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 they appeared most years and probably bred locally (there are spread breeding pairs along the fjord). Oystercatchers (tjeld) have also been back for about a week now. A bad long distance (on the other side of the bay) picture of the shelducks to illustrate:
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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 :)
Record Oystercatcher flock!
A flock of 68 oystercatchers (tjeld) flew past the house this evening, by far the largest flock recorded in Malvik during autumn (July onwards) :)
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) singing in the garden (no complaints, always a beautiful moment to hear a returning Robin) ;) A black-headed gull (hettemåke) was also my first of the year and 4 pairs of Oystercatcher (tjeld) were feeding in the bay!!
I also heard singing siskin, great tit, blue tit, greenfinch and coal tit today!
I also heard singing siskin, great tit, blue tit, greenfinch and coal tit today!
The first sign of spring
Birds seen from the house today 11th March 2017
Oystercatchers (tjeld) are one of the first spring migrants to arrive here and early March is the normal time. I was woken up by the characteristic piping call of these birds this morning!
An eagle also suddenly appeared right outside the window where I sit, no more than 30m away…but it was all over in a flash and it was gone……
An eagle also suddenly appeared right outside the window where I sit, no more than 30m away…but it was all over in a flash and it was gone……
Oystercatcher family
Oystercatcher / tjeld family at Grilstad, taken on my bike ride back from work! ;)
Aster tripolium (syn Tripolium vulgare) / sea aster / strandstjerne bottom right in the water near the end :)
Aster tripolium (syn Tripolium vulgare) / sea aster / strandstjerne bottom right in the water near the end :)
The bathing season is upon us!
With air temperature forecast to rise above 20C, I noticed this beauty having a bath from the cycle path…