April
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| I have concluded that this male harrier that I saw at Årnestangen is a Pallid x Hen Harrier which is the first record of an adult male in Norway although there have been a few autumn juveniles |
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| Twite (bergirisk) pass through Maridalen in the spring |
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| huge numbers of Common Crossbills (grankorsnebb) bred in Southern Norway in 2016 as a result of the a large crop of spruce crones. In Maridalen they could often be seen licking salts from bricks |
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| this Long-tailed Tit probably bred in Maridalen and the dark head markings show it not to be of the regular scandinavian race but rather an intergrade with the continental race |
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| highlight of the year was finding this Short-toed Lark (dverglerke) in Maridalen |
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| closely followed by this 2nd summer Med Gull |
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| these Shore Larks (fjelllerke) were only the second record in Maridalen |
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| this male Steller's Eider in the company of a Common Eider was an amazing record in the inner Oslofjord |
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| the breeding Kingfishers in urban Sandvika |
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| April is always a good time for finding Green-winged Teals in Southern Norway although this was the only one I saw in 2016 |
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| a most unexpcted find in Maridalen was a pair of Little Ringed Plovers (dverglo) that favoured a ploughed field for a couple of days (the same field that had held Short-toed and Shore Larks earlier) |
May
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| My best ever views of Hazel Grouse (jerpe) - a species which I now have a number of sites for in the forests around Oslo |
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| breeding Black Woodpecker in Maridalen |
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| a fine male Bluethroat (blåstrupe) in Maridalen - it is not often one sees spring migrants |
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| singing Wryneck (vendehals) in Maridalen |
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| my first Dotterel (boltit) for Akershus |
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| Icterine Warblers (gulsanger) are one of the last migrants to arrive |
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| a pair of Red-breasted Flycatchers (dvergfluesnapper) returned to Sørkedalen in 2016 but then promptly vanished |
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| Sørkedalen also hosted breeding Red-backed Shrikes (tornskate) |
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| this Wood Watbler (bøksanger) is a rare example lacking most of the yellow tones and thus resembling a Bonelli's Warbler |
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| Common Rosefinch (rosenfink) is now a regular breeder around Oslo |
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| a very scarce migrant Broad-billed Sandpiper (fjellmyrlper) at Årnestangen |
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| Østensjøvannet hosted this smart 2nd summer Little Gull (dverglerke) for a few days amongst the breeding Black-headed Gulls |
June
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| my annual early summer trip to Hedmark included a trip over the border into Sweden where with the help of GPS tags I was able to locate some of the Scottish Taiga Bean Geese on their breeding grounds |
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| Hedmark has lots of exciting breeding birds including Ortolan (hortulan) |
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| Siberian Jay (lavskrike) |
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| Three-toed Woodpecker (tretåspett) |
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| Ural Owl (slagugle) |
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| and the last remaining Rustic Buntings (vierspurv) in Norway |
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| this youngster being possibly the only known one this year |
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| mum |
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| and Red-necked Phalaropes (svømmesnipe) |
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| back home I had my best ever view of Corncrake (åkerrikse) |
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| obliging breeding Long-eared Owls (hornugle) |
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| twitched my first Norwegian Terek Sandpiper |
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| and enjoyed breeding Marsh Warblers (myrsanger) in Maridalen |
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