Back amongst mortals and the grim reality of "Oslo Bird
Observatory" I spent this morning at Fornebu with Julian Bell. There were
actually a lot of birds around with Willow Warblers (løvsanger), Yellow
(gulerle) and White Wagtails (linerle) and Meadow (heipiplerke) and Tree Pipits
(trepiplerke) predominating. Scarcer birds were scarce( funnily enough) and the
Red-backed Shrikes (tornskate) appear to have moved on to the next leg of their
migration so highlights were Water Rail (vannrikse), Bar-tailed Godwit
(lappspove) and Bluethroat (blåstrupe) all of which have been regular here
recently.
Some excitement came in the form of a probable Red-throated
Pipit (lappiplerke) heard calling but then disappearing before a certain ID
could be made and also in the form of a gull. Only seen in flight as it gained
height it was a juvenile gull with the largest and brightest pure white upper
tail I have ever seen which even extended up the back which set off a solid
black tail band. The head was fairly pale and the upperwings dark with a slightly
paler window on the inner primaries. Caspian or perhaps Yellow-legged Gull
would seem to have been the best candidates but this will have to go down as
the one that got away.
A short stop in Maridalen revealed eight Whinchats (buskskvett)(there
had been only one at Fornebu) plus a few pipits.
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