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Gressholmen after hours
Settling in for the dawn chorus on one of the islands in the fjord was a captivating experience.
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Goosebumps
Recent shivers have been of the viral kind rather than avian-induced. Still, a hybrid goose bumps around Bogstadvannet, and a Goosander bumps into a tree.
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Feathered February
A peer back down through the scope at the birding highlights of a month that wasn’t as dreary as first feared.
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A Quest for Kings
A glimpse of royalty was on the wishlist this week, but only one monarch deigned to wave from the balcony.
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S Club 7
Fjordside birding delivers the goods this week, with a favourite duck and a confiding wader heading the bill.
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In the bleak midwinter
Not a whole lot to report on from the past week, if truth be told. I’m recovering from a scheduled operation and with fairly uninspiring fog over the city for most of the week, birding has been limited. I did venture out to Nakkholmen on Saturday, which is the outermost island reachable by ferry from…
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Back to basics
The snow is lying thick on the ground in Oslo after at least half a metre fell at the beginning of this week and everything looks like a winter wonderland (at least out in the forests; the city is a slippery hellscape). It likely won’t be a surprise to hear, then, that midwinter birding is…
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Quantity and quality
The contrast between mudflats bustling with waders in Kent and the desolate Oslofjord was stark, but a couple of ducks saved the day.
The Revived Birder
thoughts and musings, usually about birds, from a transplant to Oslo
The Revived Birder 
