BIRDS SEEN
IN NORWAY & SWEDEN, JULY 1999
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BIRDS SEEN
IN NORWAY & SWEDEN, JULY 1999
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| This was a long overdue holiday, my previous tour of Scandinavia being in 1971. We saw the same selection of birds as at home with the exception of the snow bunting seen in the mountains. The scenery in the fjord region of Norway is fantastic and well worth a visit. We took a trip on the steepest conventional (i.e. not rack and pinnion) railway in the world from Flåm to Myrdal (from 2m - 866m altitude in about 10 miles) and this was a great experience. | ||
| barnacle goose | great crested grebe | mute swan |
| blackbird | great tit | oyster catcher |
| black headed gull | greenfinch | pheasant |
| blue tit | green woodpecker | redshank |
| buzzard | greylag goose | robin |
| Canada goose | heron | snow bunting |
| chaffinch | herring gull | sparrow |
| collared dove | hooded crow | starling |
| common gull | jackdaw | swallow |
| common sandpiper | jay | swift |
| common tern | lapwing | tufted duck |
| coot | lesser black headed gull | wheatear |
| dabchick | magpie | white wagtail |
| fieldfare | mallard | willow warbler |
| goldeneye | meadow pipit | wood pigeon |
| TOTAL: 45 | ||
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