Another week or so in the capital.
One of the reasons I was there was to go to the Waterboys featuring Steve Earle concert on 7th. Superb! My brother came over and social activities were prioritised, some travelling for work put another spanner in the works so all I managed was a walk in the nearby Botanical gardens and a nice few hours on Gressholmen.
The Botanic Gardens, although pleasant and quite birdy predictably produced little excitement, although a couple of Stock Dove skogdue were nice to see for a western Norwegian birder.
On 12th September we made it to Gressholmen in the rain. Hopes were of course high and in a way the island produced with some migrants present in the form of a Kestrel tårnfalk, several Dunlin myrsnipe, four Wheatear steinskvett and a couple of Meadow Pipit heipiplerke. Although this might not sound like much it was a very enjoyable trip and there were lots of birds of 29 species seen.
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