Yesterday and during the night we felt the remains of an Atlantic hurricane which gave us warm temperatures, rain and strong southerly winds. All that suddenly changed at 7am when a new weather system took over and strong northerly winds and clear skies caused temperatures to suddenly drop to zero. The winds luckily died down during the morning and my daily Covid exercise in Maridalen was a nice affair. A large flock (for the time of year) of around 80 Fieldfares was looking for worms on a favoured field and contained two Redwings and a very striking leucistic Fieldfare. One day when I scan a flock of thrushes I will find something rare but for today at least I contented myself with the misfit.
Hawk Owl and Buzzard continue to thrive in the Dale on the abundance of rodents although surprisingly it looks like all the Great Grey Shrikes have moved on.
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| leucistic Fieldfare (gråtrost) |
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| Fieldfare and Redwing (rødvingetrost) |
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| One of the Common Buzzards (musvåk) still in Maridalen |
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| Hawk Owl (haukugle) |
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| enter stage left |
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