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Oslo Birder
11.10.2025
It was an easy decision to go to Fornebu again this morning. The Turtle Dove wasn’t seen after 13:05 yesterday but I felt fairly confident t...
10.10.2025
Last night the word famous MOGA movement had one of its world famous meetings and there has never been such a crowd ever before in the histo...
09.10.2025
For many, many years Hazel Grouse was a very frustrating species for me. I knew of areas where they had territories and would occasionally f...
08.10.2025
Yesterday evening saw my fourth owling trip of the autumn and my number of species encountered has now increased to three although the targe...
04.10.2025
As we enter October the number of species around Oslo has declined greatly. It is now a week since I last saw a White Wagtail, 12 days since...
29.09.2025
The end of September is when I should be on a far flung island finding birds with stripes or touches of red and blue. Unfortunately 2025 i...
26.09.2025
I have this year spent little time with the Oslo Honey Buzzard nest that we first discovered in 2023 so this post will be shorter than in 20...
21.09.2025
On Thursday I had to drop Jr Jr off at Bygdøy so afterwards decided to see if the fjord at Huk had anything to offer. I don’t normally visit...
17.09.2025
I have been drawn back to Nordre Øyeren daily now in the hope of uncovering something rare. The numbers of geese are just enormous and you c...
15.09.2025
I think we may be up for a very good autumn around Nordre Øyeren. As I wrote yesterday there are lots of ducks and geese using Svellet – the...
14.09.2025
During the Bird Race on Saturday we had a strange black & white duck. First seen asleep with Mallards we hoped it was a Shelduck which we ne...
09.09.2025
So, what are my thoughts and observations after a long weekend in Lista for the annual bird race and festival? First I have remembered why...
06.09.2025
Tomorrow I am off to Lista for their annual Bird Race. This will be only my second ever visit to what can probably be fairly described as No...
02.09.2025
My efforts to locate the Maridalen HB nest have eventually been successful but after putting in the ground work myself without finding it I ...
One of the main birding events around Oslo is the gatherings of migrating waders and waterfowl in Nordre Øyeren especially at Årnestangen...
27.08.2025
MC Hammer may have had his Hammer Time but Oslo Birder has Taiga Time and is lucky enough that it is biannual occurrence. Two emails had alr...
25.08.2025
My final two days in Tromsø saw a continued reduction in the number and variety of waders at Langnes which I have now visited three mornings...
Back in Oslo and procrastinating away I am using dog walking duties as a means of checking out on my breeding raptors. Yesterday, saw me vis...
I was completely sure that my butterfly year was over and had no plans on chasing anymore species until a message last night rather changed ...
Despite my best intentions I have spent quite some time this week with Honey Buzzards with a few checks on the regular nest but also trying ...
12.08.2025
I am currently in Tromsø where I am helping Jr settle into her new life as a student at the university here. Tromsø is a great town (to ca...
08.08.2025
It would seem that I am a master procrastinator or something along those lines. On Friday I had to check up on the Honey Buzzards and what ...
I have two owl related pastimes that 99% of the time result in failure but there is always that one percent... My first is scraping on tree ...
01.08.2025
My last post mentioned Mute (and Whooper) Swans and Lapwings in Maridalen but I realised I never posted about the situation at the end of Ju...
30.07.2025
After two days back in what is now a rainy Oslo I feel that I have now completed my bird/butterfly/dragonfly goals for summer ´25 and can no...
29.07.2025
So we are back in Oslo and the travelling part of the summer holiday is over. The drive back from Bodø was broken up this time with a stop a...
We are still in the north enjoying temperatures that are if anything too hot with 30C reached once so far and forecast again later this week...
The holiday is coming to an end. We are now driving the 1200km (or more if we take the scenic route) back to Oslo. The last week has seen me...
16.07.2025
Before I post on the, so far, rather limited birding that Bodø and Nordland has had to offer I will first try to enthral you with a butterfl...
11.07.2025
The final part of the summer holiday is beginning and for the first time since 2022 I will be back spending time at the cabin outside of Bod...
09.07.2025
I have shown some pictures and a video of a Little Ringed Plover nest . This nest was at Fornebu where a lot of praiseworthy wetland restora...
05.07.2025
Our summer holidays have moved on to Beitostølen and the mountains of Valdres. I have not birded that much with butterflies getting slightly...
01.07.2025
Despite hearing singing Tawny Owl’s (kattugle) on pretty much every nocturnal spring trip in Maridalen I had not managed to find any occupie...
28.06.2025
Male Nightjar (nattravn) The Nightjar pair I mentioned in my previous post were not to be seen at the same site again although I did have a ...
23.06.2025
Summer holidays have begun and per tradition our first week is at a cabin south of Oslo near Hulvik. Butterflies are in short supply so far ...
21.06.2025
This week I have twice guided to Hedmark and it has been unusually easy! Ortolan was a target on both trips and both times the bird was sp...
15.06.2025
I am sure some, OK a couple, of you have been waiting for this post and for the rest you can just ignore it 😉 So far 2025 has been a stra...
12.06.2025
Before I bore most of you with a butterfly post it is about time with another catch up of local Oslo birding. Hobbies are back in Maridale...
10.06.2025
We have had another long weekend and with good weather forecast on Saturday I decided to head to the mountains on Friday evening. Normally I...
07.06.2025
Maridalsvannet is not a classic locality for terns. The water is very deep and there is little vegetation along the sides or shallow bays. W...