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Nature photography by Frode Falkenberg

Garden birds

I moved to my garden in Bergen, Western Norway in October 2013. From then and all through 2014 a total of 75 bird species were recorded. Follow the species accumulation after that on this page.

Gallery

My Garden birds

WHOOPER SWAN Cygnus cygnus
No: Sangsvane
Status: Scarce. Flying by or resting in lake Tveitevann during autumn and winter.
Records: observations | histogram
MUTE SWAN Cygnus olor
No: Knoppsvane
Status: Regular throughout the year, both flying by and resting at lake Tveitevann. Breeding at both Tveitevannet and Solheimsvannet, that are seen from the house.
​Records: observations | histogram
Adult Mute Swans passing the garden 3 March 2020.
TUNDRA BEAN GOOSE Anser serrirostris
No: Sædgås
Status:  1 record. A single bird flew past the garden 24 January 2014. It was later refound about 20 kilometers away and was identified as a Tundra Bean Goose, Anser fabalis rossicus.
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE Anser brachyrhynchus
No: Kortnebbgås
​Status: 1 record. 16 birds migrating south on 9 October 2015.
GREYLAG GOOSE Anser anser
No: Grågås
Status: Only seen migrating. Rare during spring, but more frequent during autumn. Mainly in August and early September.
​Records: observations ​| histogram
CANADA GOOSE Branta canadensis
No: Kanadagås
Status: Recorded once, when 14 birds flew south past the garden 8 August 2014.
COMMON SHELDUCK Tadorna tadorna
No: Gravand
Status: Recorded once, when a young bird migrated south past Mount Landåsfjellet along 64 Greylag Geese 22 August 2017.
EURASIAN WIGEON Anas penelope
No: Brunnakke
Status: Not occuring near my garden, but birds in lake Tveitevann and Solheimsvann are normally (when not frozen) rather easily seen through a telescope during the non breeding season.
MALLARD Anas platyrhynchos
No: Stokkand
Status: Birds in lake Tveitevann and Solheimsvann are (when not frozen) rather easily seen through a telescope throughout the year.
TUFTED DUCK Aythya fuligula
​
No: Toppand
Status: Not occuring near my garden, but birds in lake Tveitevann and Solheimsvann are normally (when not frozen) rather easily seen through a telescope during the non breeding season.
GREATER SCAUP Aythya marila
No: Bergand
Status: One record. A 2cy male was wintering in lake Tveitevatn during the late winter in 2016, and was seen on one occasion from the garden 3 April 2016.
GOOSANDER Mergus merganser
No: Laksand
Status: One record. A male in Lake Tveitevann 18 January 2015.
BLACK GROUSE Tetrao tetrix
No: Orrfugl
Status: Rare.
​Records: observations | histogram
GREAT CORMORANT Phalacrocorax carbo
No: Storskarv
Status: Scarce.
​Records: observations ​| histogram
GREY HERON Ardea cinerea
No: Gråhegre
Status: Fly-by's accidental year round.
Records: observations ​| histogram
Adult Grey Heron 3 April 2017. the 15th garden record.
WHITE-TAILED EAGLE Haliaeetus albicilla
No: Havørn
​Status: Scarce.
The 1st White-tailed Eagle for the garden was this immature on 31 January 2015.
A fine ad White-tailed Eagle flew by 4 July 2015 - the 2nd for the garden!
WESTERN MARSH HARRIER Circus aeruginosus
No: Sivhauk
Status: A juvenile or female migrated south near Mount Ulriken 22 August 2016.
NORTHERN GOSHAWK Accipiter gentilis
No: Hønsehauk
Status: Scarce. Observed in the period from mid August to mid April.
​Records: observations | histogram
Northern Goshawk hunting Feral Pigeons 9 November 2016.
EURASIAN SPARROWHAWK Accipiter nisus
No: Spurvehauk
​Status: Scarce throughout the year. Most records during winter.
Female Sparrowhawk migrating south, 20 September 2016.
Female Sparrowhawk migrating south, 20 September 2016.
Adult male Eurasian Sparrowhawk, 21 March 2015.
Eurasian Sparrowhawk, 16 March 2016.
COMMON BUZZARD Buteo buteo
No: Musvåk
Status: Rare.
​Records: observations | histogram
ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD Buteo lagopus
No: Fjellvåk
Status: Scarce autumn (September) visitor. All records are of birds migrating or feeding on the "Ulriken ridge" on the eastern side of the Bergen valley.
Records: 
observations | histogram
OSPREY Pandion haliaetus
No: Fiskeørn
Status: 1 record. A bird migrating north 11 May 2016.
Osprey migrating past the garden 11 May 2016.
COMMON KESTREL Falco tinnunculus
No: Tårnfalk
Status: Mainly observed during autumn migration, from mid August until early November. Best day was 8 September 2016, when 32 birds were recorded when migration south. Five spring records.
​Records: observations | histogram
Common Kestrel, 27 August 2014.
Common Kestrel, 2 November 2015.
PEREGRINE FALCON Falco peregrinus
No: Vandrefalk
Status: Scarce. Mainly observed outside the breeding season.
28 September 2014
EURASIAN COOT Fulica atra
No: Sothøne
​Status: Birds in lake Tveitevann and Solheimsvann are (when not frozen) rather easily seen through a telescope throughout the year.
COMMON CRANE Grus grus
No: Trane
Status: Rare. A single bird soared above Landåsfjellet 9 June 2015, and migrated towards the southeast. 
EURASIAN OYSTERCATCHER Haematopus ostralegus
No: Tjeld
Status: One (or possibly two) pair are breeding on roofs at Mindemyren, and are seen or heard daily in the breeding season (early April to early September). No records outside this period.
Records: observations | histogram
EUROPEAN GOLDEN PLOVER Pluvialis apricaria
No: Heilo
Status: Only recorded once in the period from 2013 until August 2020. Then several were recorded using NocMig. 
COMMON SANDPIPER Actitis hypoleucos
No: Strandsnipe
Status: Scarce migrant during night, mainly in May or August.
​Records: observations | histogram
COMMON GREENSHANK Tringa nebularia
No: Gluttsnipe
Status: The only record was when a bird was heard during night (migrating) 5 August 2014.

EURASIAN WOODCOCK Scolopax rusticola
No: Rugde
Status: Scarce.
​Records: observations | histogram
COMMON SNIPE Gallinago gallinago
No: Enkeltbekkasin
​Status: Rare. One record from early April 2016.
Records: observations | histogram
BLACK-HEADED GULL Larus ridibundus
No: Hettemåke
Status: Scarce, only a handful records.
COMMON GULL Larus canus
No: Fiskemåke
Status: Common all year. 20+ pairs breed at Mindemyren, a location very well seen from the garden. During the non breeding season a few birds occasionally feed nearby, but most birds are seen as fly-by's, and at their all-year sites Lake Tveitevatn and Lake Solheimsvatn.
Adult Common Gull 5 May 2016.
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL Larus fuscus
No: Sildemåke
Status: Observed in the period 10 March (2020) - 16 October (2018). 1-2 pairs breed at Mindemyren, but most birds are seen passing by in flight.
Adult Lesser Black-backed Gull 5 May 2016.
This Leucistic Lesser Black-backed Gull regularly passed my garden in 2014-2017.
This third-summer Lesser Black-backed Gull was photographed 17 August 2015. It was ringed as a chick downtown in July 2012, but had only been resighted one time (a month after ringing) before this visit.
Adult male Lesser Black-backed Gull 17 August 2015. It was ringed as a breeding bird at its nesting site 10 km away in July 2014, and this was the first resighting of it. On 22 September 2015 it was sighted in Leicester & Rutland, Great Britain.
Third summer Lesser Black-backed Gull 2 June 2016.
EUROPEAN HERRING GULL Larus argentatus
No: Gråmåke
Status: Common species flying by all year.
Near adult Herring Gull 5 May 2016.
Adult or near adult Herring Gull 5 May 2016.
Second summer Herring Gull 5 May 2016.
ICELAND GULL Larus glaucoides
No: Grønlandsmåke
Status: One record. A juvenile (1cy) bird flying by on 4 December 2015.
GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL Larus marinus
No: Svartbak
Status: Accidental. Most records are from the non breeding season.
2nd summer Great Black-backed Gull passing the garden 17 April 2018. The 14th. garden record, and only the 3rd in this age-class.
Adult, or near adult, 26 May 2021.
ARCTIC TERN Sterna paradisaea
No: Rødnebbterne
Status: One record. A nocturnal migrating flock passed the garden 19 August 2020. The record below is done with a mobile telephone.
FERAL PIGEON Columba livia var. domestica
No: Bydue
Status: Fly-by's in the valley below.
WOOD PIGEON Columba palumbus
No: Ringdue
Status: Seen daily in the breeding and migration season. Variable winter occurence. Plentiful during the winter 2015-16. Highest number recorded was 260 birds flying by in the morning 5 December 2015.
Records: 
observations | histogram
Wood Pigeon feeding in the garden 10 April 2017.
EURASIAN COLLARED DOVE Streptopelia decaocto
No: Tyrkerdue
Status: Scarce. Only seen in/from the garden a few times, but singing birds can be heard during spring and summer.
NORTHERN HAWK OWL Surnia ulula
No: Haukugle
Status: Rare. Singles observed feeding at mount Landåsfjellet on 5 and 10 September 2016, and at mount Ulriken 9 November 2020. 
Hawk Owl photographed at more than 2 km distance from my garden.
TAWNY OWL Strix aluco
No: Kattugle
Status:  Observed all year, but most records in autumn (August-November). Most records are of calling or singing birds.
LONG-EARED OWL Asio otus
No: Hornugle
Status: Rare. One record; 10 November 2015.
COMMON SWIFT Apus apus
No: Tårnseiler
Status: Irregular. Observed in the period 15 May (2015) to 8 September(2016). Highest counts were 32 birds feeding above the garden 17 August 2016, and 75 birds 22 August 2017.
GREY-HEADED WOODPECKER Picus canus
No: Gråspett
Status: Two records (7-8 December 2013 and 16 January 2016).
GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER Dendrocopos major
No: Flaggspett
Status: Rare, exept during irruptions (2013/14).
Great Spotted Woodpecker 11 January 2014.
Male Great Spotted Woodpecker, 22 February 2018.
LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER Dendrocopos minor
No: Dvergspett
Status: Rare. One record; 10 April 2016.
EURASIAN WRYNECK Jynx torquilla
No: Vendehals
Status: Singles 2 June 2016 and 16 September 2016.
BARN SWALLOW Hirundo rustica
No: Låvesvale
Status: Accidental in the period from early May until mid September. The best day was 27 August 2017 when ten birds was seen from the garden.
TREE PIPIT Anthus trivialis
No: Trepiplerke
Status: Singing birds are heard from mid May and until late June. Birds on autumn migration passing in August and early September. The species has been observed in the period 10 May (2016) to 16 September (2016).
MEADOW PIPIT Anthus pratensis
No: Heipiplerke
Status: Not uncommon on passage in April and September. The species breed not far away, but on higher elevations than my garden. Random birds from this population are seen throughout the breeding season. Observed in the period from 27 March (2017) until 1 November (2016). 
GREY WAGTAIL Motacilla cinerea
No: Vintererle
Status: Scarce. Mainly singles observed migrating past the garden in the period 14 September (2016) ​to 14 October (2017).
WHITE WAGTAIL Motacilla alba
No: Linerle
Status: Irregular visitor from early April until late September. Probably breeding in the neigbourhood. Most birds seen flying by or on migration.
Male, 5 May 2016
BOHEMIAN WAXWING Bombycilla garrulus
No: Sidensvans
Status: Seven records in the autumn period 26 October to 15 December. Biggest party was 35 birds flying by 26 October 2015.
25 November 2013
25 November 2013
WINTER WREN Troglodytes troglodytes
No: Gjerdesmett
Status: Common throughout the year.
15 October 2018
DUNNOCK Prunella modularis
No: Jernspurv
Status: Present through the breeding season, and during autumn migration (peaking from mid August until mid September). Observed in the period 30 March (2014) to 1 November (2016).
19 April 2017
19 August 2016
EUROPEAN ROBIN Erithacus rubecula
No: Rødstrupe
Status: Common all year. Maximum number recorded was 7 birds 10 October 2016.
4 January 2025
20 December 2021
RING OUZEL Turdus torquatus
No: Ringtrost
Status: One record. A juvenile bird smashed into my garden window, and died, 26 July 2015. This also was the first record for for the general area Minde. Ring Ouzels are rare to see at such low elevations in Bergen, but they breed in the treeline a kilometer or so behind my garden.

COMMON BLACKBIRD Turdus merula
No: Svarttrost
Status: Common all year. Up to 30 birds can pack themselves together at the garden feeder when the conditions are right (complete snow cover combined with me feeding them with oatmeal and apples). In spring at least five birds can be heard singing from the garden from April.
Adult male, 21 January 2018
Female. January 2024
FIELDFARE Turdus pilaris
No: Gråtrost
Status: Common in autumn, scarce otherwise.
27 December 2014
February 2016
SONG THRUSH Turdus philomelos
No: Måltrost
Status: Regular in the breeding season and during autumn migration. Observed in the period 27 March (2017) until 23 October (2015). 
9 October 2015
REDWING Turdus iliacus
No: Rødvingetrost
Status: Despite breeding not far away, it has never been recorded in the breeding season, and it has never been heard singing from the garden. Observed in the period from mid August until late February. Most birds have been recorded during autumn migration, and numers peak in October. Scarce during winter.
22 January 2023
COMMON WHITETHROAT Sylvia communis
No: Tornsanger
Status: One record; a singing bird heard behind the garden on 2 and 3 July 2015.
GARDEN WARBLER Sylvia borin
No: Hagesanger
Status: Only one record. A bird was seen feeding on Rowan berries 16 September 2014.
EURASIAN BLACKCAP Sylvia atricapilla
No: Munk
Status: Breeding birds are seen all through the breeding season (early May until primo October). Rare during winter.
YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER Phylloscopus inornatus
No: Gulbrynsanger
Status: Observed on eight dates in the period 17 September (2015) - 5 October (2016), involving at least 16 different birds.
WOOD WARBLER Phylloscopus sibilatrix
No: Bøksanger
Status: A single record, of a singing bird 11 June 2014.

CHIFFCHAFF Phylloscopus collybita
No: Gransanger
Status: Regular during the breeding season and on autumn migration. Observed in the period from 10 April (2016) to 25 October (2016).
WILLOW WARBLER Phylloscopus trochilus
No: Løvsanger
Status: Common during the breeding season from early May until August. Only a few records in September.
FIRECREST Regulus ignicapilla
No: Rødtoppfuglekonge
Status: Rare. View all records
GOLDCREST Regulus regulus
No: Fuglekonge
Status: Common in the non breeding season. Scarce during summer, but singing birds can be heard from April until June.
Goldcrest, 23 October 2017.
SPOTTED FLYCATCHER Muscicapa striata
No: Gråfluesnapper
Status: A dozen records. Two from early June, and the rest from August.
Spotted Flycatcher 22 August 2019.
Spotted Flycatcher 22 August 2019.
Spotted Flycatcher 22 August 2019.
EUROPEAN PIED FLYCATCHER Ficedula hypoleuca
No: Svarthvit fluesnapper
Status: Annual breeder. Earliest record is 11 May (2014) and the latest is 1 September (2014).
Male Pied Flycatcher outside a nesting box 18 May 2014.
11 May 2017
LONG-TAILED TIT Aegithalos caudatus
No: Stjertmeis
Status: Scarce. Mostly observed outside the breeding season, but in 2016 two adults were seen in mid May, and a juvenile bird 13 June. This might indicate that the species breeds nearby. An unprecedented influx during the autumn of 2016 resulted in almost daily observations  from early September until November.
Long-tailed Tit 2 November 2016.
Long-tailed Tit 18 October 2017.
Long-tailed Tit 29 August 2016.
BLUE TIT Cyanistes caeruleus
No: Blåmeis
​Status: Resident birds are common all through the year. Numbers peak a little in autumn when migrants pop by. 
Records: observations | histogram
Blue Tit, 15 January 2014.
Blue Tit, 28 December 2014.
Recently fledged Blue Tit, 29 June 2016.
GREAT TIT Parus major
No: Kjøttmeis
Status: Common all through the year. Mainly resident birds about, but during autumn "unlocal" parties pass by the garden now and then.
23 October 2017
11 February 2022
COAL TIT Periparus ater
No: Svartmeis
Status: Scarce. Breeding nearby. Can be seen all year, but always in low numbers (normally 1-2, max 4).
Coal Tit, 12 January 2018
2 February 2015.
MARSH TIT Poecile palustris
No: Løvmeis
Status: Rare. Five records, including two long-stayers haning around the garden feeder. All records are from the non breeding season.
Marsh Tit, 23 October 2017. This bird and another first appeared 26 September 2017, and stayed through the following winter (visiting the feeder). However, only a single bird from 30 January 2018.
Marsh Tit, 27 December 2014. The 3rd record for the garden. It was a long-stayer, daily visiting the garden feeder until 2 February 2015.
WILLOW TIT Poecile montanus
No: Granmeis
Status: Scarce, all seasons.

30 January 2022
15 April 2016
4 January 2025
EURASIAN NUTHATCH Sitta europaea
No: Spettmeis
Status: Scarce, mainly seen in the non breeding season.

23 October 2017
EURASIAN TREECREEPER Certhia familiaris
No: Trekryper
Status: Scarce. Mainly observed in autumn and winter. Recorded in the period from 15 August (2015) to 27 February (2018).
1 December 2014
27 September 2015
EURASIAN JAY Garrulus glandarius
No: Nøtteskrike
Status: Daily from August until October, scarce otherwise.
This Eurasian Jay visiting the garden 25 October 2015, was the 11th of its species to do just that.
EURASIAN MAGPIE Pica pica
No: Skjære
Status: Resident birds that are common all through the year.
Records: observations | histogram
Eurasian Magpie 29 March 2017.
Eurasian Magpie, 18 January 2014.
Eurasian Magpie, 18 May 2016.
EURASIAN NUTCRACKER Nucifraga caryocatactes
No: Nøttekråke
Status: Rare.
​Records: observations | histogram
WESTERN JACKDAW Corvus monedula
No: Kaie
Status: Present all year, but most visible outside the breeding season. A few pairs breed nearby. Biggest group seen was 18 birds together 8 February 2015.
​Records: observations | histogram
A local pair of Jackdaws has enjoyed ground nuts from my feeder all though the spring of 2017. The (presumed) male has a white feather in its tail. This bird has been present in the area for three years now, and the white tail feather grows out at the same place every year. Picture from 10 April 2017.
CARRION CROW Corvus corone
No: Svartkråke
Status: A bird flew south past the garden 5 October 2016.
HOODED CROW Corvus cornix
No: Kråke
Status: Common all year.
Hooded Crow, 7 June 2016.
RAVEN Corvus corax
No: Ravn
Status: Accidental all year.
Raven, 8 February 2016.
STARLING Sturnus vulgaris
No: Stær
Status: Scarce.
14 January 2021
HOUSE SPARROW Passer domesticus
No: Gråspurv
​Status: Common. Can be heard from the garden year round, and several pairs are breeding just 50 meters away. Not very common at the feeder during winter. During summer adults come to feed for insect larvaes, and when the chicks are fledged, they are feeding along with their parents for a while. When I am feeding with nuts, House Sparrows may be recorded with up to a dozen birds. When not feeding, they are not visiting the actual garden much.
Male House Sparrow feeding on berries late November 2013.
One of three female House Sparrows visiting my garden 5 May 2016.
COMMON CHAFFINCH Fringilla coelebs
No: Bokfink
Status: Common during the breeding season and autumn, scarce during winter. Highest number in one day was 5 April 2016, when at least 60 individuals were observed.
​Records: observations | histogram

Male. 4 January 2025.
BRAMBLING Fringilla montifringilla
No: Bjørkefink
Status: Irruptive, and may be numerous during the non breeding season. It is not a breeding species. Recorded in the period 16 September (2014) to 26 April (2016).
​Records: observations | histogram
21 February 2022
7 December 2013
First winter male Brambling 28 November 2015.
EUROPEAN GREENFINCH Carduelis chloris
No: Grønnfink
Status: Present in low numbers year round. Probably breeding nearby. Highest count was 20 birds on the feeder 1 January 2014.
EUROPEAN GOLDFINCH Carduelis carduelis
No: Stillits
Status: Rare. A single winter observation, and two records during autumn migration.
EURASIAN SISKIN Carduelis spinus
No: Grønnsisik
Status: Common. Recorded all year.
COMMON LINNET Carduelis cannabina
No: Tornirisk
Status: Rare, not annual. View all records
MEALY REDPOLL Carduelis flammea
No: Gråsisik
Status: Occuring irruptive in the non breeding season. From totally absent, to very present. The best days have been during autumn migration, from late October to early November, when more than 200 birds have been recorded on migration on several occasions.
Mealy Redpoll at the garden feeder 1 January 2014.
Mealy Redpoll, 21 January 2018
Mealy Redpoll, 21 January 2018
LESSER REDPOLL Carduelis cabaret
No: Brunsisik
Status: Quite similar status as the Common Redpoll (above), but in lower numbers. Generally scarce during winter, and seen in variable numers during the breeding season.
Lesser Redpoll at the feeder 28 January 2014.
Lesser Redpoll at the feeder 28 January 2014.
ARCTIC REDPOLL Carduelis hornemanni
No: Polarsisik
Status: One record; a single bird together with Mealy Redpolls on the feeder 18 March 2014.
COMMON CROSSBILL Loxia curvirostra
No: Grankorsnebb
Status: Accidental outside the breeding season.

EURASIAN BULLFINCH Pyrrhula pyrrhula
No: Dompap
Status: An irruptive species that is mostly recorded during winter and spring. Seen in the period from mid October to early June. Probably breeding nearby.
Female Bullfinch 15 January 2014.
Male. January 2025.
Male Bullfinch 17 April 2016.

Male. 5 January 2025.
HAWFINCH Coccothraustes coccothraustes
No: Kjernebiter
Status: Scarce. Most seen in spring and autumn. None during summertime, but a few in winter. View histogram

YELLOWHAMMER Emberiza citrinella
No: Gulspurv
Status: Rare.
All records

REED BUNTING Emberiza schoeniclus
No: Sivspurv
Status: A migrating bird 20 September 2016 and a bird that hung arond the feeder in the period from 22 November until 7 December 2019 are the only records.
All records
Recording forCountup
Goal: Reporting total checklists from as many days as possible to study the phenology and changing diversity of birds in suburban Bergen
Effort: Random obs during morning coffees, garden work and evening drinks
Site: Minde in Bergen, western Norway - map
Rules: Birds seen in or from the garden.

Recent New garden species

129. Common Redstart (20-08-2024)
128. Firecrest (07-11-2022)

​127. Cuckoo (21-05-2022)
126. Rook (24-11-2021)
​125. Twite (13-09-2021)
124. Eurasian Curlew (09-09-2021*)

123. Yellow Wagtail (28-08-2021)
122. Ringed Plover (21-08-2020*)
121. Arctic Tern (19-08-2020)
120. Spotted Redshank (16-08-2020)
119. Common Redshank (13-08-2020)
118. Red-throated Diver (29-05-2020)
​117. Pine Grosbeak (28-10-2019)
​116. Bar-tailed Godwit (04-09-2018)
​115. Green Sandpiper (12-08-2018)
114. Icterine Warbler (28-05-2018)
113. Parrot Crossbill (01-10-2017)
112. House Martin (25-08-2017)
111. Common Shelduck (22-08-2017)
​110. Golden Eagle (22-08-2017)
109. Sand Martin (22-08-2017) 
108. Common Goldeneye (24-01-2017)
107: White-fronted Goose (06-01-2017)
106. Carrion Crow (05-10-2016)
​105. Rock Pipit (23-09-2016)
​104. Reed Bunting (20-09-2016)
​103. Grey Wagtail (14-09-2016)
102. Merlin (13-09-2016)
101. Common Buzzard (05-09-2016)

100. Northern Hawk Owl (05-09-2016)
99. Eurasian Nutcracker (05-09-2016)
98. Western Marsh Harrier (22-08-2016)
97. Ringtail Harrier (22-08-2016)
​96. Eurasian Wryneck (02-06-2016)
​95. Osprey (11-05-2016)
94. Black Grouse (21-04-2016)
​93. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (10-04-2016)

92. Greater Scaup (03-04-2016)
91. Common Snipe (29-03-2016)
90. European Goldfinch (04-02-2016)
​89. Black-headed Gull (21-12-2015)
​88. Iceland Gull (04-12-2015)
87. Long-eared Owl (10-11-2015)
86. Pink-footed Goose (09-10-2015)
85. Yellow-browed Warbler (17-09-2015)
84. Long-tailed Tit (12-09-2015)
83. Ring Ouzel (26-07-2015)
82. Common Whitethroat (02-07-2015)
81. Common Crane (09-06-2015)
80. Yellowhammer (03-04-2015)
79. White-tailed Eagle (31-01-2015)
78. Sparrowhawk (20-01-2015)
77. Goosander (18-01-2015)
76. Cormorant (11-01-2015)

​* NocMig

Best day

22 August 2017: 40 species, including microbirding rarities such as Sand Martin, Rough-legged Buzzard, Golden Eagle and Shelduck.

Most reported Species in 2016

1. Great Tit 
2. Wood Pigeon
3. Blackbird
4. Blue Tit
5. Hooded Crow
6. Black-billed Magpie
7. European Robin
8. Eurasian Siskin
9. Herring Gull​
10. Common Gul

Bird Galleries

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Moths and butterflies
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