Above
and below were taken on the Hardangervidda
using a DSLR and 400mm telephoto lens (handheld)
on the same day, 20 June 2009. Note that it is the Red-spotted
Bluethroat that is "common" in Norway.
Red-spotted
Bluethroat,
Hardangervidda, 24 June 2004 (ISO 200)
Digiscoped with a Nikon Coolpix 4500.
White-spotted Bluethroat, Ranchos Park, Lanzarote, March 2012
This migrant was part of a record influx to the eastern Canary Islands
in March 2012
For more about birding Lanzarote click here.
Bluethroat are surprisingly rare in
Øygarden so this bird was a nice surprise, Herdlevær,
May 2016
Picture taken using a superzoom
camera - useful for such in-hand photographs
This species is
one of
the specialities of the Hardangervidda,
within easy reach of Bergen, Norway. Although the best time to see them
is conventionally early in the breeding season they can be quite
obvious later on when the young have fledged.
Young Bluethroat,
Hardangervidda, early August 2019
Young Bluethroat,
Hardangervidda, early August 2019
Young Bluethroat,
Hardangervidda, early August 2019
One of many juvenile Bluethroats seen at Fokstumyra, Oppland, Norway,
July 2017,
