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Picture 1: View from Stokmilen We woke up with a plan to have a mini adventure. It was much calmer outside so a real change from the last few days with the wind changing direction. We both decided it...
We awoke to another day of strong easterly winds, but this time with snow! A mini winter wonderland was forming around the bird observatory, so we set a plan to walk into Skagen as the wind has been making...
23. jan. 2026 kl. 16:34
Birds can’t distinguish glass from real habitat and fly into it trying to access resources. Artificial light can exacerbate this issue, particularly in urban areas. Glass collision is the third... Read more »
23. jan. 2026 kl. 15:43
It’s called “mobbing”: smaller birds swooping and calling aggressively at larger birds (and sometimes mammals). Small birds typically do this to drive away potential predators from places such as their... Read more »
This week hasn’t been so cold with temperatures around zero or just below but it has also been cloudy meaning it is dull whilst out birding and at night we have missed the fantastic show of Northern Lights that many others, and not least Jr in Tromsø, have seen. The Pygmy Owl has been quite easy to find every day except of course on Saturday when I was guiding. It often sits high and exposed before suddenly disappearing into woodland where it can then disappear for a couple of hours before popping up on a tree top again. I believe it is now eating the rodents and birds that it spent the autumn storing in nest boxes and old woodpecker holes and is catching little new food although I have seen it clearly looking for rodents. Water Rails have also showed well including a bird feeding very out in the open and Jack Snipe have bobbed away for Norway but bird, if not photo, of the week goes to a Greylag Goose flying north over Maridalen on Thursday. Quite where it thought it was going is a mystery to me and whilst it is the only Greylag reported in Oslo this winter I was a bit surprised that when I did see an anser goose that it was not a Tundra Bean or White-front a few of which have turned up further south as a result of cold weather movements around the North Sea. After having seen footprints and droppings in the snow for a few days it was also nice to see my first Moose of the winter in Maridalen. If the cold weather continues and especially if we get more snow then Moose should become quite reliable in the Dale. Pygmy Owl (spurveugle) on Tuesday changing angle - attempts at arty photos.. this female Teal (krikkand) is hanging out with the Mallards (stokkand) at Østensjøvannet but remains shy and doesn't come to bread so I wonder what she does eat the Pygmy Owl on Wednesday Water Rail feeding in the open bird of the week - a Greylag (grågås) heading north Moose And there will be lots more of this in a later post:
Af Michael Mosebo Jensen En lidt strid lettere kølig østenvind kunne godt give os noget af en koldstart. Det skal dog ikke holde os tilbage! Lad os mødes kl....
Each spring, the Iain Nicolson Audubon Center at Rowe Sanctuary becomes a vibrant hub of activity - not just for birds, but for people of all ages drawn to one of nature’s most remarkable...
21211With a background in science and curiosity, empathy, and appreciation, John Muir Laws has explored, illustrated, and written about nature over a forty-year career, and he’s not stopping...
Picture 1 - Blue Tit (Blåmejse) We woke up to another stormy day with the wind rattling through the widows. It was rather dramatic as always, and chilly. After some breakfast we planned the day, with...
Everyone loves a junco—and for good reason. Adored for their pep and prevalence, these small songbirds are common feeder visitors across North America, easy to spot by their long white outer tail...
22. jan. 2026 kl. 21:05
The ignition plan was set: Conduct a team test fire at Location A; red team will ignite a backing fire across all sections; yellow team will advance ignition from Locations B through H; and spotters...
Årets første bestyrelsesmøde for DOF Fyn blev som antydet ovenfor afholdt den 7. januar - vi formoder, at de værste eftermen fra nytårsaften var lettet. Man...
Lær fuglenes stemmer at kende i foråret 2026 DOF-Sønderjylland byder på et forårskursus i fuglestemmer igen i år. Det handler ikke kun om sang, kurset omfatter...
Picture 1: Me feeding the Snow Buntings (Snespurv) Another very windy day in Skagen today with 35+mph winds consistently throughout the morning, day and night. Last night we had been tasked by Simon...
Audubon across the country celebrated its 126th Christmas Bird Count (CBC) season and volunteers all around Lincoln helped count the Lincoln CBC circle. The day was mild and partly sunny and included...
Last September, the hands-on process of restoring tallgrass prairie began on a recently acquired parcel at Spring Creek Prairie, located on the north end of the property. Over the coming months...
NEW YORK, NY—Love is in the air—listen closely and the sounds of chickadees, sparrows, and thrushes are beckoning you to step outside to experience the love from birds and nature. Take a moment...
We woke up to a very wild and windy day so decided that this morning it would be best to focus on some inside tasks rather than attempt anything outdoors. The first tasks of the morning were cleaning and...
The Snail Kite is one of the most iconic birds of the Florida peninsula. With its striking dark plumage, deeply hooked bill, and slow, buoyant flight just above the water’s surface, the kite is...
20. jan. 2026 kl. 19:23
Mais de um século atrás, no interior do Ceará, as árvores da Serra da Aratanha foram derrubadas para dar lugar a plantações coloniais. Quando as fazendas fecharam, a floresta foi aos poucos retomando seu espaço. E agora, graças aos esforços de biólogos para translocar espécies ameaçadas, as aves também estão voltando à Aratanha.
2025 gave me 10 new species and was the year when I finally saw the northern specialities close to the cabin in Bodø that I have been hoping to see since 2019. The northern specialities were: Lapland Fritillary (idun’s rutevinge) Arctic Blue (polarblåvinge) Frejya’s Fritillary (frøyas perlemorvinge) Away from specific trips/stops added three rare species: Large Grizzled Skipper (alvesmyger) Silvery Argus (kileblåvinge) Chequered Skipper (gulflekksmyger) whilst closer to Oslo I finally got to grips with 3 species I could have seen much earlier had I just made the effort: Scarce Heath (heroringvinge) False Heath Fritillary (mørk rutevinge) Meadow Brown (rappringvinge) Finally my first butterfly twitch gave me a vary rare vagrant Clouded Yellow (vandregulvinge) The Bodø mountains also gave me the other northern specialities that I have previously seen and I had all three of the resident Clouded Yellow Species at the same mountain locality which in itself is I imagine a unique experience but with the “normal” Clouded Yellow I saw later in the year I definitely became the only person to see all four species in the same year in Norway and who knows maybe Scandinavia. This photo of Violet Copper (fiolett gullvinge) made me very happy as for the first time the violet colour was really obvious I have now seen 82 of the 101 species recorded in Norway (or at least those in Artsobservasjoner) and saw 74 of these in 2025. With Jr now studying in Tromsø I can hope that visits to her in June/July will allow me to add some of those northern species that don’t occur as “far” south as Bodø but even with Tromsø as a base I will have many hours drive and walking to get to most of these species. BUT, it looks like there are enormous areas of mountain that have never been visited by someone who any interest in butterflies so there may well be opportunities to discover new species in new places. Here are the 19 species I am missing and where I intend to see them (this is for my own planning purposes but anyone who wants to join me in the search is welcome to contact me) 1. Essex Skipper (timoteismyger) - a trip around one hour south or east of Oslo in July should easily give this species 2. Reverdin’s Blue (lakrismjeltblåvinge) – this species occurred on islands close to Fornebu but was last seen in 2014 so that looks like an impossible species and a huge blocker for the older crowd who saw it (and in many cases collected it…) 3. Chequered Blue (klippeblåvine) - occurs only around Halden, an hour and a half drive away - where it is very local but is also being reintroduced. It is an early flier so I will need to visit in the middle of May or earlier if it is an early spring. 4. Niobe Fritillary (niobeperlemorvinge) – not recorded since 1997 although with its similarity to High Brown Fritillary and the variety of places with historical records there may be a chance it is rediscovered. 5. Arctic Fritillary (arktisk perlemorvinge) – a trip is needed to Alta at the beginning of July although as there is one site where everyone goes to see this species it wouldn’t surprise me if they can be found elsewhere. There is for example a record close to Oslo although there is no photo so who knows if its good or not, 6. Bog Fritillary (ringperlemorvinge) – a not too scarce species this species can be found within an hour of Oslo but should be easier to find in Hedmark along with Lapland Ringlet in the Osen area in the middle of June 7. Dusky-winged Fritillary (Dvergperlemorvinge) – a super rare species that I will use Tromsø as base to see in the first half of July. 8. Polar Fritillary (polarperlemorvinge) – has a very similar range and flying time to Arctic Fritillary so will be searched for at the same time. 9. Map Butterfly (kartvinge) – only 6 records in Norway but 5 of these are in the last two years and all are in the far north with Finland the likely source of an expanding species. All have been first generation in the first half of July. So it will be pure luck to see one but in a decade or so they might be established including in the south where the species is expanding north in southern Sweden. 10. Glanville Fritillary (prikkrutevinge) – now only occurs now on a military island of Rauer with other populations last recorded in 2009. Access to the public is as far as I know not possible for civilians. The beginning of June is the time to see them. 11. Yellow-legged Tortoiseshell (seljesommerfugl) – a rare vagrant which did occur widely in April 2014 but since there have been 4 records although one in Oslo on 15 April 2022 does show that I need to be have it on my mind when out early in the year and check all Small Tortoiseshells I see. 12. Arctic Ringlet (disaringvinge) – a trip to Alta is again the place but for this species end of June/beginning of Juy is the time. There is a recently discovered population close to Tromsø though which I will look for (and already did half heartedly in 2025) if I have a chance. 13. Lapland Ringlet (emblaringvinge) – a trip to either Osen or the south end of Femund around mid June should do the trick or if I am birding in Pasvik then I should also see it 14. Arctic Woodland Ringlet (polarringvinge) – also an Alta species but does seem to be fairly widespread in all of Finnmark. A recently discovered population closer to Tromsø could be visited in conjunction with Dusky-winged Fritillary. End of June to mid July. 15. Rock Grayling (svabergringvinge) – a southern European species with a relict population a couple of places in southern Norway. A 3 hour drive to Treungen in the middle of July should do the trick. 16. Arctic Grayling (tundraringvinge) – another Alta species at end of June/beginning of July. 17. Clouded Apollo (mnemosynesommerfugl) – only known from a handful of sites in the west of Norway but a population discovered as recently as 2017 in Vinje, Telemark is only around a 3 hour drive away. Flies from Mid May into July with a visit at the end of June looking to be best. 18. Cryptic (Real’s) Wood White (enghvitvinge) – a species that is currently only identifiable through genetic examination of a specimen under a microscope. It has been recorded quite a few times in south eastern Norway but I would need to be with someone far more knowledgeable than myself if I were to see one with certainty. 19. Black-veined White (hagtornsommerfugl) – there is one well known population in Lærdal which is many hours drive from Oslo but they are occasionally reported in Telemark indicating a population there too. June would be the month.
Lasse Birch Højrup på 37 år har de seneste otte år været en af DOF BirdLifes punkttællere. Thorkild Lund på 84 år har sammenlagt deltaget i tællingerne i 38 år. Fælles for de to på tværs af generationer er en kærlighed til fugle og natur og en lyst til at bidrage til vores kollektive viden om fuglefaunaen.
20. jan. 2026 kl. 00:00
Picture 1: Feeding Snow Buntings (Snespurv) We started the morning with a nice breakfast before walking to Grenen to feed the Snow Buntings (Snespurv). The wind had changed to a north easterly, so we...
19. jan. 2026 kl. 18:21
2026 Lørdag d. 17. januarVinterfugle i Vestjylland Dagens tur startede ved Meny købmanden i Søndervig som annonceret. To gæster mødte frem, Verner fra Vildbjerg...
