A morning out with Oslo Birder on 27th August was just fantastic, out birding with another birder is magic:) We visited Årnestangen and Svellet and saw huge numbers of birds. Although things felt a bit quiet (at least on the passerine and raptor side of things) there was still plenty to see.
Årnestangen gave a couple of White-tailed Eagle havørn, an Osprey fiskeørn and a Marsh Harrier sivhauk along with a nice variety of waders which included six Little Stints dvergsnipe and a Temminck's Stint temminkssnipe. Passerines included Bluethroat blåstrupe, Whinchat buskskvett, Lesser Whitethroat møller, a flock of Long-tailed Tits stjertmeis, Willow Tit granmeis and more.
Svellet was even more productive with 90 Cranes trane, around 1000 Teal krikkand, over 200 Ruff brushane, a couple of Black-tailed Godwit svarthelespove, a massive feeding frenzy of Cormorants storskarv and more.
On 30th August it was time to visit Gressholmen. This turned out to be a very nice visit with a Slavonian Grebe horndykker as the best bird. Also three Greenshank gluttsnipe, eight Dunlin myrsnipe, Common Sandpiper strandsnipe, an Oystercatcher tjeld and a Spotted Flycatcher gråfluesnapper.
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