It’s not too late to say Happy New Year is it? I returned to Voss to be told that while I was in the Netherlands, temperatures dropped to minus 29.7. Boy is that cold and I was glad I didn’t experience it. As one would expect bird life was at a minimum. The Mallard flock that usually are to be found on the river in the centre of Voss had pulled out, no doubt heading for the nearest fjord. Whooper Swans seemed also to have had enough of the cold weather with only 3 birds at Lake Seim. It takes more than minus 29 c to send the hardy little White-throated Dipper (above photo) on its way. I recorded birds at 3 localities with the most being 3 birds at the waterfall at Dugstad. While I haven’t seen Redpoll in the garden since my return and Siskin numbers remain low, the Common Bullfinch flock hit a new record with 25 birds. And lastly Hawfinch. Numbers are not as good as last year but there are still 3 birds present at the usual bird table just outside Voss. Once again I have had problems with logging on to this blog, and as you can see the writing is green and not the usual black. I have now decided to revamp my website Birdwatchnorway.com adding my blog page onto that site. This revamp should take a week or a little longer.
