The Med Gull yesterday was my 99th species
for the year so I felt I needed to put the effort in today to take me to 100
species in January which is no mean feat in this neck of the woods. A Grey-headed
Woodpecker has been regularly reported coming to a feeding post in Akershus but
I ignorantly believed it to be a long drive from Oslo. On checking closer
though I found out it was only 20 minutes from the house and that it was easily
accessible. So the plan for today was made.
When I arrived at the site I soon found the
feeding station which was just a couple of fat balls hung up on a tree in a
field on the edge of a wood. Easy enough to view but there were few birds to
see. Soon I heard a woodpecker tapping but this turned out to be a Great
Spotted (one of four in the area) but not long after there was the call of a
Green/Grey-headed close by. It took a while to locate the bird but then there
it was sitting high up in leafless tree – a fine male Grey-headed
Woodpecker. This is only the third one I
have seen so it deserved some scrutiny. I also heard the call enough to
hopefully be able to distinguish from Green in the future.
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| Grey-headed Woodpecker |
As I was not too far from Drøbak I chose to
look at the gulls again. Only the long staying light 1st winter
Iceland Gull to be found amongst the Herring Gulls but I was able to get some
OK flight pictures this time.
I picked up the Pytt, Vestby Great Grey
Shrike on the way home to round off a very efficient mornings birding!
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| 1st winter Iceland Gull |
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