=en&trackId=725639327 Flachsee and Stille Reuss, Aargau AG https://map.schweizmobil.ch/?lang=en&trackId=328146130 Auried, Fribourg FR https://map.schweizmobil.ch/?lang=en&trackId=1325078001 Fanel, Vaud VD https://map.schweizmobil.ch/?lang=en&trackId=1965219852 La Sauge, Vaud VD https://map.schweizmobil.ch/?lang=en&trackId=1473231578 Fanel, Bern BE/Fribourg FR https://map.schweizmobil.ch/?lang=en&trackId=1965219852 Creux de Terre, Vaud VD https://map.schweizmobil.ch/?lang=en&trackId=748579828 All the names of the bird species we found are available in the video subtitles and the species list below. With best regards Sandra und Markus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Species list: 01:37, 59:23 Eurasian blackcap 01:54, 12:48, 25:19 Black redstart 02:12, 53:42, 01:01:27, 01:04:38 European goldfinch 02:16, 09:04, 26:53 Eurasian tree sparrow 02:25 Short-toed treecreeper 02:34, 19:43, 32:18, 47:04 Great crested grebe 03:00, 20:00, 27:57, 44:46, 52:06, 01:02:08 Mute swan 03:13, 06:35, 22:07, 29:02, 40:22, 57:15, 01:05:02 Mallard 03:31, 42:16 Common wood pigeon 04:05, 18:54, 25:02, 34:50, 41:32, 58:42, 01:03:41 Common blackbird 04:14 European greenfinch 04:18, 07:10, 24:13, 31:14, 39:39, 46:57, 53:12, 01:00:13 Great cormorant 04:23, 15:20 Common cuckoo 04:40, 25:06, 36:25 House sparrow 04:49, 08:51, 25:36, 27:45, 30:02, 53:30 White wagtail 04:58, 24:05, 46:18 Red-crested pochard 05:19, 07:53, 20:18, 28:30, 38:02, 47:58, 57:28, 01:00:36 Eurasian coot 05:41, 46:03, 58:28 Common reed bunting 05:45, 56:38, 01:05:21 Common reed warbler 06:22, 54:06 European stonechat 08:02, 22:46, 33:37 Tufted duck 06:53, 33:22, 40:00, 49:19, 01:02:03, 01:04:52 Red kite 07:23, 25:50, 55:00, 01:01:58 Black kite 07:58, 33:06, 01:02:43 Common starling 09:35 European bee-eater 11:55, 01:01:54 Common kestrel 12:34, 27:05, 52:30, 01:05:15 Great tit 13:07, 16:03 Rock bunting 13:20 Eurasian hoopoe 13:46, 01:03:36 Eurasian jay 14:18 Coal tit 15:37 Western Bonelli's warbler 16:23, 30:30, 01:06:52 Eurasian chaffinch 16:43 Red-backed shrike 16:55 European honey buzzard 17:02 Short-toed snake eagle 17:15 Water pipit 18:01, 01:04:00 Common chiffchaff 18:21, 37:10 Common buzzard 18:41, 38:37 Carrion crow 19:56, 37:45, 43:21, 57:24 Little grebe 20:09, 35:37, 41:15 Common moorhen 20:35, 21:01 Little bittern 20:44, 30:41, 39:04, 54:30, 01:00:08, 01:06:16 Grey heron 20:49 Little egret 21:54 Great reed warbler 22:42, 32:34, 45:40, 49:22, 53:54, 01:01:49 Yellow-legged gull 22:55, 31:06, 31:46 Black-winged stilt 23:12, 01:00:18 Common pochard 23:51, 44:54, 52:54, 01:05:58 Goosander 23:56, 53:48 Common tern 26:49 Garden warbler 30:50, 39:39 Northern lapwing 31:22 Barn swallow 32:09 Black-tailed godwit 34:18 Common sandpiper 35:06, 01:03:07 European robin 35:22, 47:50, 51:55, 01:00:31 Greylag goose 36:01 White stork 38:41 Eurasian magpie 41:36, 57:51, 01:04:48 Eurasian blue tit 41:41 Yellowhammer 45:17, 56:52 Savi's warbler 48:06 Black-headed gull 49:55 Common kingfisher 54:24 Whinchat 55:06, 01:04:43 European serin 55:12 Willow tit 56:57 Western marsh harrier 57:33 Purple heron 58:47 Great egret 58:47 Western cattle egret 01:02:57 Great spotted woodpecker 01:03:16 Black woodpecker 01:03:49 Song thrush 01:04:19 Long-tailed tit 01:05:40 Spotted flycatcher ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chapter in this video 00:00 Introduction to Hotspots 01:27 Lake Sempach, Lucerne LU 06:15 Leukerfeld & Hohe Brücke, Valais VS 12:27 Leuk (Guttet-Thel-Brentjong), Valais VS 19:07 Les Grangettes, Vaud VD 26:30 Flachsee & Stille Reuss, Aargau AG 37:00 Auried, Fribourg FR 44:22 Fanel, Vaud VD 48:56 La Sauge BirdLife Nature Center, Vaud VD 51:42 Fanel, Bern BE/Fribourg FR 55:24 Creux de Terre, Vaud VD 01:02:33 Forests/ Rivers/ Ponds, Bern BE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~