The Tail-Wagging Bird

The little bird, the white throated dipper is a very entertaining bird.
People who know the bird’s behaviour smile in recognition when one refers to the bird’s one-man show.
The white throated dipper is Norway’s national bird.
When winter is hard in Norway, the dipper flies on holiday in Denmark. Ornithologists will probably express it differently, but I like the idea that the bird keeps a well-deserved holiday in a mild climate.
Besides the current Norwegian name Fossekall; ‘Waterfall Call’, the dipper has many dialect names in Norway.
Among these are Elveprest; ‘River Priest’ and Kvemkall; ‘Mill Shell’.
The dipper has at least 70 different local names in Norway, and at least 50-60 are known from Sweden.

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You can read much more about the bird on Wikipedia and listen to its song.

Where do you get inspiration for your walks?

Where do you get your inspiration when you are going for a walk?
I found myself without any idea the other day. I had one glorious one in mind but it was far to late for train and ferry.
By a process of elimination, I chose the train towards Copenhagen and soon I found myself on Kalvebod Fælled on Vestamager, a place I have visit before.
But this time I decided I wasn’t going to walk these endless paths.
From the last time I knew there would be bikes for rent. Though I didn’t know how good the bikes were.
Now I’ve tried one and it was really great. I had an extraordinary ride with twinkling lights a blinking sea and wide open spaces where horses were grazing and birds foraging.
A group of children were swimming, and people went surfing further down the beach. A sailboat had crashed under one of the recent storms. A guy checked with the police who already knew about the ship.
I was so happy for the sun and the long bike ride that I forgot about the deadline for submission of the bike. It became a bit of rush at the end.
It is highly recommended. Not the rush but the bike ride!

Notes

You can download a map and read more about this stunning area; Kalvebod Fælled

Rent a bike: Friluftshuset

Experience Nature

I had one of my known walks when suddenly I heard a cry, it was the lapwing. The bird is a seldom guest so close to built-up areas. I succeeded to photograph the lapwing despite it’s a fast flying acrobat.

Vibe over Frederiksdal

Fæstningskanalen

On My Way Home in the month of May…

Flyvestation Værløse

This area is a former military airbase now in use for recreational purposes.
Biking, birdwatching, training on the field course. The imagination is only limited within the given context.

Take a look at the fantastic birds Samuel spotted on his excursion to the former airbase:

eiwawar

“I 2004 besluttede man i forbindelse med forsvarsforliget, at Flyvestation Værløse skulle nedlægges og afhændes. Naturstyrelsen overtog 1. oktober 2013 det åbne naturareal med tilhørende bygninger fra Forsvaret. Centralt på arealet er den store åbne slette med den 3 km lange og 50 meter brede startbane. Arealet rummer endvidere en del arealer, der er overdrev. Området afgrænses mod vest af Bringe Mose, der ligeledes er naturbeskyttet.

Store dele af Naturstyrelsens område blev åbnet for offentlighedens adgang i efteråret 2012. Fra Forsvarets brug som flyvestation er der på arealet adskillige forurenede områder. Det medfører, at der er flere områder, der er hegnet fra og ikke offentligt tilgængelige.”. Naturstyrelsen

Rush Hour

Are you going on 🐻 holiday? Watch up for the rush hour.

Short flight and attractive salt marshes

Worms bonus – Enjoy awards and benefits if you land on our salt marshes.
That could be the headline of the Bird Protection Foundation’s poster in Nivå Bugt.
The Bird Protection Fund carry out an important work by provide several resting areas and feeding grounds for migratory birds

Orme bonus – Modtag rabat og fordele, hvis du lander på vores strandenge.
Det kunne være overskriften på Fugleværnsfondens plakat i Nivå Bugt.
Fugleværnsfonden udfører et vigtigt arbejde ved at etablere flere raste- og fourageringsområder for trækfugle.

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Tag toget til Nivå, herfra er der ca. 1,5 km til fods, der er også en lille parkeringsplads i vejkanten på Strandvejen.

Hunden er velkommen i snor ❤ ❤ ❤

Fugleværnsfonden

Yosemite Nature Notes – Winter Moments

“As long as I live, I’ll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing. I’ll interpret the rocks, learn the language of flood, storm, and the avalanche. I’ll acquaint myself with the glaciers and wild gardens, and get as near the heart of the world as I can”.”
John Muir

Sunshine Days and Foggy Nights

Bird song can not be heard, only a duck breaks the silence, while it frightened flutters across the pond. A dense fog muffles the sound and blurs the detail.

I have walked here summer and winter.

Devoutly I pry the door open to No. 40, to the courtyard with the workshops, on a freezing cold winter day, where the only sound is the flowing water from the pond.

Small bells ring softly when the water breaks brittle ice floes loose in the dark creek and the White-throated Dipper sits quietly and shiver.

Now the summer is here. Flowering hawthorn, lilacs and blackthorn are intrusive with their scent and save memories of this day for neat orderly pictures in my memory.

Fragrances, related unimpeded to our experiences. Spring flowers are insistent with their fresh delicate sweet fragrance. The scents have direct access to our minds and intensify our perception of the present.

Enjoy nature and explore the small paths or climb a hill and ‘Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees’, so beautifully expressed by John Muir

Rådvad Naturskole

I was born to catch dragons in their dens
And pick flowers
To tell tales and laugh away the morning
To drift and dream like a lazy stream
And walk barefoot across sunshine days.
I was born to find goblins in their caves
And chase moonlight
To see shadows and seek hidden rivers
To hear the rain fall on dry leaves
And chat a bit with death across foggy nights…
Sunshine Days and Foggy Nights by James Kavanaugh

 

Fuglesangen var forstummet, kun en and brød stilheden, mens den forskrækket baskede hen over dammen. En tæt tåge dæmpede lydene og slørede alle detaljer.

Jeg har vandret i Rådvad sommer og vinter.

Andægtigt har jeg lirket døren op til nr. 40, til gården med de arbejdende værksteder en iskold vinterdag, hvor den eneste lyd var vandet fra Rådvad Dam. Små klokker ringede sagte, når strømmen rev sprøde isflager løs i den mørke å, og vandstæren sad helt stille og skuttede sig.

Nu er det sommer. Blomstrende syrener, tjørn og slåen trænger sig på med deres duft og arkiverer minder om denne dag i velordnede billeder i min hukommelse.

Dufte, relaterer uhindret til vores oplevelser. Forårsblomsterne er insisterende, med deres friske fine søde duft. Duftene har direkte adgang til vores sind og intensiverer vores opfattelse af nuet.

Søg ud i naturen og få en fantastisk oplevelse.