The common spoonbill - Platalea leucorodia

Spoonbills breed on only a few places in Europe. The Netherlands was until recently the most northern place. Since 2000, the most northerly breeding colony is located in Denmark. Spoonbills are summer birds. They migrate through French and Spanish swamps to the winter quarters along the West African coast and the area south of the Sahara. They breed in marshy areas, in dense reeds or in hard to reach trees and shrubs. The food consists of small white fish, shrimp and other spine bass, small water animals, which using the unique spoon-shaped beak.