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Oslo Birder

17.09.2025

OSLO BIRDER: Geese, geese, geese

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...

Oslo Birder

15.09.2025

OSLO BIRDER: Nordre Øyeren warming up for the autumn

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...

Oslo Birder

14.09.2025

OSLO BIRDER: Back home

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...

Oslo Birder

09.09.2025

OSLO BIRDER: Lista 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...

Oslo Birder

06.09.2025

OSLO BIRDER: Bopping geese

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...

Oslo Birder

02.09.2025

OSLO BIRDER: Wadering

One of the main birding events around Oslo is the gatherings of migrating waders and waterfowl in Nordre Øyeren especially at Årnestangen...

Oslo Birder

02.09.2025

OSLO BIRDER: Maridalen Honey Buzzards

My efforts to locate the Maridalen HB nest have eventually been successful but after putting in the ground work myself without finding it I ...

Oslo Birder

27.08.2025

OSLO BIRDER: Taiga Time

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...

Oslo Birder

25.08.2025

OSLO BIRDER: Checking out the breeding raptors

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...

Oslo Birder

25.08.2025

OSLO BIRDER: Back to birds

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 ...

Oslo Birder

25.08.2025

OSLO BIRDER: Unplanned and unexpected butterfly action

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 ...

Oslo Birder

25.08.2025

OSLO BIRDER: Farewell Tromsø

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...

Oslo Birder

12.08.2025

OSLO BIRDER: Tromsø

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...

Oslo Birder

08.08.2025

OSLO BIRDER: Long-eared Owls 2025

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 ...

Oslo Birder

08.08.2025

OSLO BIRDER: Procrastinating

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 ...

Oslo Birder

01.08.2025

OSLO BIRDER: Mute Swan mystery

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...

Oslo Birder

30.07.2025

OSLO BIRDER: Summer done and dusted

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...

Oslo Birder

29.07.2025

OSLO BIRDER: Just a little detour

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...

Oslo Birder

29.07.2025

OSLO BIRDER: Goodbye to the Arctic

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...

Oslo Birder

29.07.2025

OSLO BIRDER: A trip to Tromsø

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...

Oslo Birder

16.07.2025

OSLO BIRDER: Blessed by the Butterfly Gods

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...

Oslo Birder

11.07.2025

OSLO BIRDER: Summer holidays 2025 - the start of the end

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...

Oslo Birder

09.07.2025

OSLO BIRDER: Little Ringed Plover nest

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...

Oslo Birder

05.07.2025

OSLO BIRDER: Summer holidays 2025 installment 2

Our summer holidays have moved on to Beitostølen and the mountains of Valdres. I have not birded that much with butterflies getting slightly...

Oslo Birder

01.07.2025

OSLO BIRDER: Tawny Owls 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...

Oslo Birder

28.06.2025

OSLO BIRDER: Nightjar becoming «common» and some terns

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 ...

Oslo Birder

23.06.2025

OSLO BIRDER: Summer holidays 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 ...

Oslo Birder

21.06.2025

OSLO BIRDER: Mid June

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...

Oslo Birder

15.06.2025

OSLO BIRDER: Butterflies so far in 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...

Oslo Birder

12.06.2025

OSLO BIRDER: The last week in Oslo

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...

Oslo Birder

10.06.2025

OSLO BIRDER: The mountains - Valdres

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...

Oslo Birder

07.06.2025

OSLO BIRDER: Maridalen terns

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...

Oslo Birder

05.06.2025

OSLO BIRDER: Local catch up

Migration is ending now in Oslo and nocturnal trips and breeding birds will be the focus. Breeding waders seem to be having a reasonable sea...

Oslo Birder

01.06.2025

OSLO BIRDER: Thursday videos

Here are the videos from Thursday. We arrived at the Great Grey Owl nest at 20:00 and it took a while before we saw the young and they gradu...

Oslo Birder

31.05.2025

OSLO BIRDER: Holiday driving

Yesterday was a bank holiday in Norway and Jr and I used it to take a looooong drive. She takes her driving test on Monday and is keen to ge...

Oslo Birder

29.05.2025

OSLO BIRDER: Great Grey update

I had my fourth visit to my Great Grey Owl nest on Friday when I was guiding Achim from Germany. We arrived at the owl around 18:40 on a clo...

Oslo Birder

26.05.2025

OSLO BIRDER: Three Great Days

The last three days having been shockingly good!! All you need is some rain and then the wind to change to southerly and boom. Fridat starte...

Oslo Birder

22.05.2025

OSLO BIRDER: The MIGHTY Maridalen smashes the once mighty Svellet

Did I used to say “The Mighty” Svellet? If so then why? Today on a day when it threatened to rain, but didn’t, I visited a once might...

Oslo Birder

21.05.2025

OSLO BIRDER: Peak time

The end of May is probably the ultimate time to be birding in Oslo although there is never a bad time. The last spring breeding migrants a...

Oslo Birder

19.05.2025

OSLO BIRDER: Temminck’s time

The days are sunny and hot with temperatures over 20C but a constant northerly wind is not conducive to very much at all. Water levels have ...

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Oslo Birder - Nature & Animals

OSLO BIRDER: Geese, geese, geese

OSLO BIRDER: Nordre Øyeren warming up for the autumn

OSLO BIRDER: Back home

OSLO BIRDER: Lista 2025

OSLO BIRDER: Bopping geese

OSLO BIRDER: Wadering

OSLO BIRDER: Maridalen Honey Buzzards

OSLO BIRDER: Taiga Time

OSLO BIRDER: Checking out the breeding raptors

OSLO BIRDER: Back to birds

OSLO BIRDER: Unplanned and unexpected butterfly action

OSLO BIRDER: Farewell Tromsø

OSLO BIRDER: Tromsø

OSLO BIRDER: Long-eared Owls 2025

OSLO BIRDER: Procrastinating

OSLO BIRDER: Mute Swan mystery

OSLO BIRDER: Summer done and dusted

OSLO BIRDER: Just a little detour

OSLO BIRDER: Goodbye to the Arctic

OSLO BIRDER: A trip to Tromsø

OSLO BIRDER: Blessed by the Butterfly Gods

OSLO BIRDER: Summer holidays 2025 - the start of the end

OSLO BIRDER: Little Ringed Plover nest

OSLO BIRDER: Summer holidays 2025 installment 2

OSLO BIRDER: Tawny Owls 2025

OSLO BIRDER: Nightjar becoming «common» and some terns

OSLO BIRDER: Summer holidays 2025

OSLO BIRDER: Mid June

OSLO BIRDER: Butterflies so far in 2025

OSLO BIRDER: The last week in Oslo

OSLO BIRDER: The mountains - Valdres

OSLO BIRDER: Maridalen terns

OSLO BIRDER: Local catch up

OSLO BIRDER: Thursday videos

OSLO BIRDER: Holiday driving

OSLO BIRDER: Great Grey update

OSLO BIRDER: Three Great Days

OSLO BIRDER: The MIGHTY Maridalen smashes the once mighty Svellet

OSLO BIRDER: Peak time

OSLO BIRDER: Temminck’s time

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