Lista Birdfestival 2026 (05.09.2026)
Lista Bird Festival took place over the weekend of August 29–30. This year, more people assisted Lista Bird Observatory and the Lista Wetland Visitor Centre with the event. We are very grateful to have had members from BirdLife Ung, Falkeklubben Lister, and the local BirdLife Lister taking part, and we hope we can continue this in the future! Terje Lislevand gave this year’s presentation.
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Lista Bird Race (15.07.2026)
The weekend of August 29-30 we celebrate the LISTA BIRD FESTIVAL with parties and activities all weekend long! This year's bird festival is a collaboration between BirdLife Norway, Lista Bird Observatory and Lista Wetland Visitor Center. Now we can present the program for the festival.
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Report from spring 2026 (12.06.2026)
The station has been run for a total of 88 days from March 15 until June 10. 13 mist-nets have been currently used on the standardized (138 meters). The results were slightly lower than average, but much better than last year (record low numbers of birds in spring 2025).
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Report from autumn 2025 (28.01.2026)
Lista Bird Observatory completed in 2025 its 36th consecutive year of autumn ringing campaign. The station has been run for a total of 124 days from July 15 until November 15. 13 mist-nets have been currently used on the standardized (138 meters) and the results have much above average with 5420 birds ringed (average for autumn is 3851) of 64 different species.
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Looking for bird ringers for autumn 2027 (27.08.2025)
Lista Bird Observatory requires expert bird ringers for autumn 2027 (period upon agreement). We run standardized ringing campaigns, census and daily migration counts of both passerines and seabirds.
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Report from spring 2025 (31.07.2025)
Lista Bird Observatory completed in 2025 its 36th consecutive year of spring ringing campaign. The station has been run for a total of 88 days from March 15 until June 10. 13 mist-nets have been currently used on the standardized (138 meters). The result was a record low number of birds.
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Report from autumn 2024 (02.12.2024)
Lista Bird Observatory completed in 2024 its 35th consecutive year of autumn ringing campaign. The station has been run for a total of 124 days from July 15 until November 15. 13 mist-nets have been currently used on the standardized (138 meters) and the results have much below average with 1330 birds ringed (average for autumn is 3927) of 57 different species.
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A total of 100 radio transmitters will be attached (01.10.2024)
Lista BO started in 2024 a collaboration with the University of Oldenburg, working on an avian research project, which is part of a large network (Motus Wildlife Tracking System), with base stations along the entire North Sea.
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