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| summer pickings |
Continued bad weather in northern Norway caused us to
postpone (cancel?) our summer holiday in Bodø for a second time and we instead
enjoyed temperatures in the high twenties at the cabin in Hulvik last week.
We added to our reptile list with an adder this time meaning
that I have now seen all three Norwegian snake species here (Grass, Smooth and
Adder) plus Slow Worm so I just need Common Lizzard to have seen all the Norwegian
reptiles here.
I was a little more active on the birding front this time
with a couple of trips to Kurefjorden. There was no significant wader passage
as I had hoped and certainly nothing rare but raptors showed well with seven
different species on show including a young Peregrine (vandrefalk) that was
honing its hunting skills on Lapwings (vipe). Chances for decent pictures have
been very few and far between but Osprey (fiskeørn ) and a Goshawk gave some
closish fly-bys.
A quick trip to Maridalen today produced two fishing Ospreys
and some muddy edges which still look promising for waders even though a Common
Sandpiper was the only wader on show.
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| the glow worm from last week |
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| Goshawk (hønsehauk) |
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| Osprey (fiskeørn) with fish at Kurefjorden |
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| and another from Maridalen |
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| last weeks Slow Worm (stålorm) |
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