There was no doubt about it: today was going to be a BIG day. I picked
up Per Christian at 6am and we headed in to Maridalen with the weather forecast
for once being mirrored by reality: low clouds heading in a northerly direction
due to the southerly wind and dampness from overnight showers. Everything was
therefore going to plan except for……………the birds hadn’t been informed of MY
ideas.
10 Common Scoter (svartand) and 2 Wigeon on the lake were obviously new
but my hopes of migrating waders and more waterfowl were not to be fulfilled.
There were a few passerines moving but nothing exciting and no new summer
migrants could be seen or heard. On the green fields there was a noticeable
increase in the numbers of Fieldfares (gråtrost) and at Kirkeby we had separate
sightings of 4,1 and 6 Ring Ouzels (ringtrost) that could well have been
different groups and the group of 6 definitely appeared to have just dropped
out of the sky (reports from other places suggest a very large arrival today).
It will rain through the afternoon so maybe something will turn up later
or tomorrow…..I live in hope.
We had Parrot Crossbills again with four birds
in the same trees as yesterday. This makes me believe that the two males I
photographed yesterday were indeed different individuals.
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| 6 male and 4 female Common Scoters (svartand) |
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| Osprey (fiskeørn) - 1 of 2 that appeared at the same time both from the north |
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| three different Ring Ouzels |
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| female Parrot Crossbill (furukorsnebb) - one of a group of four in the same group of 3 small pine trees as yesterdays birds |
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