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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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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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, […]
Biennial / Birds / Snow
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Summer Time
We put the clocks forward last night. It’s now Summer Time! However, nature is thinking otherwise and from flowering crocus, snowdrops and wild Hepatica nobilis (blåveis) everything is […]
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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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Woodpigeons and the opium poppy
I love to get up early on Sunday mornings, in particular in the holidays as there are few vehicles on the road, no aircraft flying in to the […]
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Woodpigeon at dawn
Late May: Early morning cooing from the resident woodpigeons (ringdue)… I don’t hear this call very often (is it associated with courtship?) Post Views: 76
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Fieldfare and woodpigeon
Fieldfares (gråtrost) only take fruit, whereas blackbirds and robins seem to largely ignore apples and eat other crumbs. They defend their apples against other fieldfares. I have currently […]
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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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Woodpigeons
Woodpigeons at the bird feeder today showing threatening behaviour to protect their food.. Post Views: 106
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Woodpigeons
Not that common a sight to see woodpigeons in the garden, here at the top of a cone-laden Norwegian spruce. Post Views: 92