The high pressure remains firmly planted over Scandinavia,
but the winds were much less today. I hoped there would be some raptor movement
and spent hours gazing up at a blue sky over Maridalen but all in vain. I had a
nice day in the sun and explored many areas but there was even less to see today.
Temperatures fell to -5C overnight and everything was frozen over early on
which of course doesn’t help.
I had one of the Great Grey Shrikes today and
believe now that there have been at least 2 different individuals in the Dale
in April. I also had both male and female Merlin.
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| These 5 Cranes (trane) flew north and the resident pair were on their favoured field |
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| this Great Grey Shrike (varsler) lacks the white feathers in the secondaries (on both sides) that another bird showed on Wednesday so I feel confident we are talking of at least 2 birds (at three sites) this week |
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| male Merlin (dvergfalk) |
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| and female trying to look like a Gyr Falcon |
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