Stonechat was for a long, long time my Norwegian bogey bird.
I even saw three Siberian Stonechats before seeing my first normal one in 2018.
Since then though they have been like buses and I have even seen two in
Maridalen (both found by Halvard). On Thursday I made that three and pleasingly
found it myself. This was also my third! in Oslo this year so was not an
addition to #oslo2024. I would willingly swap two of the chats for a single YbW
which is a species I have probably seen close close to 100 times more of in
Norway (although only the once in Oslo).
Yesterday saw Jack and I giving the islands some real effort
but had nothing eastern for our troubles. Late Swallows and Greenshank, an
early Purple Sand and a flyby Kingfisher were the highlights alongside the now
expected Shag.
A visit out east on Wednesday gave me my first Rough-legged
Buzzard of the autumn and four different Great Grey Shrikes but once again I
drew a blank on harriers.
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| Stonechat (svartstrupe) in Oslo |
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| Rough-legged Buzzard (fjellvåk) |
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| juvenile and adult White-tailed Eagle (havørn). The juvenile was stil begging for food |
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| with an even larger bird |
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| Two Common Buzzards (musvåk). The paler bird of the type that are often mistaken for Rough-legs |
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| Kestrel (tårnfalk) |
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| Purple Sandpiper (fjæreplytt). This is actually the earliest ever autumn/winter record in Oslo |
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| the head of a Red-throated Diver (smålom) |
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| Shag (toppskarv) with Cormorants (storskarv) |
