Yesterday, Rune and I “did” Nordre Øyeren and
Aurskog-Høland. Birding was good although it was a great disappointment that
the flodd waters at Kjelle have so rapidly declined and with no rain forecast
for at least the next week they will disappear very soon. It was dry everywhere
and Lapwings were concentrated around the last remaining areas of flood water rather
than on breeding fields. We had good birds with my first Garganey, Hen Harrier
and Golden Plover of the year and Taiga Bean Goose, White-tailed Eagle, White-fronted
Goose amongst others.
Today I was up late after being (rarely) out
yesterday and was not in a fit state to do very much but I joined Mrs OB for a
Beast walking trip in Maridalen. Here, I had an enormous surprise with a male Mandarin Duck sitting on the edge of the ice. Although as plastic as they come you cannot
tire of seeing such a smart bird and this was a new species for the Dale and not
surprisingly it proved popular later on. Thrushes were starting to flock for
the first time and a flock of Pink-footed Geese was on the fields as were the
two Cranes.
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| male Mandarin |
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| female Black Woodpecker |
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| and the male - they are using an old hole |
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| Golden Plover (heilo) |
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| male Hen Harrier (myrhauk) |
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| White-fronted Goose (tundragås) |
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