Despite a rather painful and loooong trip to Ikea with the
kids I managed to bird at three locations today: Fornebu, Maridalen and
Årnestangen. My visits to the first two places were brief as the kids were
waiting impatiently in the car but I had three hours before sunset at
Årnestangen in good light.
Fornebu and Maridalen both had the same Red-backed Shrikes
(tornskate) from yesterday in literally the same bushes but Fornebu also
delivered a couple of Hobbies (lerkefalk) that were flying together and whose
presence was given away by a large flock of alarm calling Swallows (låvesvale).
I haven’t seen too many Hobbies this year so this was a welcome if brief
encounter.
Årnestangen was good (as it should be at this time of the
year) although had fewer birds than have been reported over the last couple of
days even though heavy rain showers during the course of the day had raised my
hopes for even more. Highlights were a single Turnstone (steinvender) – this primarily
coastal wader often turns up here in the autumn and a single juvenile Little
Gull (dvergmåke). Amongst 50 odd Ringed Plover (sandlo) and 40 Dunlin
(myrsnipe) was a single Knot (polarsnipe) and a few Ruff (brushane), Greenshank
(gluttsnipe), Redshank (rødstilk) and Wood Sandpipers (grønnstilk). Juvenile waders
are now much more numerous and outnumber the adults which is a big change from
just over a week ago. Three separate Marsh Harriers (sivhauk), a Peregrine and
two Ospreys (fiskeørn) put on a good show and had the waders regularly flying
around. As it began to get dark many Yellow Wagtails (gulerle) flew in and at
least 100 went in to roost in the tall grass.
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| a very distant Turnstone (steinvender) at Årnestangen |
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| one of the two Hobbies (lerkefalk) at Fornebu |
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| Red-backed Shrike (tornskate) 1: Fornebu |
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| bird 2: a ringed bird at Fornebu |
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| birds 3 & 4 in Maridalen |
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