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 […]
Birds / Spring
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Suddenly it’s spring
With the huge shift in temperature this week, spring is suddenly here and several bird species are now singing in the garden: blue tit (blåmeis), great tit (kjøttmeis), […]
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Great spotted woodpecker territory
For the second year running, a pair of great spotted woodpeckers (flaggspett) have set up a territory including the garden. I’ve heard drumming several times recently! Post Views: […]
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Flock of woodpeckers?
I’ve never seen more than 2 great spotted woodpeckers (flaggspett) at one time in the garden, so it was a surprise to see 3 of them around the […]
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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) […]
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First day of spring sign!
The first day of spring, snow showers and, right on the dot, I heard my first yellowhammer singing this morning whilst I was in the outhouse….managed to capture […]
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Drumming woodpecker
A bit milder today and a drumming great spotted woodpecker (flaggspett) was heard again in the garden this morning! Post Views: 80
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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Drumming woodpecker
Drumming great spotted woodpecker (flaggspett), using the bird feeder today! Post Views: 108
Birds / Fjord views / Snow
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Snow at dawn
A fresh white view this morning and a beautiful dawn after a good snowfall yesterday.. View with drumming great spotted woodpecker (flagspett) Post Views: 87
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Bird videos 4th February 2018
This time, a treecreeper (trekryper) on the bird feeder looking for tidbits, bird diversity under the feeder, my resident pair of great spotted woodpeckers (flaggspett) and the last […]
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Drumming in the garden at -10C
This morning it was -10C, but that didn’t stop this great spotted woodpecker from thinking of spring, drumming from this pine tree in the neighbour’s garden! Pause 0:00 […]
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Bird count weekend
Over the weekend of the national garden bird count (hagefugltelling) the temperature was stable between -1 and +1C. I registered 23 species in the garden, 7 of which […]
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More birds in the garden; 5th January 2018
1. Blackbird (svarttrost) and great spotted woodpecker (flaggspett) 2. Bullfinches (male and female; dompap) on plum buds (not too happy with this), there were 8 birds altogether….hopefully they won’t […]
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More December birds
House sparrows (a flock of 25 taking turns on the bird feeder), with brambling and hawfinch (gråspurv, bjørkefink og kjernebiter): Great spotted woodpecker (flaggspett): Post Views: 127
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Woodpecker drumming
This great spotted woodpecker was playing for me this morning a little trill on the top of the electricity pole :) Post Views: 184