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| Barnacle Geese of unknown origin but they that act in a very feral manner are a common summer and autumn sight in the Oslo area. These birds were feeding at Fornebu this morning |
Fornebu pre-breakfast was again on the cards today and
although there were far fewer birds than during the last week it finally delivered
a local scarce bird in the form of not one, not even two but three Red-throated
Pipits (lappiplerke). Meadow Pipits (heipiplerke) numbers were a bit lower than
they have been with around 50 birds, Tree Pipits (trepiplerke) were represented
by only a single bird and Yellow Wagtails (gulerle) were only in oresent in
single figures but this is obviously an ideal time for the Red-throateds to be
passing through. The three birds I had were all picked up on call. Two were
among feeding Meadow Pipits but I never got to see them properly on the deck
although I did put them both up a couple of times. The third was just heard
flying over calling. Maybe my mission for next week should be to get some
decent photos of this species.
Bluethroats (blåstrupe)were easy to see with at least five
in a small area of Nansenpark and there were also a few Wheaters (steinskvett)
and Whinchats (buskskvett). Warblers were also ,much reduced with only a
handful of Willow Warblers (løvsanger), two Whitethroats (tornsanger), 3
Blackcaps (munk) and my first Chiffchaff (gransanger) of the autumn here.
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| This young Bluethroat (blåstrupe) has still retained some juvenile feathers on the crown and nape |
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| whilst this one has moulted to 1st winter plumage |
The female Smew (lappfiskand) remains in Storøykilen where a
Water Rail (vannriske) was calling and a couple of Dunlin (myrsnipe) were
resting at high tide.
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