Oslo has been awarded the title of European Green Capital 2019 (although it may be more correct to say that the City Council paid
for the privilege). For someone who is interested in biodiversity it is a bit
odd as Oslo City Council like the rest of the official Norway is absolutely
pants at protecting and promoting biodiversity although does deserve
recognition for its exceptional skills at killing off biodiversity. Oslo City and
the rest of Norway is however very good at reducing carbon emissions and has
effective recycling schemes although it is rather ironic that this is due to
enormous financial subsidies being used and the ultimate source of all this
money is all the fossil fuels that Norway sells to other countries to burn and
pollute with.
Anyway, during 2019 there are a number of activities
to celebrate and promote this greenness and (unbeknownst to me) the City has
allowed private organisations to apply for funds to promote greenness. Related
to this, David Lindo, aka The Urban Birder has just visited Oslo and led a field
trip and held a presentation for the local bird club which was very enjoyable
for yours truly, The (semi-urban) Oslo Birder 😊
And today I visited Marcia Kyle who is the passion behind an urban permaculture
project called Parkens Grøde. Marcia has managed to get funds from the council
to improve the area for urban birds and has asked me to lead a birding outing
in the area later in the year. It is very impressive what Marcia and the others
in the group have achieved and I am looking forward to following the birdlife
in the area.
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| Purple Sandpiper (fjæreplytt) |
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| it was fascinating watching them searching for food and here it was banging something |
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| which I think looks like seaweed |
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| but which was swallowed |
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| I hoped to find an urban bread eating Med Gull today but had to make do with Black-headed Gull (hettemåke) |
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| and Common Gulls (fiskemåke) |
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| 1st winter (2cy) Common Gull |
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