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Ringmærkningen: We had become used to the sunny and bright weather, but a sky covered by clouds received us when we woke up this morning. We put up the nets unsure if we could keep them open the whole...
Af Ellen Nielsen Vejret kunne næsten ikke være bedre på denne tid af året til en fugletur. "Højt" vejr, solskin, ikke ret meget vind. Den vejrbestilling havde...
1st May was it turns out not as bad as I thought. In the afternoon a Great White Egret was reported from Fornebu. A good species but not one to make me rush out of the door. However, in the evening I had to drop Jr Jr off at a party which my phone informed me was only a further 7 minutes drive from said Egret. I had little belief that it would still be present given it was a Bank Holiday and Fornebu has become more park that nature reserve but when I turned up I immediately saw it. Nice and a Fornebu tick for yours truly 😊 It was an immature due to its yellow bill and was colour ringed although this I only discovered from my photos and cannot make out any code. I am also unsure of the colour of the ring so cannot find what scheme it is from – it looks black but the only scheme listed on cr-birding.org states it rings on the right leg whereas this is on the left. The Egret can only count as Good as I was twitching but there was a hint of Greatness from two other birds. Three Bar-tailed Godwits had also been reported and I could see two waders sleeping in the bay. I naturally assumed these to be Barwits and paid them no further attention until I was about to go home by which time the evening sun had sunk so much that all birds in the bay were in shade. Their bills were under their wings but never-the-less something didn’t look right for Barwit and I was quite sure they were Blackwits. And indeed they were! They were very brick red and small and were clearly Icelandic birds and I wondered if there had been a mistake with the earlier reports but the two bird theory does apply here. Blackwits are not annual in Oslo and Akershus in spring and most previous birds look to be limosa but in the autumn when the species is far commoner it is definitely islandica that dominates. Godwits of the Black rather than Bar-tailed variety the Great (White) Egret was actively fishing and seemed to find a lot of prey here the rings are visible. A metal ring on the right leg and a dark colour ring on the left leg but what colour is it?
2. maj 2026 kl. 00:00
Observations : The southerly wind has brought us a large number of red-throated divers migrating northwards! This is the largest number recorded since the start of the season ? 573 in total. We were...
2. maj 2026 kl. 00:00
Ringmærkningen: First round today already seemed very calm, but with an amazing surprise in the last net for me! A Nightingale (Sydlig Nattergal), that I?ve never even seen before, so I had to tell...
Ringmærkningen: Today's numbers: Trækket på Odden : For the second day in the row, the full moon was absolutely stunning when I walked out to the tip this morning. There was much more wind than...
Observations : Highlights of the day :Red-throated loon [rødstrubet lom] - 573Common tern/Arctic tern [fjordterne/havterne] - 490Sandwich tern [spliiterne] - 46 Black tern [sortterne] - 2Black-headed...
Middleton Island is the first thing the wind hits between Hawaii and Alaska. Out here in the Gulf of Alaska, tens of thousands of seabirds gather each summer, turning a remote outpost into one of the...
1. maj 2026 kl. 19:48
The scene is a familiar one: A V-shaped flock of Canada Geese flies overhead, wings flapping languidly among the wisps of clouds as their discordant honks carry across the spring or fall air. The...
The lack of daily updates is of course because things didn’t continue as hoped… Despite being at the start of prime time Oslo birding there is still only a trickle of new birds. Greenshank numbers fell again yesterday at Svellet to a dire 15 although the first (3) Wood Sandpipers hinted, hopefully, at things to come. Today though was a tad better, as of course it should be as it is 1st May and what should by rights be THE best day of the year if only because it is a national holiday and every self-respecting birder has no excuse but to be out finding something. Well either most birders lack self-respect or there was nothing to find.. But, back to Svellet and today. Jack and I had agreed to have our now annual early doors visit to Huk, Bygdøy to record the awesome spring migration that we proved can occur on our 9th May visit in 2024. 1st May is too early though and we know it but we have to give it a go…. Fog put a real dampner on things although we could see perhaps 500m. There was however nothing happening either to be seen or perhaps most importantly given the condition to hear with just two Meadow Pipits flying in giving any impression of active migration although a Reed Bunting clearly felt the same as us and was heading south to escape these DIRE conditions. Five Purple Sandpipers were still “wintering” on the rocks although are now in breeding plumage and we did hear a migrant wader when a Little Ringed Plover flew unseen past us. Huk this morning where a bloody big cruise boat is just visible in the fog We gave it an hour and then headed to Svellet where even though we arrived before 8am there was already heat haze to contend with. There were however waders with now 43 Greenshank and 24 Wood Sandpiper and 6 male Ruff and 2 Golden Plover provided some variety. Curlew numbers however had fallen to just 13 so total wader numbers did not reach three figures let alone the four figures I am hoping for. Rain tomorrow afternoon may make, and I really pray for, a difference. Water levels are still falling slightly – today down 3.62m - so we can’t ask for much more on that score. one of the trickle of new birds - my first Whinchat (buskskvett) of the year arrived in Maridalen on the last day of April a Wryneck (vendehals) in the Dale a trip to Hellesjøvannet yesterday gave precious little on the exciting bird front but this Brown Hare (sørhare) was only my second sighting of this recent colonist whose numbers took off around 2015 and it is steadily hopping north from Sweden. It was introduced to southern Sweden in the early 1800 so is considered an invasive introduced species in Norway and is an undesirable as it out competes the native Mountain Hares.
There were many people visiting Alvin, Alix and Simon as they were ringing at Kabeltromlen this morning: Søren, Knud, Hanne and Jens Eriksen and Johan Oli Hilmarsson from Iceland. They all picked a very...
Ringmærkningen: I øjeblikket er vejret over Gedser fuglestation meget konstant. De meget rolige vindforhold og den bragende sol påvirker naturligvis vores muligheder for at fange og ringmærke fuglene....
Moths of the day Today we found 12 different species. Three were new for the location this year: the Common Heath (Lyngmåler), the Garden Carpet (Sortbæltet Bladmåler) and the Large Birch Bright...
30. apr. 2026 kl. 20:42
Washington, DC – The U.S. House of Representatives' passage of the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 (Farm Bill) earlier today includes critical support for voluntary, science-based...
Head on over to Trinity River Audubon Center (TRAC) this spring to marvel at the wonders of ecology in full bloom. This biodiverse refuge along the Trinity River is the perfect place to unwind...
30. apr. 2026 kl. 16:44
Audubon chapters are the heart and soul of avian conservation across the United States. Their members volunteer for trash clean ups, educate visitors and locals alike about vulnerable native species...
30. apr. 2026 kl. 00:05
OWENSVILLE, Missouri (April 29, 2026) Horstmann Cattle Company, owned and operated by August Horstmann in Gasconade County, is the newest ranch to earn the National Audubon Society’s Bird-Friendly...
Lørdag 9. maj finder der landet over en kappestrid sted, hvor deltagere med falkeblik forstærket af kikkerter og teleskoper konkurrerer i at se flest fuglearter fra fugletårne i løbet af otte timer. DOF BirdLife indbyder til Tårnenes Dag, der falder sammen med den internationale World Migratory Bird Day, en verdensomspændende hyldest til fugletræk.
This morning Julian, Alix and Alvin were at ringing. The winds were coming from the Southwest today, so it meant we were hoping for better numbers of birds. Unfortunately, the cloud cover was higher than...
Ringmærkningen:Vejret på Gedser odde har igen i dag vist sig fra sin solrige side, endda med fine forårstemperaturer fra morgenstunden. Vinden var svag, men skiftede over i en mere vestlig retning i...
30. apr. 2026 kl. 00:00
Ringmærkningen:Vejret på Gedser odde har igen i dag vist sig fra sin solrige side, endda med fine forårstemperaturer fra morgenstunden. Vinden var svag, men skiftede over i en mere vestlig retning i...
30. apr. 2026 kl. 00:00
Observations: Ringing: Today we caugth 36 birds including 1 recapture and we had 10 different species. But we were very pleased with the first Wryneck (Vendehals) and the other persons that are staying...
Observations: Ringing: Today we caugth 36 birds including 1 recapture and we had 10 different species. But we were very pleased with the first Wryneck (Vendehals) and the other persons that are staying...
Moths of the day This night only 13 different species. Two were new for the location this year: the Lunar Marbled Brown (Majspinder) and the Muslin Moth (Grå Tigerspinder). Maybe we had a third...
We live in a rapidly changing and increasingly complex world and staying centered can feel more challenging by the day. It is easy to become weighed down by uncertainty, anxiety, or even despair –...
