Back in Oslo only a couple of days and my reading of the
weather lead me to believe that I would have a good chance to increase
#Oslo2024. North easterly winds and a day of rain on Wednesday are about as
perfect as you can get to dump down some early autumn migrant waders. A quick
stop at Svellet after dropping the Seniors off at the airport revealed 130
Dunlin and a few other waders so I was really looking forward to heading out to
Gressholmen on the first, 07:30, boat this morning.
I arrived 3 hours before high tide in overcast conditions
and felt confident I would at least see Redshank… And indeed I did with 17
birds, Oslo#187, being the highest autumn count for Oslo. 8 Dunlin, a
Greenshank and best of all a Knot, Oslo#188, were also great birds. All of
these were of course summer plumage adults and the Knot is the first time I
have seen that plumage in Oslo.
Local breeding Oystercatchers and Ringed Plover which had at
least one half grown young added to the waders fest.
I studied the rocky islet of Galteskjær as best as I could
from the ferry hoping to turn up a Turnstone but 4 Dunlin and 2 Ringed Plover
were fairly good substitutes.
I still have some blogging to do from the end of the week in
Beitostølen and first days back in Oslo (hairstreaks) and will get that out
soon.
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arriving at Gressholmen at 07:48 I was the only one getting off the ferry but two people were leaving the island |
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the muddy bay which often is empty of waders but today held 5 species |
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summer plumaged Dunlin (myrsnipe) and Knot (polarsnipe). An unusual sight in Oslo |
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the Knot with Redshank (rødstilk) behind |
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when an adult Ringed Plover (sandlo) flies noisily towards you, lands and then runs off then you know there are young nearby |
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I saw this half grown young but the parents behaviour suggested there were more |
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11 of the 17 Redshank |
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and some of them on the deck |
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Ringed Plover and Dunlin feeding on Galteskjær |
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and the Dunlin on Gressholmen |
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my Oslo year list is now at 188. The 191 from 2019 looks a certainty now but will I reach 200?
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a small colony of Black-headed Gulls (hettemåke) and Common Terns (makrellterne) was on a small islet. There were fledged gulls and adults still seemingly on eggs |
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the terns though did not have young and some seemed to have yet to start nesting |
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