Guided
birding
trips
and more...
I
A
list of services I can supply is given below. Further
details available on request.
Guiding
Although
I don't yet guide
full time I do so whenever I have the chance, I have been
guiding
birders since I was a teenager and have a long list of satisfied
customers. I usually cover
localities within day trip range of Bergen, from the Hardangervidda
to
the east, Gullfjell (Bergen), Herdla (Askøy) and, of course,
Øygarden. I can also guide
elsewhere in
Norway as required - see this
page for some ideas. For the
time being it is best to book as far
in advance as possible but trips
can also be arranged at very short notice - please do not
hestitate to contact me.
Often customers come to me in conjunction with cruises they take in the
Norwegian fjords and choose to stay in Bergen for a day or two at the
start or end of their cruise.
There is good birding (and other wildlife!) all year round in the Bergen area and trips are
tailor made to requirements whether it be to target certain
species, have a good day out or spend time on photography.
I have started to guide nature photographers too. Again, this is a year
round activity and often good in the winter too with Otter a very
strong possibility in addition to the birds.
Dinner, bed and breakfast is now also possible in addition to the
guiding, this saves quite a bit of driving and puts you on the spot as
soon as you open your eyes - the sea is at the bottom of my very small
garden.....
Part of the view
from my terrace at Nautnes, May 2018
Otter in my garden, November 2019
White-tailed Eagle over my terrace at Nautnes, December 2014
Pictures /
Photography
See
the gallery
links for a selection of available bird pictures. My
pictures
have been used in Dagbladet (one of the main Norwegian newspapers),
other Norwegian newspapers and
in books.
Customised animated GIF pictures suitable for websites are also
available. Examples are given below:
A
variety of other pictures are also available from my archives,
including landscapes, fish and from the offshore industry.
Articles
I
have written articles on birding for a
number of
publications including:
Birding World, BirdWatch Magazine, Bird Watching, Country-Side, British
Birds and a number of other periodicals.
Data Services
User
friendly custom made macros for use in Microsoft Excel are my
speciality.
If you have records you want to present in a certain way then I will be
able to assist. Download some of the excel spreadsheets from the
Skogsøy,
Tjeldstø
or Gullfjell
sides to see
examples of
outputs from my software. These are generated automatically using
macros from an
Excel database.