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august
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Nearly the last
We finally got back to Ann's cabin, without another sighting of the Divers sadly, I found the Willow Tit still feeding. As I don't see these at home, thought I'd put another into my Gallery for you to see. Nice birds, aren't they. I've just a couple more pictures from this, my final day in...- delia todd
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- 2018 august cabin fuji finepix hs50 hell norway poecile montanus trondheim willow tit
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Another Hellish first
This time my very first picture of a Chiffchaff believe it or not!!! I've heard them for years, of course, but never managed to find one in the open in order to get a picture. Even this one wasn't too easy and I had to get confirmation in the ID forum. What made it harder, was that there was...- delia todd
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- 2018 august chiffchaff fuji finepix hs50 hell norway phylloscopus collybita trondheim
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Another of my lovely Willow Tit
Before I take you on the walk round the lake, here's a quite different pose of this gorgeous wee tit, showing his diagnostic pale wing panel and the pale spot on the bill. Actually there were so many flitting about there, I don't know if this was the same one, or a different guy. What I've...- delia todd
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- 2018 august cabin fuji finepix hs50 hell norway poecile montanus trondheim willow tit
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A first of sorts
... it's the first Willow Tit for my Gallery here. I've seen them before but not for some time sadly. We don't get them up here. We'd arrived in Hell, where Ann's husband used to live. They have a cabin up in the mountains, with regularly filled feeders and this was the first bird to show...- delia todd
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- 2018 august cabin fuji finepix hs50 hell norway poecile montanus trondheim willow tit
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Wall Creeper
.... I wish LOL Another bird we saw in this area where we had our coffee break, was a Magpie, only the second one I'd seen that trip I think. I very, very rarely see them here at home so always a bit of a treat for me to come across one.- delia todd
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- 2018 august fuji finepix hs50 exr magpie norway pica pica smola vestsideveeien
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Hoodie on the beach
I've no no idea where we'd got to, I was just enjoying the leisurely drive round Smola's west coast road.. At one of our short stops, I saw this Hooded Crow foraging on a beach.- delia todd
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- 2018 august corvus cornix fuji finepix hs50 exr hooded crow hoodie norway smola
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Breakfast
Breakfast the next morning was a rather lengthy, interrupted affair! I'd decided, to take my camera down with me. Sitting there munching away I noted something land in the water on the far side of the bay and alerted Ann. I thought it had looked a bit 'aukish' which would have been a first for...- delia todd
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- 2018 august fuji finepix hs50 exr great black-backed gull hopen juvenile/immature larus marinus norway smola
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Last of the sunlight
The other side of the houses from where I took the picture of the wagtail, was a wharf accessed by a board walk. This gull was making the most of the remaining sunlight (it was 9.30 now) and was keeping guard on this boat by the looks of it. We'd had a lovely dinner and it was now time to head...- delia todd
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- 2018 august fuji finepix hs50 exr great black-backed gull larus marinus norway smola veiholmen
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Silhouette
Had the sun in completely the wrong place for this picture, but couldn't do anything about it when these three ladies swam past. I didn't get too many pictures of Eider on that trip. All the males seem to have disappeared completely. I guess they go elsewhere after they've done their breeding job!!- delia todd
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- 2018 august common eider female fuji finepix hs50 exr norway smola somateria mollissima veiholmen
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Loafer
After lunch we meandered our way across more bridges and causeways right to the top of the chain of islands to Vieholmen. I lost track of Ann for a while, so rather than risk getting lost in this tiny village, it was a great excuse to have a cuppie at a sweet wee cafe (delicious home made cakes...- delia todd
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- 2018 august fuji finepix hs50 exr great black-backed gull larus marinus norway smola veiholmen
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Another twofer
I had no idea the Godwit was there until I was studying the pictures a couple of weeks ago! A rather nice surprise LOL Herring Gulls seem to like company, don't they. We still had a while to wait for the ferry, but it was a nice place to hang around.- delia todd
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- 2018 august fuji finepix hs50 herring gull larus argentatus limosa lapponica norway sandvika ferry port smola
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Two for one
Also from the ferry port were these two guys sitting on a rock just off shore. Thanks to the ID forum, I got the Herring Gull aged as a 3rd Calendar Year, which is so nice to know.- delia todd
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- 2018 august fuji finepix hs50 exr great black-backed gull herring gull larus argentatus larus marinus norway sandvika smola
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Still raining...
..... at sea level!! I did promise some birds would come eventually and after a long downhill and many bends we got to sea level. There were loads of Common Tern flying around, but due to the poor light, the pictures were pretty useless! I tried to take a picture of the rain drops hitting the...- delia todd
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- 2018 august aure fuji finepix hs50 herring gull larus argentatus nordmore norway smola
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If I'd seen....
..... him coming I could've re-focused!! Blooming photo-bombers! I was following the more distant ones. From my flight shot practise session at Goose Park.- delia todd
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- 2018 august common gull fuji finepix hs50 goose park larus canus norway saturday fun trondheim
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It's thought...
.... that I've got a Lifer here in a Spotted Redshank, the upper bird. It had never crossed my mind really, but a friend looking at my pictures spotted him, and someone in the ID forum thought so too, so am going with it!! The lower bird is a Common Redshank. Such a poor picture though....- delia todd
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- 2018 august common redshank frosta norway spotted redshank tautra tringa erythropus tringa totanus trondheim fjord
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Greenie changes allegiances
This time a had Greenshank hooked up with some Dunlin.- delia todd
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- 2018 august calidris alpina dunlin frosta fuji finepix hs50 greenshank norway tautra tringa nebularia
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Very distant cousins
There were two windows overlooking different pools (almost qualifying as lakes! LOL) Sadly most of the birds were a little distant for a small camera, though my 40x zoom did its best. I moved to the other window leaving Ann photographing Swallows in flight! Top of the picture is a Bar-tailed...- delia todd
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- 2018 august frosta fuji finepix hs50 greenshank limosa lapponica norway tautra tringa nebularia trondheim fjord
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Gulls galore
Slightly off-shore there were gulls.... loads of them! This was just a few, there was a wee island to the right with an awful lot more of them. As most of you know I struggle with gulls, but there's definitely a Great Black-back here, and probably some juvenile ones too. Think there's some...- delia todd
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- 2018 august frosta fuji finepix hs50 exr great black-backed gull larus marinus norway tautra trondheim fjord
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More waders
Pretty sure the two at the water's edge are Dunlin, as I can just see a black belly on one of them. Guess you can see another Ringed Plover with them too. Talking about them, it's weird. When I first counted the Ringed Plover in my last picture I saw 7! But now I can only see 5! I've searched...- delia todd
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- 2018 august calidris alpina charadrius hiaticula dunlin frosta fuji finepix hs50 norway ringed plover tautra trondheim fjord
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Running rings round us
Another time that Ann saw some movement but couldn't see what was there. Out comes my trusty camera and zoomed right in on the area she was interested in and there they were. How many can you see though?- delia todd
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- 2018 august charadrius hiaticula fuji finepix hs50 norway ringed plover tautra trondheim fjord
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Red legs
Foraging along the edge of the causeway we found this Redshank. This area seemed to be very popular with waders and gulls as you will see.- delia todd
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- 2018 august frosta fuji finepix hs50 exr norway redshank tautra tringa totanus trondheim fjord
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Flotilla
After the 'fox gate' we parked the other side of the causeway to scan around and see what we could fird. First up was some female Eider, no youngsters with them though. It appears that all the males disappear from the coast after breeding, as we didn't see any during my holiday. I'm off out...- delia todd
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- 2018 august common eider frosta fuji finepix hs50 norway somateria mollissima tautra trondheim fjord
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It would have been
... discourteous not to take this youngster's picture, he settled on a railing right in front of me. In the background, you can see a bit of the old city bridge, which is now pedestrianised and very attractively done too, with some seats and flower boxes dotted along its length.- delia todd
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- 2018 august common gull fuji finepix hs50 goose park juvenile/immature larus canus norway trondheim
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Learning to fly?
.... LOL it was more me learning how to take flight shots!! However, I think this is a first winter Common Gull, so probably he does still have some lessons to learn. I spent a while amusing myself after lunch taking some flight images, most of which o=have been binned, and a few waiting their...- delia todd
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- 2018 august common gull fuji finepix hs50 goose park larus canus norway trondheim
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Youngster
Just loafing A juvenile Common Gull was the last before I went across the road for lunch. And oh boy, what a lovely lunch I had at a little cafe over the road called Baklandet Skydsstation (don't know what it means though I'm sure Ann may have told me LOL). They lay on a buffet, one price and...- delia todd
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- 2018 august common gull fuji finepix hs50 goose park juvenile/immature larus canus trondheim
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