Yesterday I was with
Anders BS and we got really, really wet. We did not get the true reward that we
deserved although a Bar-headed Goose (despite its plasticness) was a nice bird.
Today the rain had stopped although the fresh southerly wind continues. It was
very birdy with Meadow Mipits and finches in the air and raptors were also flexing
their wings. Highlight though was a Great White Egret. The last sighting had
been on 1 September and I felt therefore there was a good chance this bird was
new and my photos show it to be moulting primaries on both wings whereas EdnaMosand’s excellent pictures of the previous bird show it to have a hand full of
nice fresh feathers. It does however look like it may well be the same as a bird seen west of Oslo three days ago. I had the egret only 15 minutes after leaving the car so
felt that things would be good. Ospreys including a youngster still begging for
food, a brown Cuckoo (also seen yesterday), a male Marsh Harrier and repeated
and often close views of a 1cy male Hen Harrier were all very satisfying and I
used an hour and half to get out to the tip. Here the light wasn’t so good (too
much sun) but there were clearly lots of waders still present. But amongst 175
Dunlins I could only find a single Little Stint and 30 Ringed Plovers.
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| I discovered the Great White Egret (egretthegre) flying in from the south |
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| before it landed and showed briefly before moving behind a bank and out of sight |
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| Hen Harrier (myrhauk) being mobbed by three crows |
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| this bird can be aged as a 1cy due to the very fresh plumage and as a male by the pale eye plus it was a small bird |
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| a brown phase Cuckoo (gjøk) |
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| a larger predator |
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| Wheatear (steinskvett) |
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| Bar-headed Goose (stripegås) with Greylag. In Norway the species is still considered as Category E (escapes) although the birds we see here are most likely from the dutch feral population and the annual records show that they are developing a clear migration route |
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