The penultimate day of the VENT Southern Norway your was
spent on the majestic Hardangervidda visiting the lake at Tinnhølen, a place I
first visited 30 years ago when I was not yet a fully fledged birder. This is a
magical place in the heart of the vidda and if it is kind to you can reveal
some marvellous mountain species and if it is not so kind-hearted can be a
frustrating place for a birder.
Today was unfortunately one of those days. It was a bit too
windy for the birds and we struggled. Dotterel (boltit) was confined to a close
calling bird that we just could not locate. Shore Larks (fjellerke) showed well
though with 2 pairs collecting food and one had this fledged youngster sitting
still just yards from the path.
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| recently fledged Shore Lark |
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| adult Shore Lark with a beak full of food |
Lapland Bunting (lappspurv), Bluethroat (blåstrupe) and
Golden Plover (heilo) were represented by just a single specimen of each when I
would normally expect to see many. On the raptor front not a single
Rough-legged Buzzard but a single Peregrine (vandrefalk) was a good record
although I would have preferred the more likely Gyr Falcon (jaktfalk). Of
waders, a total of 6 Temminck’s Stints was good although only one allowed
itself to be examined and there were a couple of Ringed Plovers (sandlo) and
half a dozen Redshank (rødstilk). On the water we had a pair of Scaup (bergand)
and a male Common Scoter (svartand) amongst a few Tufted Duck (toppand).
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| spot the Temminck's Stint |
Some great scenery was to be admired today
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| The Hardanger Glacier |
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| perfect reflections on Ustevannet near Geilo |
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| Vøringfossen waterfall |
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| The gorge below the waterfall |
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