Søg i RSS nyheder
Netfugl live (RSS)
Hvilket tidspunkt på døgnet er det bedst at se fugle? Det er et spørgsmål som der ikke findes et entydigt svar på, men som er helt afhængig af, hvilke arter...
This autumn has seen a very significant irruption of various tits into Norway. The timing and size of the irruptions is easiest to see by looking at numbers at coastal areas with good coverage with Lista Bird Observatory being a perfect place. Coal Tits were the first obvious arrival already at the end of August and peaking in the first week of September and which I witnessed when I was there. Blue and Willow Tits followed with a peak at the end of September and even Great Tits were clearly on the move. Long-tailed Tits came later with a peak in the middle of October. Even around Oslo it has been easy to detect the irrupting birds with Coal, Blue and Long-tailed Tits especially obvious. I also reckon that the Marsh Tits that have turned up in Maridalen may well be associated with the irruption of the other species even if none have been registered at Lista. It is easy to assume that all these birds have come from the north east but records of Long-tailed Tits with stripy heads of the continental race europaeus show that birds have also come from the south or south east. The white-headed race caudatus that we get in Norway is also the race that occurs east and then south east into Russia with the two races meeting and intergrading, in Poland. Prior to 2025 there are only two accepted records of the race europaeus in Norway although there have been birds showing some characters of this race (the head stripe is not well marked enough especially around the eye) including this bird I had in Maridalen in 2016 (and which probably bred) but which are perhaps best to treat as intergrades between the two races. So far in 2025 there have been another 6-7 records with the first two on 12th October. There is some debate as to whether these birds have dark and wide enough head stripes (as well as other plumage features) to be classified as "pure" europaeus or whether they are best considered as intergrades. I do not feel qualified to pronounce on this and it is no easy decision to make but that is something that NSKF, the rarities committee will have to pronounce on. Pure or intergrades though they do show that these birds originate on the other side of the Baltic. I have checked Swedish records this autumn and rather surprisingly there have been few records in Sweden of pure birds however there have been a record number of birds reported as intergraes (an option not available in Norway). Ever since I saw the first records on 12 October I have been trying to check every flock of LtTs I come across for birds with stripy heads. It is not an easy task as there have been lots of LtTs this autumn and also they are so quick moving that it is difficult to grill every bird. I have not seen a hint of a stripe until yesterday when amongst a flock of about 8 birds in Maridalen I saw one with stripes. Getting photos of it was more challenging and I actually think there may have been more than one bird but I did get a couple of photos of one bird which has well marked head stripes although I am sure I saw an even better marked bird. I hoped to find the flock again today but had no joy and believe these immigrant flocks are still moving around. A Long-tailed Tit (stjertmeis) that has come from a long way to the east or south east I am not sure if this out of focus shot is of the same bird or perhaps of another in the same flock a Redwing (rødvingetrost) was a surprise at the end of November in a year with no berries. The white marks on the tips of the tertials show it to be a 1cy bird (born this year) it did find a (frozen) worm but will not survive long unless it heads south
This year marked the 125th season of the Christmas Bird Count (CBC) in Canada, a milestone in our long-running volunteer-science tradition. As in past years, thousands of people of all ages braved...
It is a sunny Monday morning in November, and Amy Swanson is dressed for the chill in the air. She arrives at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary with a light jacket over her uniform and is ready for the day's...
Amira, Miles, János og Florian tog i dag ud til Verdens Ende 3 til morgenobservation. Muligvis årets sidste fra denne lokalitet, da sidste observationsdag nærmer sig med hastige skridt og vejret lover...
Trækket på Odden: Vinden fra nord var svag og føltes kun som en kold træk, så den havde næppe nogen stor indflydelse på dagens træk, og hvor der var læ føltes det ligefrem mildt at være, selvom...
As the year ends, it’s important to look back and reflect upon one’s accomplishments. This is hard to do when you’re a hemispheric organization with more than 890 staff, 500 community and...
25. nov. 2025 kl. 13:51
A rare and captivating sight swept across Chicago’s Lake Michigan shoreline this week: two majestic snowy owls, fresh from the Arctic tundra, have taken up … Read More "Snowy Owls Are Back in Chicago – Why These Arctic Visitors Are Thrilling Birders This Winter"
Today we had relatively strong south-westerly winds again, which is why we decided to go to nordstrand to do the observation there. In our cozy nook we were well protected from the wind and the sun was...
Trækket på Gedser Odde:Efter gårsdagens vintervejr var det igen blevet efterår. Vinden var aftaget noget og drejet mod SØ, og vi fandt god læ ved buskene nær sydspidsen. Flemming Pagh Jensen havde...
24. nov. 2025 kl. 22:59
COP30, the United Nations Climate Change Conference, has drawn to a close in Belém, Brazil, marking the end to two eventful weeks that led to significant advances for global efforts to combat...
20534We are thrilled to welcome Amanda Kaplan to the helm of Audubon Washington. As vice president, Amanda will oversee Audubon Washington and Seward Park Audubon Center staff and programs. She will...
On Friday, November 21, the Audubon Center for Birds of Prey released the 800th rehabilitated Bald Eagle into the wild since the Center opened in 1979. Florida House Representative Jennifer Canady...
(November 24, 2025) Clean energy and conservation can go hand in hand. This is exemplified by Audubon Great Lakes’ work to move the Vista Sands Solar Project forward—poised to become...
24. nov. 2025 kl. 06:00
Each year, the BOU funds members' attendance at ornithology conferences via Member Conference Attendance Grants. Here Malin Klumpp provides an account of her time at EOU2025. The post At EOU2025: Using genomics to study how birds are moving and redistributing behavioural traits across geographic space appeared first on British Ornithologists' Union.
24. nov. 2025 kl. 01:00
BirdLife Norge har i en årrekke kjempet mot miljøgiftene i norsk natur. For oss handler dette om natur og folkehelse. Nå er tiden inne for å samles i en felles front for natur uten blyforgiftning fra ammunisjon, og ikke minst må jegerstanden selv ta ansvar. En havørn ble nylig funnet antatt blyforgiftet i Rogaland – en viktig påminnelse om at bly fortsatt skader fuglene våre.
24. nov. 2025 kl. 00:00
Trækket på Odden: Efter en weekend med pæne træktal, var det lidt af en omvæltning at vågne op til sne, og forventningerne til dagens observation var heller ikke store. Fra obsens begyndelse var...
Another windy morning meant that Lise, Florian, János and I headed to Nordstrand for this morning?s migration count. The migration was probably the slowest it?s been since I arrived in Skagen but...
24. nov. 2025 kl. 00:00
Trækket på Godser Odde: Efter en weekend med pæne træktal, var det lidt af en omvæltning at vågne op til sne, og forventningerne til dagens observation var heller ikke store. Fra obsens begyndelse...
Med Théophile på vej til København mandag aften og videre med natbus til Paris er der ikke andet tilbage end at ønske ham god rejse videre i livet. Det har været en skøn tid på fuglestationen med...
Enchanted by hummingbirds The post The Gems of Creation appeared first on British Ornithologists' Union.
Hvordan har du det med fuglestemmerne? Er du nybegynder, eller er dine kundskaber lidt rustne og trænger til opfriskning? Så kan du få et kursus i fuglesang og...
Anslået ynglebestand af rød glente i Sønderjylland 2025 Foto: Leif Keller Vi har forsøgt at lave et estimat over den sønderjyske bestand af ynglende rød glente....
When we woke up this morning, we first checked the weather forecast, as yesterday it was said that it might rain. But since it looked quite acceptable, there was no sleeping in, but instead everyone went...
Trækket på Odden: There won't be a poem today. It was my last morning as a migration counter here in Gedser. Tomorrow, I will pack up and head back to France. But what a last morning outside at the tip...
