2 nd of March
Spring has sprung. Like hell it has. There is more snow now than before I left for the UK at the begining of February. It was great being at home in the UK. Winter is a fantastic time with huge numbers of wildfowl and waders. Nothing can beat the salt marshes of Lancashire. But now it is back home in Norway, and I can only hope that spring isn’t that far away or else it will be back to England on the first flight. Today I took a quick trip down the Hardangerfjord to Norheimsund, nothing special but at Ålvik there was a flock of 216 Common Goldeneye as well as smaller numbers all along the fjord. There is nothing much to report here from Voss. The Hawfinch has returned and one or two Eurasian Jackdaw are flying in with the Hooded Crows to their night time roost. During the next few days I will be getting out and about, after all it has been nearly a month since I checked my local patches. Lets hope there is something to report.