Yesterday afternoon I had my first guiding session
for a while and took Norwegian photographer, Eirik on the gold plated Maridalen
tour. Eirik had mentioned Wryneck, Three-toed Woodpecker and Black-throated
Diver as species we wanted to get photos of and these were all duly chalked up😊
It was about far more than just chasing species
though and we had a fun and successful afternoon. We discovered the nest site
of the Three-toeds which again was below head height and will allow lots of
exciting observations in the coming weeks. We had a Sparrowhawk giving one of
the adult Tawny Owls grief, we watched a Goldcrest collecting food and then saw
its amazingly well hidden and tiny nest. We saw a young Hawfinch that could
barely fly, a pair of Long-tailed Tits collecting food and singing Blackcaps,
Wrens, Willow Warblers, Redwings and many more species entertained us.
I don’t normally take too many photos when I am
guiding but this time I just had to – over 300 in fact!
Today, I took a long overdue trip out to Gressholmen
which is the best place in Oslo for waders. I had a hope to find Broad-billed
Sand but had to make do with 6 Ringed Plovers. There were very few Common Terns
to see and two islets that had breeding colonies last year were empty. Hopefully
it is just a case of them breeding somewhere else this year.
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| the female Three-toed Woodpecker at the nest |
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| does she look familiar? |
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| Goldcrest (fuglekonge) collecting food |
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| Goldeneye (kvinand) brood |
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| very young Hawfinch (kjernebiter) |
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| Long-tailed Tit (stjertmeis) |
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| Sparrowhawk (spurvehauk) that was mobbing... |
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| ...this Tawny Owl (kattugle) |
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| Shelducks (gravand) |
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| my first Wall Brown (sørringvinge) of the year |
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| and my first orchid: Early purple orchid (Vårmarihand) |
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| Wood Warbler (bøksanger) |
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| already quite large Black-headed Gulls (hettemåke) |
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| and there were many baby Eiders (ærfugl) |
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| this Hawfinch (kjernebiter) obviously had a nest nearby |
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