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Highlights in 2015

31/12/2015

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There have been lots of highlights in 2015. I have picked out a few tweets as this years holiday greeting card, and wish you all a happy new year, including the best of wishes for your birding, mothing and whatever in 2016!

2015 has started with the 1st ever stable Marsh Tit on my feeder #patchbirding #birding #tits #ho_fugl pic.twitter.com/ibUbRY2i4Z

— Frode Falkenberg (@FrodeFalkenberg) January 3, 2015

Rare Eiders in Bergen - spectabilis and borealis (?) http://t.co/dimUdIyrzR #ho_fugl #birding #eiders

— Frode Falkenberg (@FrodeFalkenberg) January 11, 2015

My 1st ever January rec of Mistle Thrush today. Only 2nd ever January-rec for Hordaland county! http://t.co/cX2yaPIFYt … #ho_fugl #birding

— Frode Falkenberg (@FrodeFalkenberg) January 18, 2015

A record-breaking 40 YELLOW-BILLED DIVERS past Skogsøy in W Norway today! Here are two of them. #seawatching #birding pic.twitter.com/26TiXPHeyF

— Frode Falkenberg (@FrodeFalkenberg) May 3, 2015

A male #DOTTEREL from one of the nearby mountains this summer. 1st breeder in #Bergen ever! #birding #birds https://t.co/Dj9WqAjlJY

— Frode Falkenberg (@FrodeFalkenberg) September 3, 2015

Change is always bad, until you love it #artsobservasjoner

— Frode Falkenberg (@FrodeFalkenberg) May 8, 2015

1st for Hordaland! BROAD-BORDERED YELLOW UNDERWING #teammoth #moths #lepidoptera #lepistrand http://t.co/KoXYDVkcqC pic.twitter.com/28Y5h6wzXW

— Frode Falkenberg (@FrodeFalkenberg) August 13, 2015

Two YELLOW-BROWED WARBLERS in my garden today! Also 1st Brambling of the autumn and a female Sparrowhawk. #birding pic.twitter.com/sIRMuZCsMz

— Frode Falkenberg (@FrodeFalkenberg) September 28, 2015

Homepage revamped and with a new address. You are most welcome to pop by! https://t.co/wPSZKWeHB9 pic.twitter.com/cqfXTpvFF8

— Frode Falkenberg (@FrodeFalkenberg) November 12, 2015

Saw my 1st KINGFISHER in Norway today. Tot awe! #rarities #birding #birds #ho_fugl https://t.co/kLuqftyZLD

— Frode Falkenberg (@FrodeFalkenberg) December 15, 2015

Y'days finest finch, PINE GROSBEAK (konglebit) #taiga #pasvik #birding https://t.co/hPVgOL1Eq1

— Frode Falkenberg (@FrodeFalkenberg) March 20, 2015

Three days in the taiga - photoblog: http://t.co/nhuHRNIe8V #pasvik #finnmark #birding @arcticbirdlife @finnmarkbirding @BIRKhusky

— Frode Falkenberg (@FrodeFalkenberg) March 24, 2015

NEW species for Hordaland county in the #mothtrap this morning. Rhyacionia logaea or duplana. Any suggs? #teammoth pic.twitter.com/ffXimo9Ukd

— Frode Falkenberg (@FrodeFalkenberg) April 11, 2015

The largest, rarest and most elegant: APOLLO BUTTERFLY shot today in Telemark, Norway. A real stonker! #butterfly https://t.co/te7VBZEYFM

— Frode Falkenberg (@FrodeFalkenberg) July 5, 2015

Pre-work twitch this morning: BLACK_HEADED BUNTING outside Bergen, w Norway! #hordatwitch #ho_fugl #birding pic.twitter.com/cXqDxX9z56

— Frode Falkenberg (@FrodeFalkenberg) August 31, 2015

BALTIC GULL migration past western Norway! #gulls #moult #birdid #rarities http://t.co/N5TunkpAnR pic.twitter.com/jm8wGP55AW

— Frode Falkenberg (@FrodeFalkenberg) October 6, 2015

Denne rimelig store krabaten sitter i taket på et dassavlukke på Lagunen. Ukjent for meg. Hva tro du @Petterkopp ? pic.twitter.com/akNVBMKCPq

— Frode Falkenberg (@FrodeFalkenberg) November 16, 2015

Stoppress! ORIENTAL TURTLE DOVE (meena) at feeder in Bergen, w Norway today @westpalbirds https://t.co/foqhHC4cSs pic.twitter.com/2oy2kUxYMv

— Frode Falkenberg (@FrodeFalkenberg) December 22, 2015
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