Skogsøy 28 Feb 2006

Skogsøy Not birding at all but couldn't help noticing a few strings of Northern Gannets havsule heading north along with a few Kittiwak...

Tjeldstø 27 Feb 2006 - Winter strikes back

View towards Rotevatnet Snipe tracks in the snow The most snow I've seen all winter fell today. A quick stroll in the reserve produced...

Øygarden 26 Feb 2006

A 15 minute look at the sea near Herdlevær produced at least 40 Gannet havsule heading north. It would have been a good day at Skogsøy. At T...

Svellingen 25 Feb 2006 - Migrants on the move?

Starling stær - early arrival or overwinterer? Eider ærfugl A quick look at Svellingen produced an Oystercatcher tjeld which may have be...

Tjeldstø 24 Feb 2006

All the geese from yesterday still present, now feeding in the fields. Other stuff included a couple of Common Scoter svartand , five Long-t...

Tjeldstø 23 Feb 2006 - More geese

Superb weather again, the rise in temperature thawed part of Husvatnet at Tjeldstø and attracted a mixed flock of geese that frantically was...

Øygarden 22 Feb 2006

Fantastic calm and sunny weather. Just a very quick check at Solberg produced a few Velvet Scoter sjøorre along with the Long-tailed Ducks ...

Tjeldstø 18 Feb 2006

Three White-fronted Geese tundragås and two Bean Geese sædgås reported from Tjeldstø today. Reporter: Egil Frantzen

Solberg 14 Feb 2006

SW and rain but far from birdless. Just a flying visit after work. Highlights were 22 Purple Sandpipers fjæreplytt and two Black Guillemot ...

Tjeldstø 13 Feb 2006

Just a very quick check of the reserve after work. Still five Greylags grågås around, five Starling stær and 18 Mallard stokkand.

Tjeldstø 11 Feb 2006 - Bus stop

Best bird today was a Peregrine Falcon vandrefalk over the garden. The five Greylag Geese grågås are still around as are small numbers of ...

Skogsøy 05 Feb 2006 - Great Northern Diver

The first visit of the year (!!) to Skogsøy was under somewhat unpleseant conditions: a couple of degrees, a strong SW and incessant rain ma...

Tjeldstø 03 Feb 2006

Obligatory Redpoll shot to start with...... The problem Redpoll still showing in the garden, glimpsed a narrow dark stripe on the underta...

Tjeldstø 02 Feb 2006 Still stuck in the house....

Two White-tailed Eagle havørn Some of 15 Starling stær outside the house Another day of fantastic weather and being stuck inside with an ...

Tjeldstø 01 Feb 2006 - Repoll Headache continues

Todays batch of repoll pictures from my garden may help things along a little. There has been quite a good response to posts on various mail...