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The Beast turns 8 in September which coincidentally means that according to all that dog/human year malarkey he and I are the same age (at least for now). I guess there have been a few thousand morning walks he has taken me on over the years and we have seen a few interesting birds in the area where we live with Pine Grosbeak probably being the best. Yesterday morning though we added a new species with a Wood Warbler singing in the local wood. Although the oak dominated wood may be suitable as a breeding locality I am sure the bird was a migrant. As such I think it is only the second time I have come across a singing spring migrant (not that I have come across any non singing ones either). And that got me thinking - why do I hear many singing migrant Chiffchaffs and Willow Warblers but not Wood Warblers? Is it because Wood Warblers don’t often sing on migration or is it just because there are so many, many more Chiffs and Willies that you are so much more likely to encounter one of them? Svellet was the subject of my attention yestday and whilst water levels have only risen by 2cm since yesterday and 4cm since Monday there was a considerable reduction in the number of birds. And I was able to watch that number more than half when a young Peregrine had a go at some Wood Sandpipers which of course all flew off but also never returned. Over the past couple of weeks I have seen the waders frequently flying around due to a raptor (most often unseen) but always landing again but what I observed today clearly shows that migration awaits and the birds clearly have an unavoidable urge to keep heading north. We have a couple of days of rain ahead of us and also southerly winds after aperiod of cold northerly winds so we may still have some mighty experiences at Svellet but it will definitely be a question of quality rather than quantity now. I also walked out to the end of Årnestangen which was a rather quiet affair on the bird front with not a single waders at the tip but there were two butterfly surprises with my first Swallowtail and Painted Lady of the year which were not what I expected on a quite cloudy and not that warm day. Svellet from the east and from west looking north 13 May 2026 and looking south and Årnestangen In Maridalen the Lapwings continue to surprise positively with 3 broods seen - 4 and 1 were on open ground and fully accounted for but another single youngster popped out of long grass and there could definitely, and hopefully, have been more there. Two females are also on new nests and a pair were displaying so there may be yet another nest to come. They all still have to survive more farmer activity and foxes and crows but I think we are in a surprisingly good place. my first Painted Lady (tistelsommerfugl) of the year. A faded but otherwise undamaged individual whereas the colours of my first Swallowtail were perfect it had clearly already been attacked by birds and had chunks missing from the back of its wings
14. maj 2026 kl. 00:00
Ringmærkningen : Trækket på Odden : Despite the forecast being quite pessimistic about today's weather, the sky was clear and bright this morning. Seeing the sun always enlighten my mood, which is...
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Ringmærkningen : Dagens ringmærkning var stærkt influeret af regn og blæst. Det var kun muligt at åbne ca. halvdelen af nettene i de første 2 timer. Fra 6.45 kunne alle nettene være åbne. Ikke...
Observation:Ringing: This morning started out being rainy, so I unfortunately couldn?t open the nets at the standard time and instead had to open them at 07:30. With the standard time being compromised...
Ringmærkningen : Trækket på Odden : At first protected from the wind and the sparse rain, I ended up completely wet due to unpredictable changes in the wind direction. Monitoring bird migration really...
12. maj 2026 kl. 20:39
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Today I decided to leave Svellet alone and instead visit the Oslo islands. I cannot see that anyone else has visited Svellet today so don’t know if my decision was the right one but I can see that water levels have only risen by 2cm so conditions will still be very, very mighty. The islands gave a perfectly acceptable account of themselves even if the fjord contained not a single duck, diver, grebe or tern of any interest what so ever. Before I had even got to Gressholmen I saw a massive 4 species of waders (but only one of each) in the tiny muddy bay by the ferry stop at Lindøya Øst (Redshank, Greenshank, Ringed Plover and Oystercatcher) and this did increase expectations rather considerably. Gressholmen’s muddy bay disappoints (me) more often that otherwise but mid to late May is probably when it is at its best. There had been no rain or southerly winds (they are from the north at the moment) so I did not expect too much but a Bar-tailed Godwit that has been present a few days was still there alongside the same species, but in greater numbers, as I had seen at Lindøya. A singing Thrush Nightingale in exactly the same scrub as the last two years was my first of the year and a joy to listen to. A worrying aspect of the trip was quite how few Black-headed Gulls there were. I only found two colonies and the largest was considerably smaller than it has been in previous years. I have also seen that Oslo’s normally largest colony on an islet off Bygdøy is empty this year so unless there is a large colony somewhere else then it looks like a crisis for the species (the inland colonies at Sognsvann and Østensjøvannet are small in relation to the number that normally breed on the fjord). The absolute highlight and a slight headache came when I was getting on the ferry at Lindøya. I heard angry Hooded Crows and Swallows behind me and turned expecting to see a Goshawk. What I did see was something smaller but after a second I realised it was an owl and must be one of the earded ones. I raised my bins whilst walking and saw the face and was sure it was a Short-eared. I then got on board and reached for the superzoom and filmed whilst the ferry left the dock but only managed 20 seconds before the deckhand said I had to move inside. I was quite happy that I had managed to document only my second ever Oslo Short-eared and decided to look at the video to see if it was any good and of course to see if I had actually pressed record… Well this time I had but the owl proved to be of the longer eared variety. Still a very good bird in an Oslo context. My still only ever record of Short-eared Owl was an equally difficult experience although then I assumed it had to be a Leo and it was only the pictures that allowed me to see it was a Seo… a clip from the video showing the grey face and under wing tips that have fine baring and not a particularly black tip all of which say Leo (hornugle) and here it disappears to the north over Hovedøya and towards the city The sound of the Thrush Nightingale (nattergal) and a Willow Warbler (løvsanger) the Bar-tailed Godwit (lappspove) on Gressholmen The Black-headed Gull (hettemåke) colony on Nakkeskjær where I counted 65 nests although there were undoubtedly more out of sight on the far side a close up of some of the nests and here 9 nests on the main part of the island where they do not look to be so safe a female Wheateat (steinskvett) In Maridalen it was again difficult to be certain what was happening with the Lapwings but I did see more today. There were 10 adults and five young in broods of 4 and 1. There was also another female acting as though she had young in the long grass and probably two females that were on new nests but that will have to firmed up as a bit more time passes. the single young Lapwing (vipe) with mum and a "singing" Snipe (enkeltbekkasin) a new nest two males have been frequently been squaring off
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Good evening to all of you. Today János, Dylan, Mika, Ole and I did the morning observation from sandklitten. It was a very quiet morning, with very limited movement due to the northwestern wind. We had...
Ringmærkningen : Dagen startede med regn, så nettene blev først åbnet 35 minutter senere end normalt. På trods af det blæsende og fugtige vejr var der en del fugle i nettene. Gærdesanger(Lesser...
Ringmærkningen : Dagen startede med regn, så nettene blev først åbnet 35 minutter senere end normalt. På trods af det blæsende og fugtige vejr var der en del fugle i nettene. Gærdesanger(Lesser...
12. maj 2026 kl. 00:00
Det var en vaskeægte fuglesensation, da Arnold Houmann i søndags fandt en provencesanger tæt ved Frederikshavn. Selv lægger han dog vægt på, at fuglekiggeriet ikke kun er for de mest erfarne. De almindelige fugle, der er nemme at finde for nybegyndere rummer i sig selv rigeligt med fantastiske historier.
Observation:Ringing: Today was pretty windy, so I had to keep an eye on the nets and unfortunately had to close several of them during the morning as they became too exposed. The first few rounds were...
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While I was away from Oslo The Mighty Svellet has just carried on getting mightier and mightier. On Saturday a new Norwegian record count for Wood Sandpiper was made with 1800 birds counted (the previous record of 1395 birds on 11th May 2021 was of course also from Svellet) and then yesterday the record was smashed again when 2200 were counted!! Today I estimated a minimum of 1750 birds but there were new flocks regularly arriving from the south and others looking like they were leaving to the north so the true numbers were probably a lot higher. Surprisingly no other species passed 100 and whilst the peak passage of Greenshank has clearly passed, the numbers of Ruff, Dunlin and Ringed Plover may still increase. My list can be seen here. I had been hoping for these sorts of numbers (and conditions) but last week really feared it would not happen as water levels rose however they have since then only increased by around 5cm a day and it must be said things are perfect now. It surely cannot last for that much longer so we always have to enjoy it whilst we can. It is a surprise that nothing rare or to be honest scarce has been found but with the distances and lighting being as they are it would need to be something rather obvious like a Black-winged Stilt. Svellet from the east. Water levels have risen a bit but there is still lots of mud and shallow water from the west looking north and looking south. Most birds were to the right of the picture as can be seen in this video: In Maridalen I recorded my 150th Oslo species of the year with Common Crossbill. That it should take so long to see the species (it was also my first in Norway) is because all the cones that caused last year to be so good for the species are now empty of seeds and all the many thousands of Crossbills that were around Oslo 12 months ago are now somewhere else in Fenno Scandinavia where there is a good crop of fresh spruce cones. Today’s birds were a pair though and I heard song so maybe they are thinking of breeding? Regarding the Lapwings I saw a single brood of 4 today which it would be natural to assume is one of the broods I saw last week but as they were so small I am not sure if they are a new brood. There were 8 adults in total with none other seemingly guarding young in the grass but a pair was displaying and nest scraping and another female looked to be sitting on a nest (but not the same nest from 2 posts ago which now seems abandoned).
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Today we started very early in the morning at 3am for the CES ringing at Skarvsøn. Luckily our new guests Søren and Karen offered to drive us there in the morning, which saved us the exhausting bike...
Observation: Ringing: Very slow morning with an average of 1 bird per round. The highlight of today though is a gorgeous Sedge Warbler (Sivsanger) which is a pretty uncommon catch for Blåvand Fuglestation....
