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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Young basking robin!
Wishing my oldest and favourite son, Robin Arne Barstow, a very happy 37th today…..with a young basking robin (rødstrupe) in the garden Post Views: 151
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Robin’s fiend #1
My friend the robin’s worst fiends are all the neighbour cats…..and he/she has young to protect now.I hear the robin alarming before I see the cat. Post Views: […]
Fjord views / Snow
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Dramatic Spring Days
You appreciate the sunny spring days much more when you have a couple of days of blizzards in between….our resident robin, blackbird and chaffinch were back singing today! […]
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Record early Robin
Ever since I moved here in 1984, it’s been one of the year’s highlights to hear the first robin (rødstrupe) singing in the spring and I’ve recorded this […]
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Spring again
Yesterday at dawn sounded like spring again in the garden and I heard both woodpigeon (ringdue), robin (rødstrupe), chiffchaff (gransanger) and the two in the videos. The first […]
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Close encounters
I’ve had a couple of close encounters with birds the last couple of days: 1) My local robin (rødstrupe) has been getting braver and braver over the last […]
Birds / Sun
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Double wave reflections at 11pm sunset
25th June 2019: Sunset double reflections at just after 11 pm accompanied by singing robin (rødstrupe) in the garden and oystercatchers (tjeld) in the bay :) Post Views: […]
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My friend Robin redbreast!
I was in the garden most of the day, sawing up firewood and storing it for the winter. I was followed around by my friend the robin (rødstrupe) […]
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Robin is back
Not my son Robin, but Erithacus rubecula returned this week. European robins (rødstrupe) are now classified with the flycatchers. A joy to hear their bittersweet song! Post Views: 191
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Spring song
Spring can’t be stopped and this woodpigeon (ringdue) could be heard singing from the house today and I was woken at 6am (was 5am) by a robin (rødstrupe) […]
Birds / Mammal
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Birds in the garden 13th February 2018
1. Nuthatch and Great spotted woodpecker atop a spruce tree 2. My handsome grey red squirrel disappears up the tree with a grunt 3. I had a rodent […]
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Robin and Blackbird
Both of these thrushes, European robin (rødstrupe) and blackbird (svarttrost) overwinter in small numbers, mainly in the lowlands here. Post Views: 112
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Birds in the garden 6th January 2018
1. Fieldfare (gråtrost) on apple in snow #1 2. Fieldfare (gråtrost) on apple in snow #2 3. European robin in snow 4. I’ve never seen European robin actually […]
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Goldfinches
About 10 goldfinches (stillits) in the garden again today, both under the bird feeder, on burdock and chicory seed heads! Chicory (sikkori) is another great vegetable to let […]
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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 […]
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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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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: 103
Birds / Seed / Trees
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Siskins and birch
Birch seed scales are currently falling in the garden thanks to the feeding of siskins (grønnsisik)…. Added videos of a siskin feeding on fallen birch seed next to […]