Øygarden 31 Dec 2005

Day two of the New Years Bird Race. Only a couple of hours in the field today, but nevertheless added 10 more species. Solberg: Eurasian Cur...

Skogsøy 30 Dec 2005

Day one of the three day New Year Bird Race: Technically the best bird was a Carrion Crow ( svartkråke ) at Herdlevær but to me two Great No...

Solberg 29 Dec 2005

Not birding today, but a fishing trip at Solberg produced a lovely Black Guillemot ( teist ) which I managed to snap a couple of pictures of...

Øygarden 28 Dec 2005

Dåvøy, 28 Dec 2005 Solberg: A quick visit here paid off with a Red-necked Grebe ( gråstrupedykker ) on the sea, along with 5 Velvet Scoter (...

Øygarden 27 Dec 2005

Fantastic weather, temperatures around freezing but calm and sunny. Solberg: Distant views of a Gyr Falcon ( jaktfalk ) sitting on one of th...

Tjeldstø 26 Dec 2005

Returned home in fading light to see a superb Northern Goshawk ( hønsehauk ) fly right over the house. Also 9 Redwing ( rødvingtrost ).

Tjeldstø 22 Dec 2005

Some good birds today, the best being a Jack Snipe (kvartbekkasin), a Jay (nøtteskrike) in the garden and a Black Guillemot (teist) on the f...

Øygarden 21 Dec 2005

Very grey and wet! Heron (gråhegre) feeding beside Husvatnet, Tjeldstø Solberg: 1 Curlew (storspove), 4 Purple Sanpiper (fjæreplytt) 10+ Cor...

Tjeldstø 20 Dec 2005

Seven Greylags (grågås) still present. Other birds of interest included a Yellowhammer (gulspurv) and a Brambling (bjørkefink), both in the ...

Tjeldstø 19 Dec 2005

One of 14 Whooper Swans (sangsvane) present at Tjeldstø today. Other birds of interest included 7 Greylags ( grågås ), probably of Ice...

Øygarden 22.11.05

Svellingen: 1 Great Northern Diver / Islom S Hjelme: 1 Woodcock / Rugde, 1 Water Rail / Vannrikse Tjeldstø: 1 Scaup / Bergand, 1 Yellowhamme...

Øygarden 18.11.05

Sæle: chaffinch / bokfink 1F Husevatnet: stokkand 10, grågås 2, kvinand 1, toppand 1, scaup / bergand 1 Hellesøy: storskarv 65S, Whooper swa...

Øygarden 17.11.05

Tjeldstø: 1 little grebe / dvergdykker Also 1 scaup / bergand and 2 Greylags / grågås Svellingen: 1 Chiff-chaff ( gransanger), 2 Little Auk ...

Øygarden 16.11.05

1 scaup / bergand på Husvatnet 1 Black redastart / svartrødstjert at Solberg