The sightings and occasional thoughts of an English birder in Oslo
Monday, 7 October 2024
Species 200 #Oslo2024 - dream target reached!
And so it came to pass that on the 280th day of
the year I saw my 200th species for #Oslo2024. It wasn’t the hoped
for Yb Warbler or a Tengmalm’s Owl but a nice bird none the less in the form of
not one but two Jack Snip in the Dale. I would normally have expected to see
this species earlier in the year but I still felt confident I would see one this year but not in
the circumstances that transpired yesterday. I found them without flushing them
by walking through a damp meadow or through using my thermal imager – instead I
found them with the scope by scanning a suitable muddy edge to the lake where there
were lots of sedges and other vegetation.
One of them even began feeding and bobbing away and allowed
me to film it. I now have a goal to see at least two more species such that my
200 landmark will still be in the (eBird) record books once the redpoll lump
happens (which will mean Lesser and Arctic will disappear as species from lists
and I have seen both this year).
Jack Snipe (kvartbekkasin) - when I first found it like this I was not entirely sure whether it was a Common or Jack
but when it showed its head and bill properly there was no doubt
feeding nearly in the open
the second Jack along with a Common (enkeltbekkasin)
the Common Snipe
the double ton is hit with 85 days of the year still to be birded
the Stonechat (svartstrupe) is still around
this Rook (kornkråke) would normally have been new for the year as it is a very scarce Oslo species but not this year which keeps on giving and giving
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