I headed north of Oslo to Engerdal, full of hope for a bunch of species I often see there at this time of year. Most of these I failed to see but there were some good birds there and not just in a local context.
I managed two new species for me in Engerdal and a lot of new species for my Engerdal 2026 list (hardly surprising since I haven't been there since late May).
One of the most obvious target species this time around was Siberian Nutcracker sibirnøttekråke which are currently very much on the move. This one turned up the day before I left:) Waxwings sidensvans were also seen in small numbers.
Nutcracker nøttekråke was a new Engerdal species for me as was a rather more mundane species in the form of four Linnet tornirisk. Both of these were seen at Galten.
Huge numbers of thrushes were ripping into the abundant berries down in the valleys and a nice variety of wildfowl were present. White-tailed Eagle havørn were seen on three of the four days spent in the field - a far cry from when I started birding this area when this species was rather scarce. Finches were quite well represented with good numbers of Redpoll gråsisik, Brambling bjørkefink and more on the move.
Whilst thrushes dominated lower down there were plenty of Crossbills in the woods, both Common grankorsnebb and Parrot furukorsnebb recorded.
As usual for the time of year a Scaup bergand turned up at Drevsjø
Typically, in the days after I left the Pine Grosbeaks kongelebit and a Ural Owl slagugle turned up. Looks like I should have spent a few days more in the wilderness of eastern Norway...
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