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Oslo Birder

11.03.2025

OSLO BIRDER: Waterfowl arriving

Maridalsvannet is still 99.9% frozen but the areas of open water where the rivers enter at Hammeren and Dausjøelva are now large enough to a...

Oslo Birder

08.03.2025

OSLO BIRDER: Long-eared Owl fail

I’ve had a few local evening outings already this spring hoping to find singing Long-eared Owls. This isn’t an easy task as their song does ...

Oslo Birder

05.03.2025

OSLO BIRDER: First Lapwing and Woodcock

Temperatures are pushing +10C on the back of quite strong southerly winds so I have been expecting some quite large arrivals of migrants but...

Oslo Birder

04.03.2025

OSLO BIRDER: Owl Rd disappoints

Jr and I went on our planned trip to Owl Road on Friday night but the results of our endeavours was far from those planned. The weather was ...

Oslo Birder

01.03.2025

OSLO BIRDER: The Return of the Taigas

We are now having the last days with sunshine and overnight frosts for what looks to be at least the next ten days and temperatures are fore...

Oslo Birder

27.02.2025

OSLO BIRDER: Fools and birds

Guiding is a fool’s game! On Tuesday, 6 hours and 11km of walking in a foggy Maridalen with Wayne over from Guernsey could only turn up a Th...

Oslo Birder

25.02.2025

OSLO BIRDER: Rain and fog

The weather has changed with blue skies and many minus degrees being replaced by cloud, fog, rain and temperatures up to 5C. This might resu...

Oslo Birder

21.02.2025

OSLO BIRDER: Owls, Waxwings and Crossbills

Last night I took Jack to hopefully see the Great Grey Owl. Jr did an excellent job driving us again and this was a big night for Jack. It w...

Oslo Birder

19.02.2025

OSLO BIRDER: Hazel Grouse

Winter has regained its grip on the land and nighttime temperatures in Maridalen are falling to -13C and it remains negative in the day des...

Oslo Birder

19.02.2025

OSLO BIRDER: Owl Road

The first owling trip of the year has been completed very successfully and will I think be the first of quite a few this year. Last night ...

Oslo Birder

19.02.2025

OSLO BIRDER: Owls, Owls, Owls!

On Sunday night myself, Jack and Jr had planned a new trip to Owl Road but the forecast kept getting colder and colder and in the end I deci...

Oslo Birder

19.02.2025

OSLO BIRDER: Drumming Three-toed Woodpecker and salt licking Crossbills

A drive around Maridalen this morning revealed temperatures down to -19C. Perhaps because of this there was very little to see or hear and i...

Oslo Birder

19.02.2025

OSLO BIRDER: February guiding

I was guiding yesterday and despite fog we had a good day. I took Tony who was visiting Oslo from Manchester to Maridalen and we trudged th...

Oslo Birder

19.02.2025

OSLO BIRDER: A week of two halves

I had company today and we gingerly walked over the frozen Maridalsvannet This week has been a week of two halves and the second half has fe...

Oslo Birder

02.02.2025

OSLO BIRDER: Little new but still quality around Oslo

Birding around Oslo continues in a very predictable manner. I did have a small flock of Wood Pigeons seemingly migrating north but they may ...

Oslo Birder

30.01.2025

OSLO BIRDER: Snipes

I have been drawn back again and again to the Jack Snipe at Fornebu and by using the thermal imager they have been easy to find and there ar...

Oslo Birder

26.01.2025

OSLO BIRDER: Secrets of the winter reedbed

The reedbeds at Fornebu receive attention in the winters when they hold Bearded Tits but in the few winters, such as this one, when there ar...

Oslo Birder

24.01.2025

OSLO BIRDER: Wintering Scaup in Oslo

Scaup is only seen very occasionally in Oslo in winter with only three January records of single birds in 2004, 2013 and 2021. That was befo...

Oslo Birder

22.01.2025

OSLO BIRDER: Roosting Treecreepers

I have mentioned the roosting Treecreepers we have been seeing on our evening outings with the thermal imager and here is the promised post....

Oslo Birder

20.01.2025

OSLO BIRDER: Weekend Birding

Friday’s glorious sunny weather continued into Saturday but today saw a return to the fog and in addition to it being harder to see birds th...

Oslo Birder

18.01.2025

OSLO BIRDER: A foggy week

This week has been foggy! Every day the weather forecast has said the sun will be shining in Maridalen and every day, until Friday, it has j...

Oslo Birder

14.01.2025

OSLO BIRDER: Difficult times to be an owl

The weather is in the process of changing with temperatures forecast to increase from the -15C of the weekend to +5C this week. I don’t know...

Oslo Birder

12.01.2025

OSLO BIRDER: Beautiful but bleak

The 40 odd centimetres of snow in Maridalen have certainly made it beautiful but birding wise it is now pretty bleak. There are very few bir...

Oslo Birder

08.01.2025

OSLO BIRDER: Honey Buzzard nest 2024

The highlight of the late summer and early autumn was traipsing out into the forest to observe and just as importantly document the comings...

Oslo Birder

07.01.2025

OSLO BIRDER: Bring on 2025

The New Year was spent in a damp England where I didn’t even have bins let alone a camera although my ears did pick up a Firecrest as the be...

Oslo Birder

02.01.2025

OSLO BIRDER: 2024 The year that was Part II

Half way through the year I had already seen more species than in any other year than 2019 so everything looked good for beating the total o...

Oslo Birder

31.12.2024

OSLO BIRDER: 2024 the year that was Part I

A review of 2024 is for all intents and purposes a review of #Oslo2024. I did of course cross the county line into Akershus and bird Fornebu...

Oslo Birder

27.12.2024

OSLO BIRDER: Christmas birding

Christmas has been spent in Oslo where it has been quite grey and unpleasant weather although we did surprisingly end up with a white christ...

Oslo Birder

25.12.2024

OSLO BIRDER: Breeding Hobby in Maridalen 2024

Hobbies bred yet again in Maridalen this year and as with last year I was keen to discover and follow the nest from as an early a stage as p...

Oslo Birder

20.12.2024

OSLO BIRDER: Pre Christmas Guiding

Today I had the pleasure of guiding Mathieu from Belgium to see the best that Oslo could offer in 4 hours. Mathieu got three lifers: Hawk Ow...

Oslo Birder

19.12.2024

OSLO BIRDER: Mission accomplished, kind of, sort of, in a way

Back in the winter of 2012/13 when both Hawkie and Piney appeared simultaneously around Oslo I started have fairly damp dreams of getting a ...

Oslo Birder

14.12.2024

OSLO BIRDER: Feeding birds

This post will inevitably include H & G but will cover what was, for me, a very exciting experience. Thursday was a sunny day with a thick f...

Oslo Birder

12.12.2024

OSLO BIRDER: Pygmy Owl reveals itself

The snow brought a Pygmy Owl out of the forests on Monday and it was hunting on a field edge that hosted the Hawk Owl a couple of weeks ago....

Oslo Birder

09.12.2024

OSLO BIRDER: Weekend birding

We had a nice dump of snow on Friday night which has left Maridalen and the forests nice and white although in the city it has since melted ...

Oslo Birder

06.12.2024

OSLO BIRDER: Wintering Mistle Thrush

The supply of rowan berries which earlier had seemed infinite has now been seriously dented by the vast flocks of Fieldfares and most areas ...

Oslo Birder

05.12.2024

OSLO BIRDER: December guiding

I dusted off my guiding boots yesterday and we had a fine outing enjoying Oslo’s finest on a sunny if cold day. Grozzas and Hawkie were of...

Oslo Birder

02.12.2024

OSLO BIRDER: Is it really winter?

A grey and damp weekend is behind us and we are now in December so there is no denying it is winter but the birds would suggest otherwise. Y...

Oslo Birder

30.11.2024

OSLO BIRDER: Grozzas Galore!!

Yesterday I visited the Holmenkollen – Tryvann area for the first time in a couple of weeks at it was literally buzzing with Grozzas. I had ...

Oslo Birder

28.11.2024

OSLO BIRDER: Birdy

The weather is now far more autumnal than wintery with temperatures up to 8C in the day and no overnight frosts. On Sunday snow gave way to ...

Oslo Birder

24.11.2024

OSLO BIRDER: Jack Snipe

The cold spell we are having has resulted in shallow lakes such as Østensjøvannet and Bogstadvannet and marshes to freeze over as well as ma...

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Oslo Birder - Nature & Animals

OSLO BIRDER: Waterfowl arriving

OSLO BIRDER: Long-eared Owl fail

OSLO BIRDER: First Lapwing and Woodcock

OSLO BIRDER: Owl Rd disappoints

OSLO BIRDER: The Return of the Taigas

OSLO BIRDER: Fools and birds

OSLO BIRDER: Rain and fog

OSLO BIRDER: Owls, Waxwings and Crossbills

OSLO BIRDER: Hazel Grouse

OSLO BIRDER: Owl Road

OSLO BIRDER: Owls, Owls, Owls!

OSLO BIRDER: Drumming Three-toed Woodpecker and salt licking Crossbills

OSLO BIRDER: February guiding

OSLO BIRDER: A week of two halves

OSLO BIRDER: Little new but still quality around Oslo

OSLO BIRDER: Snipes

OSLO BIRDER: Secrets of the winter reedbed

OSLO BIRDER: Wintering Scaup in Oslo

OSLO BIRDER: Roosting Treecreepers

OSLO BIRDER: Weekend Birding

OSLO BIRDER: A foggy week

OSLO BIRDER: Difficult times to be an owl

OSLO BIRDER: Beautiful but bleak

OSLO BIRDER: Honey Buzzard nest 2024

OSLO BIRDER: Bring on 2025

OSLO BIRDER: 2024 The year that was Part II

OSLO BIRDER: 2024 the year that was Part I

OSLO BIRDER: Christmas birding

OSLO BIRDER: Breeding Hobby in Maridalen 2024

OSLO BIRDER: Pre Christmas Guiding

OSLO BIRDER: Mission accomplished, kind of, sort of, in a way

OSLO BIRDER: Feeding birds

OSLO BIRDER: Pygmy Owl reveals itself

OSLO BIRDER: Weekend birding

OSLO BIRDER: Wintering Mistle Thrush

OSLO BIRDER: December guiding

OSLO BIRDER: Is it really winter?

OSLO BIRDER: Grozzas Galore!!

OSLO BIRDER: Birdy

OSLO BIRDER: Jack Snipe

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