Two nuthatches (spettmeis) on the bird feeder this morning with a short guest appearance of a male chaffinch (bokfink) :) See the video below! A dark morning here, […]
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Bird paradise!
It’s about as like winter England as it gets here this morning, grey and drizzling….so nice to have a flock of 17 goldfinches (stillits) brightening up the day […]
Birds / Flower stalk / Food / Forest Gardening / Root crops
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The many faces of burdock
One of my favourite multi-purpose vegetables and one of my first unusual vegetables that I grew in my garden in the 80s was burdock or borre, more specifically […]
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Goldfinches back on their winter holiday
A small number of goldfinches spend their winter holiday in the lowlands around Trondheimsfjord, a very good choice I would say! I’ve never seen them in summer here […]
Birds / Fruit
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Waxwings everywhere
Part of the biggest flock of waxwings (sidensvans) in the garden today, around 350 birds!….seriously distracted all day by these photogenic arctic “parrots”! Feeding on yew (barlind), hawthorn […]
Birds / Fruit
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Waxwing dribbling…
Yew / barlind fruit is rather gooey….the picture is taken from the video of a flock of waxwings / sidensvans on the neighbour’s yew tree (Taxus baccata). Post […]
Birds / Fruit
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Yew with waxwing
My first waxwings (sidensvans) of the autumn…this one feeding on a yew tree laden with berries in the neighbour’s garden! Post Views: 130
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Aerial heroics
Always a joy to watch the aerial heroics of jackdaws (kaie) over the house in the evenings before flying into the roost….did I tell you I’m coming back […]
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Autumn bird song gives hope
I’m full of hope! The autumn songs of the European robin (rødstrupe), heard in the video from the garden this morning and wren (gjerdesmett) always puts me in […]
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Redpoll and that wren again
A redpoll (gråsisik) next to the front door…and once again Mr. Wren turns up (calls in the background) ;) Post Views: 82
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Thrush migration
Thousands of thrushes, mainly fieldfares (gråtrost) were passing over this morning, a few stopping! Post Views: 145
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Whooper swans
Whooper swans (sangsvaner) flying over the this morning! Post Views: 124
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Wren encounter
I met a wren (gjerdesmett) in the garden this morning! I’d heard him singing to me so went to say hello :) A robin (rødstrupe) is calling in […]
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Mallards doing the rounds
Mallards flying around the field below the house checking that the coast is clear before landing to feed… Post Views: 65
Birds / Sun
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Sunrise at the breakfast table
Another unseasonally “balmy” day in Malvik! Despite a clear night, it was warm enough to breakfast in the garden at sunrise at 7:15 with a beautiful sunrise, joined […]
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Birds from the breakfast table
A brambling and chiffchaff / willow warbler joined me for breakfast as did a flock of starlings feeding in birch trees… Post Views: 151
Birds / Nut trees
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The nuthatch and the hazelnut
Breakfast in the garden and a nuthatch (spettmeis) was dealing with a wild hazelnut in the birch tree above me :) Post Views: 244
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Fieldfare on rowan
Fieldfare (gråtrost) on rowanberries in the garden! Post Views: 91
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Bramblings in the garden
A flock of some 30 bramblings (bjørkefink) were breakfasting in the garden this morning :) Post Views: 109
Birds
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Chiffchaff fertiliser!
Young chiffchaff fertilising the garden this afternoon :) Post Views: 98
Birds
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Great tit attacking Hogweed
I noticed this great tit (kjøttmeis) vigorously hacking at a hogweed (Heracleum) stem in the garden, presumably looking for dinner…the picture shows the result Post Views: 95
Birds
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Robin for company
I had a bit of company sitting working in the garden this afternoon, a young European Robin (rødstrupe)…he/she wasn’t that talkative though… Post Views: 122
Berries / Birds
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Birds sharing Amelanchier alnifolia “Thiessen”
I always thought that thrushes like fieldfares / gråtrost and starlings / stær “shared” the most saskatoon berries (Amelanchier spp.) in my garden, but now I have to […]