Birding SW Norway (1 Viewer)

[Barryb]

I will be going to a wedding South of Stavanger at the end of July and wondered if anyone on BirdForum could give me any advice on good birding locations not too far away from Sokndal/Hauge i Dalane
I will be taking my car but will be travelling with my wife and 3 month old, so I may be limited in travelling/birding time. Although we are hoping to get up to the fjiords just north of Bergen, with any luck.
Are there any good forests for woodpeckers near Sokndal/Hauge i Dalane.

Barry

 

[Julian Bell]

Here is the local website dealing with that area:
http://www.mhs.no/artman2_4/publish/index.shtml

There are some pages in English, perhaps they may be able to point you in the right direction.

 

[dantheman]

Someone else asking a similar question recently:

http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=90792&highlight=norway+trips

Also fatbirder website (google fatbirder + norway) has a page of info and links/ trip reports worth a look through.

Should have better luck than than me and some friends back when when I was in uni, we went on a 3 day cruise on the same ferry (winter), 6 hours actually in norway, we managed 17 species for the entire trip, including a highlight of lapwing from the ferry mid north sea and distant eagle sp.!!