Nils is an ornithologist who contributes regularly to the venerable Dutch Birding magazine and other premier European birding journals. His books include Advanced Bird ID Guide: The Western Palearctic and of course, published this summer, the widely acclaimed ID Handbook European Birds, the landmark two-volume photo identification set of the birds of Europe in every identifiable plumage. A project that took over seven years to complete in which Nils described all the necessary ID features of all in the field recognizable plumages of 733 European bird species.

When not birding on his beloved Wadden Island, Vlieland, Netherlands or working as a pulmonary function analyst in the hospital, Nils can be found riding his racing bike in between long hours working on the 3th volume of the ID Handbook. This time describing the rest of the species found in the Western Palearctic.

Marc is a birder and bird photographer with a keen interest in photographing seabirds and seeing the more skulking birds of this planet. He is also the founder and director of AGAMI Photo Agency, a Dutch based stock agency specializing in birds and nature images.

Marc also writes a blog series for Birdlife Netherlands about his travel experiences in his quest to see and photograph the birds in the world and is co-founder of the Texel Big Day, a 24 hour big day bird race by bike for conservation on Texel, Netherlands.

Initiator of the ID Handbook of European Birds (authored by Nils van Duivendijk) and responsible for collating the 5,500 images in the book – mostly sourced from AGAMI photographers and many photographed specially for the project.

Other recent book projects Marc was involved include Europe’s Birds (WildGuides), Birds of the Netherlands & Prachtvogels (Vogelinformatiecentrum Publishing) and co-author of the Pocket photo guide to the butterflies of the Benelux (KNNV Publishing).

When not birding and creating publications and events Marc likes to walk the roads to Camino de Santiago – without his binoculars and camera!

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