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Crag Martin - Klippesvale
- Ptyonoprogne
rupestris
Klippsvala - Kalliopääsky - Rotszwaluw - Felsenschwalbe - Hirondelle de rochers - Avíon roquero
The first documented Crag Martin for Norway, Hernar, Øygarden, 06 May 2011
Klippsvala - Kalliopääsky - Rotszwaluw - Felsenschwalbe - Hirondelle de rochers - Avíon roquero
Crag
Martin are a species I commonly see on Crete (for more on Crete see here)
and have also seen on migration across the Mediterranean (see Eastern Med).
However, the pictures here were taken rather closer to home on the island of Hernar, Øygarden. I found this bird, a first for Norway, on the morning of 06 May 2011. Needless to say it provoked something of a twitch with birders turning up from all over the country.
However, the pictures here were taken rather closer to home on the island of Hernar, Øygarden. I found this bird, a first for Norway, on the morning of 06 May 2011. Needless to say it provoked something of a twitch with birders turning up from all over the country.
The first documented Crag Martin for Norway, Hernar, Øygarden, 06 May 2011
Crag Martin,
Hernar, Øygarden, 06 May 2011
Crag Martin, Hernar, Øygarden, 06 May 2011
Photographing this
bird
was not easy. Hampered by poor light early in the day, a suspected
broken "trigger" finger and regular disappearing acts the bird finally
gave itself up in bright sunshine minutes before the boat was due to
leave....
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