Returning to Oslo after being on Værøy is invariably going to be a big let down and so it has also been in 2023. Whilst I was away there had been some decent seabirds seen in the Oslofjord but the winds had died down by the time I got back and the seabirds had returned to the open sea so I have had to make do with a few auks and a surprisingly high number of terns. I squeezed in a final trip to the Taiga Bean Geese who had increased by three birds to 104 and continuing into Aurskog Høland I had a late Yellow Wagtail but little else of note.
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| Guillemot (lomvi) on the fjord off Fornebu |
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| a surprisingly large number have also ended up inland. This one was on Bogstadvannet and I have also had 7 on Maridalsvannet and a couple of birds randomly flying over the city |
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| a young Common Tern (makrellterne) |
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| and a far more distant young Arctic Tern (rødnebbterne) |
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| a late Yellow Wagtail (gulerle) |
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| and a more expected Wheatear (steinskvett) |
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| The Taiga Bean Geese with a few Canada Geese |
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| my first Great Grey Shrike (varsler) of the autumn, a bird of the year |
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| Kingfisher (isfugl) at Fornebu |
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