Before I come with the Great Snipe pictures and
videos (my best ever I think) here is a post with the other highlights from the long weekend in the mountains. It is
not just about scarce birds. Watching a male Wheatear who repeatedly hovered in
the air was fascinating. Why he did it I am not sure but he had a feather stuck
to his bill plus had the strangest song I have ever heard from the species so
was perhaps not quite himself. House Martins collecting mud for nests that were
under eaves only 2 metres above the ground was also fascinating. A male Snow
Bunting in full summer plumage was a very unusual sight for me and Long-tailed
Skua, Ptarmigan, Shore Lark and Temminck’s Stint are species one always hopes to see when one visits
the area.
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| House Martins (taksvale) collecting mud |
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| this Kestrel (tårnfalk) was still hunting whilst we were watching the Great Snipe. This attempt at art is taken with a shutter speed of 1/40 second |
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| Long-tailed Skua (fjelljo) in the mist. A few seconds later and it vanished |
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| Mogop / spring pasque flower / arctic violet / lady of the snows / Pulsatilla vernalis is a common flower in the area |
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| my only Ptarmigan of the trip |
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| Ringed Plovers breed by the sea in Oslo and also at over 1400m |
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| scarce ducks waiting for their breeding lakes to be ice free - 3 Long-tailed Ducks, 2 Scaup and a commoner Tufted Duck |
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| the Shore Larks (fjellerke) were NOT photogenic |
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| surprise of the trip a singing Skylark (sanglerke) at 1400m on the tundra |
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| male Snow Bunting (snøspurv) |
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| Temminck's Stint which always seems to only occur right by the road |
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| fresh snow fell on these mountains which are over 2000m high |
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| Woodcock (rugde) roded over the Great Snipe lek |
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| male Wheatear (steinskvett) |
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| he persistently hovered although why I am not sure of |
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