In October there was a feast in the garden. A lot of vagrants visited us and made our days happier. See captions under photoes. After heavy Southeast winds they were blown of course and ended here poor things. All them have by now left us despite the feed we put out every day. Most of … Continue reading October was the month of vagrants
All autumn we have been on the look out for vagrants and at last there is a Blackcap in our garden. Many of them have been spotted around the country in the last month or so along with other vagrants. This Blackcap was eating berries from the bushes and did not come to the feeding … Continue reading At last a vagrant in the garden
27 December 2020 – 2 January 2021 Rock Dove (bjargdúfa) 25 Blackbird (svartþröstur) 11 Redwing (skógarþröstur) 9 Fieldfare (Gráþröstur) 2 Raven (Hrafn) 1 Starling (stari) 12 Redpoll (auðnutittlingur) 10 20 – 26 December 2020 Rock Dove (bjargdúfa) 26 Blackbird (svartþröstur) 9 Redwing (skógarþröstur) 4 Fieldfare (Gráþröstur) 2 Raven (Hrafn) 1 Starling (stari) 10 Redpoll (auðnutittlingur) … Continue reading Weekly Bird Report 2020
22 – 28 Desember 2019 Bohemian Waxwing (silkitoppa) 2 Rock Dove (bjargdúfa) 10 Blackbird (svartþröstur) 25 Redwing (skógarþröstur) 10 Raven (hrafn) 1 Starling (stari) 10 Redpoll (auðnutittlingur) 30 Brambling (fjallafinka) 1 Common Crossbill / Red Crossbill (krossnefur) 5 15 – 21 Desember 2019 Bohemian Waxwing (silkitoppa) 1 Rock Dove (bjargdúfa) 12 Blackbird (svartþröstur) 14 Redwing … Continue reading Weekly Bird Report 2019
These last few weeks at least three Blackcaps have been in the garden. Around this time of year these annual guests appear and we blog about them. They now come for the apples we put out but also some small berries from the shrubs which there are not a lot of, after the cold and … Continue reading The male’s black cap
23 – 29 December 2018 Blackcap (hettusöngvari) 1 Blackbird (svartþröstur) 14 Redwing (skógarþröstur) 7 Fieldfare (gráþröstur) 3 Jackdaw (dvergkráka) 1 Raven (hrafn) 4 Starling (stari) 130 Redpoll (auðnutittlingur) 10 Common Crossbill / Red Crossbill (krossnefur) 7 16 – 22 December 2018 Blackcap (hettusöngvari) 1 Bohemian Waxwing (silkitoppa) 1 Blackbird (svartþröstur) 11 Redwing (skógarþröstur) 4 Fieldfare … Continue reading Weekly Bird Report 2018
Once again we are visited by the Blackcap. This vagrant has come by our garden in the autumn almost every year for a long time now. They are not breeding birds in Iceland and most likely come from Scandinavia. They have been spotted all around the country this autumn.
24 – 30 December 2017 Wren (Músarrindill) 1 European Robin (glóbrystingur) 1 Blackbird (svartþröstur) 10 Redwing (skógarþröstur) 6 Raven (hrafn) 2 Starling (stari) 65 Brambling (fjallafinka) 13 Redpoll (auðnutittlingur) 100 17 – 23 December 2017 European Robin (glóbrystingur) 1 Blackbird (svartþröstur) 11 Redwing (skógarþröstur) 4 Raven (hrafn) 1 Starling (stari) 40 Brambling (fjallafinka) 10 Redpoll … Continue reading Weekly Bird Report 2017
Blackcaps are annual guests and this autumn they appeared here on October 28. First there were two of them but today they are four, three males and one female bird. The male has a black cap and the female has a brown one. They are eating small berries from schrubs and apples that we fix on … Continue reading Four Blackcaps
25 – 31 December 2016 Blackbird (svartþröstur) 9 Redwing (skógarþröstur) 5 Raven (hrafn) 2 Starling (stari) 25 Redpoll (auðnutittlingur) 80 18 – 24 December 2016 Blackbird (svartþröstur) 14 Redwing (skógarþröstur) 7 Raven (hrafn) 3 Starling (stari) 50 Redpoll (auðnutittlingur) 105 11 – 17 December 2016 Wren (Músarrindill) 1 Blackbird (svartþröstur) 6 Redwing (skógarþröstur) 5 Raven (hrafn) 2 Starling (stari) 25 Redpoll … Continue reading Weekly Bird Report 2016