Long gone are the days when I updated this blog on a
daily basis. It has nothing to do with my interest in blogging or birding but
more that family commitments taking a lot of my time and sitting down in front
of the PC is difficult.
Since my last update I have spent time checking up
on local rare breeders (will come back to all of these in the winter) all of
whom seem to be doing well despite all the pressure us humans put on wildlife
and habitats.
The forests and fields often give the impression of
being empty of birds at the moment. The birds are still there but many are
moulting and become incredibly secretive at this time. I had my first Brambling
of the autumn on Thursday though so the flood gates are probably about to open.
Raptor passage is slowly beginning with some
Kestrels moving through and the local breeding birds show themselves every now
again. Surprisingly I hardly see any Goshawks at the moment despite them being
the commonest local breeding species but I do see a few Sparrowhawks so obviously
some avoided the talons of the Gozzas. Hobbies are showing regularly but I have
still to locate where they are breeding but Honey Buzzards are only noticeable
by their absence.
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| my first Brambling (bjørkefink) of the autumn - an early record |
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| a dark Common Buzzard (musvåk) which gave a bit of a Honey Buzzard vibe at distance |
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| a sinensis Cormorant |
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| migrant Kestrel (tårnfalk) |
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| thing must be slow when I photograph Mallards (stokkand) |
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| migrant Wheatear (steinskvett) in Maridalen |
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| adult Hobby (lerkefalk) in Maridalen - They must be breeding locally (probably the pair I saw in June) |
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