On 15 October we took an afternoon trip to Gressholmen, birdwise it was rather disappointing but this may have been because it was rather late, the weather was nice and there were people everywhere, both on land and on the water. Just my second trip to this locality this year:( Typically for the time of year Guillemots lomvi and Razorbill alke on the sea, a couple of Red-throated Diver smålom and most of the usual duck species including a few Velvet Scoter sjøorre off Malmøya.
No birding on 16 October - visited the office instead. Only bird of any interest was a Skylark sanglerke flying over the terrace before we left for work.
The next day I met up with Oslo Birder for a couple of hours birding around Østensjøvannet, mostly for the company than any real hope of anything interesting. A very pleasant stroll around the lake produced a Smew lappfiskand as the best bird. Also nice to see species I don't often see at home like Great-crested Grebes toppdykker, Coot sothøne, Moorehen sivhøne, Treecreeper trekryper and so on. Good numbers of geese present too with around 600 Barnacle Geese hvitkinngås putting on quite a show.
As I headed for the train to the airport on 18 October I had Waxwig sidensvans flying over and two Guillemots lomvi looked in pretty poor shape on the river close to Oslo S.
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