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Portrait photo from the chest upwards of an adult European Herring Gull just moulting into winter plummage, with light brown stripes on the head. She's looking towards the camera, and around her right eye her feathers are standing upwards and have blood on them.

Meet Gloria, one of our herring gull neighbors.

22. August 2024

Get to know Gloria, one of the gulls living in our street in Oslo. She often hangs out on the neighbor's roof, and occasionally visits our balcony too.

Birdwatching

Adult herring gull looking at the camera from behind a diagonal roof.

What we know about "our" herring gull Josefine

1. August 2024

Josefine is a herring gull living on our roof. She was banded as an adult in January 2016, giving us a lot of information about her.

Birdwatching

Adult herring gull looking at the camera from behind a diagonal roof, with a trans flag colored sky in the background

Introduction to Gulliver and Josefine, our rooftop gulls

24. July 2024

Two tough herring gulls have our rooftop balcony as their favorite hangout spot, and enjoy watching us as much as we enjoy watching them.

Birdwatching

Small white duck with black eyes and black stripes on the body, swimming in dark gray water, with white ice in the background.

Rare bird 🚨 Smew at Østensjøvannet

1. March 2024

This winter I had the opportunity to photograph a rare winter visitor at the local nature reserve: a smew, a small duck that typically breeds in the arctic.

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