Last night saw me and at least 4 others (3 or whom were
on bikes) searching for nightsingers in Maridalen. The catalyst for such an
intense burst of activity was a Quail that Halvard H had heard the night before.
I didn’t manage to hear it although Anders did briefly after I had gone home.
It was a fantastic night for it with no wind and t-shirt warm but there was
precious little activity with just one Marsh Warblers (the same I had seen
earlier in the day), one Tawny Owl and most surprisingly the sound of a migrating
Redshank.
Today has been exciting on the weather front. Temperatures
rose to close to 30C in the early afternoon and we then had many hours of
thunder storms which then brought the temperature down to below 20C. Before it rained
I had a quick trip into Maridalen looking for dragonflies. I had the beast with
me which didn’t make it easy but there were a number on the wing with me
managing to identify two species of dragonfly and one damselfly.
An adult male Goshawk flying low overhead obviously
got my attention and I then noticed a much higher flying raptor which turned
out to be my first Maridalen Honey Buzzard of the year. Dedicated sky gazing
after this revealed no other raptors…
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| Honey Buzzard (vepsevåk). A male, it appears o be carrying something and could even be ringed but pictures not good to be sure |
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| male Goshawk (hønsehauk) |
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| Four-spotted Chaser (firflekkbredlibelle) Libellula quadrimaculata |
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| Four spotted Chaser |
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| Ruby Whiteface (østtorvlibelle) Leucorrhinia rubicunda |
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| Ruby Whiteface |
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| mating pair of Ruby Whitefaces |
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| Northern Damselfy (spyydblåvannymfe) Coenagrion hastulatum |
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