Whilst out in the garden today I heard a Willow Warbler
singing nearby and had a House Martin low over heading to the local breeding
colony. Last year I had the first bird over the house on 28 April which was the
first record in Oslo so it seems that the local breeding birds are part of the
first wave of migrants.
At the feeding station in the garden the a fine male
Brambling was the first of the year here and a female Chaffinch which joined
two males was the first of her gender.
A family bike ride took us up into Maridalen which is the
longest we have ever managed and bodes well for the future. With blue, cloudless
skies there was little happening on the bird front although I did make out 4
Teal and 3 resting Whooper Swans on the lake and 6 House Martins feeding over a
field. Also the first marsh marigolds in flower.
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