When I woke up in the morning, I saw snow, the last thing you want in May. And it was cold! And the bad weather continued during the day. I had some errands to run, but in the afternoon I tried some birding around Bergen. At the biological station I saw my first Common Terns of the year, but things were otherwise quiet there. I decided to check some spots for the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker at Nesttunvatnet. Not finding the woodpecket I noticed that there were more swallows than usual flying around (Barn Swallows and Sand Martins). Nice, but not unusual in the first week of May..
Kristianborgsvannet is also worth checking for Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, so I went there afterwards. There were lots of birds about as soon as I entered the area. A very large group of swallows was foraging over the water; about 50 Barn Swallows together with some 20 Sand Martins and four House Martins. In the reed I saw an astonishing 25 Willow Warblers, two Blackcaps and two Meadow Pipits trying to catch insects. One does not often experience so many birds in such a small area. It was a classical fall of birds on the move that were forced down by snow and cold showers!
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