All the action today was at Kirkeby where I was briefly
joined by Halvard H before he had to return as it was his daughter’s birthday
and an SMS told him she had awoken much earlier than was the plan…
There were shed loads of birds! Just around Kirkeby there
were at least 400 each of Fieldfares and Bramblings plus 100 Mipits and amongst
them at least 12 Rouzels. Yet again though there was nothing scarce and I think
many of the birds were the same as yesterday except maybe for the Bramblings
which I hardly noticed yesterday. In the whole valley there were easily 1000+
of both Brambling and Fieldfare.
The main action was on the lake. As I have noticed before in
similar conditions – lots of precipitation at the end of April – there was a
good arrival of ducks. I had 81 Teal, 5 Wigeon, 31 Tufted and 20 Goldeneyes.
Unlike previous years there were few waders (still too cold) but my first four
Greenshank of the year rested briefly on a rock in the lake. Both Pink-footed
Geese were present today with one obviously injured – how long will they stay?
With the snow falling all the time it was cold but
especially on my hands where my gloves got soaked through but luckily today
there was hardly any wind otherwise it could have been much worse.
The forecast for tomorrow morning is for it to be overcast
until around 11am with some precipitation around 3am and warmer temperatures
than today. I think that could make for very good conditions and there are
southerly winds forecast all next week so it will be exciting times.
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| Greenshanks (gluttnsipe) - honestly! |
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| 2 Snipe (enkeltbekkasin) and a Mipit (heipiplerke) where I had the Shore Larks on Tuesday |
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| entering Maridalen at 0600 |
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| THE fields at Kirkeby 0700 |
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| the view over the lake from the north at 0818 |
In the lack of any decent picture here are videos from Tuesday of the Kingfisher and Shore Lark
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