Blog
Our blog will give you an idea of what birding in Norway can be like, and what Tringa Birding is up to throughout the year.
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Early May at Røst
The first weeks of May are exciting at Røst. Many of the regular breeding birds are coming back, but it is also a time for rare vagrants, and this year was no exception. The star of the period was no doubt a smart Lesser Yellowlegs (gulbeinsnipe). Røst is a hotspot for this national rarity –…
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Late April at Andøya
Early spring up north is an uncertain business! As we went to Andøya the last week of April we were hit by a second winter. Good to see that the Common Cranes (trane) was back on their breeding grounds, even if they had to find food under a fresh layer of snow. The migration of…
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April – Røst
The fisheries kept on well into April, with good numbers of seagulls in the harbour, including Iceland and Glaucous Gulls (grønnlandsmåker og polarmåker). A new individual of the subspecies kumlieni where present for a few days, showing a different wing-pattrn than the bird from the week before. This is the third encounter of this North…
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End of March – heading North
Mid-March it was time to leave southeastern Norway and head north. First stop on the way was Trondheim, to see the returning Stejneger’s Scoter (sibirsjøorre). Further north, we did a stop at a nice woodland feeder outside Mo i Rana. Among the more common visitors like Great Tit (kjøttmeis) and Eurasian Jay (nøtteskrike), a couple…