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Embouchure du Var Birding Report #6 – July 2026

posted in Birds on August 9, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 1 Comment

Where the Var River meets the Mediterranean.

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Embouchure du Var Birding Report #5 – June 2026

posted in Birds, France on July 1, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 0 Comments

A monthly review in 27 photos: Kentish Plovers, Eurasian Moorhen, Black-winged Stilts, a Mute Swan family and more.

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Embouchure du Var, Nice – Birding Notebook #4, May 2026

posted in Birds on June 8, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 4 Comments

Where the Var River meets the Mediterranean. This month: Whimbrels, Squacco Herons, Stilts and more.

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Lausanne Birding: 90 Minutes at Ouchy Port

posted in Birds, Switzerland on May 17, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 4 Comments

Red-crested Pochards, Great Crested Grebes, a pair of Eurasian Coots, Carrion Crows, a Greater Cormorant, Yellow legged Gulls and a Mute Swan on the Lake Geneva shore line.

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Parc Naturel Departemental de Vaugrenier – Birding Notebook

posted in Birds, Featured, France, Pic du Jour on January 18, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 2 Comments

Vaugrenier Departmental Natural Park visit reports #2, #3 and #4.

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This is BobRamsak.com, a public notebook by Bob Ramsak.

I’m a long-time journalist, photographer and researcher driven by passions for environmental, social and refugee justice. I’ve visited 62 countries and write something and make pictures (almost) every day. This site is a notebook and photolog where I track and (sometimes) comment on those interests, journal my travels and log my current obsessions. At the moment the most dominant ones are the global response to the climate crisis and a renewed passion for birding and bird photography.

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