Over the last couple of days there’ve been large numbers of birds in the garden making me think of Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds, although there have been fortunately […]
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January storms
This January has been a stormy month here in this area with a series of severe weather systems moving past, one (Gyda) with a name, resulting in many […]
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New House Sparrow record
In Norway, the house sparrow (gråspurv) has been categorised as Near threatened (NT), i.e., close to being endangered in the near future. This is probably a result of […]
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Stock Dove: A new species for the garden
A new bird species for the garden this morning, a stock dove (skogdue) in the company of a woodpigeon? Stock doves are very rare breeders in my area, […]
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A Charm of Goldfinches
With heavy wet snow overnight weighing down all the plants in the garden together with plummeting air temperature, a flock of goldfinches (stillits) (collectively known as a Charm) […]
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Natural bird food is best
I garden for the birds and other wildlife as well as myself and believe that bought bird food (sunflower seeds) is not necessarily a good thing as it’s […]
Birds / Pollinators
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Burdock for goldfinches
I’ve written a series of articles in 3 parts “Fuglevennlige planter i hagen” (Bird friendly plants in the garden) for the magazine of our national bird society (NOF, […]
Berries / Birds
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Second visit from Pine Grosbeaks
Two years ago there was an irruption of pine grosbeaks (konglebit) in Norway and I finally got to see this species in the garden for the first time […]
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Rose-ringed parakeet
Finally, having heard the bird for several months, a rose-ringed parakeet / halsbåndparakitt (blue mutation) finally turned up in the garden today and sat eating apples in good […]
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Parakeet in Malvik
For a couple of months I’ve heard a bird call locally that reminded me strongly of the rose-ringed parakeets in London. I’ve never seen the bird and finally […]
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Chiffchaff flycatching indoors
Chiffchaffs (gransanger) have been flycatching around the Buddleja bush and on the veranda over the last weeks and I guess it was only a matter of time before […]
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The Heron and the Eagle
White-tailed eagle (havørn) and a grey heron (gråhegre) hunting spotted from the house this morning. Post Views: 158
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There’s always one: blue tit taking a shower!
It was close to 30C and I was working outside this afternoon and decided that my saskatoons (Amelanchier) could do with a bit of water. The hose was […]
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Blackcap song
It’s not often that I see the resident blackcap singing as it usually sings well hidden in the bushes, but today it sang from the top of a […]
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Common gull commotion
Common gulls (fiskemåke) nest on houses around here, but never on my roof. Filmed this little interaction between 3 birds on 21st May. Post Views: 84
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Cuckoo in the garden
One of the “problems” with being aware of nature is that I often sleep lightly. I was first woken at about 2 am by distant cuckoo (gjøk) song […]
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Shelduck feeding
When I woke this morning at 6:30, I noticed what looked like a goose in the field below the house. Zooming in with my camera, it was a […]
Bees / Birds / Community Garden / Seed sowing
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Wagtail at the North Pole
North Pole? Yesterday I worked for the first time this year at the Væres Venner Community Garden where KVANN (Norwegian Seed Savers) and I are involved. When I […]
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Good times for gulls
The annual large flocks of gulls are now here resting in the bay after feeding following farmers’ ploughs all day. They are mostly common gulls (fiskemåke) and black-headed […]
Birds / Snow
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Redwings are back
I was in the garden this morning and heard the contact call of the (European) redwing (rødvingetrost), described as a thin, drawn and sharp “sreee”. It’s always a […]
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Pinkfeet fly-past
Large fly-past by pinkfeet (kortnebbgjess) yesterday. I noted 9 flocks in total and 6 flocks of in total 900 birds between 14:15 and 15:30. The map showing all […]
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Woken by Troglodytes troglodytes
Even though it was only 5 am, I was happy to be woken this morning by a wren (gjerdesmett) singing in the garden. Good to hear that at […]
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Shelducks return
Nice to see a pair of shelduck (gravand) back in the bay this morning, the first time I’ve seen them in the bay since spring 2015. Before that […]
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Hoodies struggle against the wind
With a polar low (polarlavtrykk) on its way, hooded crows (kråker) struggled on their way in to the roost this evening against the wind: Post Views: 90