A hooded crow (kråke) in the garden on one of the last apples still hanging in the tree with deep snow now covering fallen apples. Post Views: 140
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A doomed chiffchaff
I was surprised a couple of days ago on 16th November to see a chiffchaff (gransanger) flitting about feeding in an apple tree in the garden. I saw […]
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Earliest woodpigeon
A mild day here in Malvik and I’ve just heard my earliest singing woodpigeon ever, 19 days earlier than the previous record from 2021. 30 years ago this […]
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Goldfinches on the Veranda
Success!! The local flock of overwintering goldfinches (stillits) have found the food I’ve grown on the veranda! I grow burdock (borre) as a root vegetable in a large […]
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Bullfinch feeding on Guelder Rose
Bullfinches (dompap) feed on a wide range of natural foods in winter from the seeds of berries like rowan to maple and nettle seeds and shoots and buds […]
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Goldfinch on snow-covered burdock
Goldfinches are experts at neither getting burrs attached to them nor a face full of snow when feeding as here on burdock (borre) in the garden (filmed from […]
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Siskin visit
The first time a siskin (grønnsisik) decided to pay me a visit, found yesterday inside the house (a young bird)! Post Views: 81
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Silent Spring / Den Tause Våren
Rachel Carsons Den tause våren er her i Malvik, iallefall på jordene rundt Malvik sentrum og Vikhammer, men jeg har ikke kunne lese noe om dette i avisene. […]
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Sleepless night counting geese flocks
Not much sleep last night as the year’s biggest migration of pinkfooted geese this year (kortnebbgås) went on from 2230 to 0400! Counting flocks of geese doesn’t put […]
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First Chaffinch
With relatively warm weather continuing, it was nice to hear an early chaffinch (bokfink) in full song this morning in the garden. You can also hear an unusual […]
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Balcony fieldfare
1 or 2 fieldfares (gråtrost) normally overwinter in the garden and this winter has been no exception. They appear in autumn attracted to the cultivated and wild fruit. […]
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Whooper Swans in Malvikbukta
Every couple of years, whooper swans (sangsvane) stop in the bay, usually just for a few hours, once for a couple of weeks in march/april 2010. I see […]
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Fuglevennlige planter
English: A series of 3 articles written for Birdlife Norway’s magazine “Vår Fuglefauna” Jeg har bestandig vært opptatt av å dyrke mat på en naturvennlig måte. Som unge […]
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Waxwings on apples
Waxwings (sidensvans) have arrived here in numbers with about 70 in the garden today! Most of their favourite berry, rowan (rogn) had gone by the time they arrived […]
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Robin in my indoors forest garden
The latest avian visitor to my indoors forest garden, also known as my living room (as it’s full of life!) is this young robin, maybe the same bird which […]
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Robin joined me for breakfast
No, not my son Robin (he arrives tomorrow).Robins (rødstrupe) have over the years I’ve lived here changed from a shy forest bird to the tame inquisitive bird I […]
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Don’t cut those nettles, share them with wildlife
We may know that some of are most spectacular butterflies like red admiral (admiral), painted lady (tistelsommerfugl), comma (hvit C), small tortoiseshell (neslesommerfugl) and peacock (dagpåfugløye) may lay […]
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Shelduck visit
Every few years I see a shelduck (gravand) feeding in the field below the house. This one was captured on film at 6 am on 18th May 2023! […]
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Closest Crane
I noticed a single crane in the field on the other side of the bay this morning, the closest I’ve seen one, but still too far for a […]
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Fall of thrushes
Thousands of thrushes, mainly redwings and fieldfares (rødvingetrost og gråtrost) arrived back in this part of Norway over the last couple of weeks and local breeders are already […]
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Bullfinch on guelder rose
Bullfinches (dompap) take a very wide range of seeds in my garden including hawthorn, rowan, nettle and Norway spruce, as well as buds of different trees, but this […]
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Waxwing and Tawny Owl
A small flock of Waxwings (sidensvans) finally arrived at the end of November and have been foraging in the garden since (rowans / rogn failed this year). In […]
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White-tailed eagles
We were entertained yesterday by 3 white-tailed eagles (havørn) flying low over the bay and two sat for some time on trees on Malvikodden on the other side […]
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Female pied flycatcher
There’s a pair of pied flycatchers (svarthvit fluesnapper) in the garden this year. I first heard the male singing on 13th and on the 22th I made this […]
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How do they do it?
It’s always a surprise when I’m woken to the song of a wren (gjerdesmett) in the garden at this time of year. This is not only the second […]