I went to Nordre Øyeren today to see if either of the rare
terns were hanging around. I started at Svindal which gives a good view over
the delta but without luck. I was joined by Erling Hobøl who was one of the
finders of the Little Tern (dvergterne) on Saturday and he invited me to join
him on the Nordre Øyeren Fuglestasjons small boat for a trip out to
Årnestangen. And a very enjoyable trip it was too! No rare terns to see
although we did have a 1st summer Little Gull (dvergmåke), 30 odd
Common Terns (Makrellterne) which are not yet breeding but looked like they
might soon start, and a few waders with 6 Redshank (rødstilk), 2 Greenshank
(gluttsnipe) and a single Spotted Redshank (sotsnipe) flying around although it
was not possible to make out if they were late northerly migrants or early
southerly ones. Also a distant singing Sedge Warbler (sivsanger) and a female Yellow
Wagtail (gulerle) that was possibly a
hybrid between the thunbergi race and the flava race.
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| Female Yellow Wagtail but I'm uncertain of which race |
This Roe Deer (rådyr) also swan across 150m of water ahead
of the boat.
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| Buck Roe Deer |
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| The view from the boat heading south to the tip of Årnestangen |
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