By this afternoon over two thirds of the ice on
Maridalsvannet had disappeared and with there suddenly being more open water
there was a noticeable increase in waterfowl. A massive 19 Black-throated
Divers were making a lot of noise, Tufted had increased to 17, Teal to over 30
and 4 each of Red-breasted Merganser and Wigeon were definitely new in. There
were over 300 Common Gulls but only a couple of Black-headed amongst them and
no Mediterranean or Ring-billed that I could find. Hopefully the farmer will
plough some fields soon which should bring more gulls as well as other birds.
Yet again there was no movement of raptors except for a White-tailed Eagle that
drifted west.
I also had a trip to Svellet which is starting to
looking wonderful with water levels falling 10-20cm every day and nice mud
banks showing again. 14 Greenshank and a Whimbrel were all there was to see but
in the coming 2 weeks we will hopefully be in for a wader feast.
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panorama view of Maridalsvannet looking south from Nestangen |
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migrants ducks on Maridalsvannet: Tufted (toppand) and Teal (krikkand) |
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White-tailed Eagler (havørn) a 2/3cy |
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Red-breasted Mergansers (siland) |
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Swallows (låvesvale) |
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crayfish seem to be a favourite of Black-throated Diver (storlom) |
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Common Gulls (fiskemåke) on the ice |
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