Øygarden 27 October 2009 - Siberian Chiff-chaff

Plenty to eat in the garden today for this tristis- type Chiff-chaff Note the clean underparts with no yellow tones and the faint wing-bar...

Blomvåg 26 October 2009 - Dusky Warbler

Dusky Warbler brunsanger at Blomvåg Being only around the fifth county record and the second for Øygarden yesterday's Dusky Warbler...

Øygarden 25 October - Gyr falcon and Dusky Warbler!

Record shots (1/100 at 1200 ISO!) of the Dusky Warbler brunsanger at Blomvåg Juvenile Gyrfalcon jaktfalk at Herdlevær Having been tied...

Tjeldstø 24 October 2009 - another first for the year

Just the breifest of strolls today; for the most part rather quiet with generally fewer birds about than of late. A small flock of Lapwing v...

Hernar 23 October 2009 - Grey-headed Woodpecker and Ling

Grey-headed Woodpecker gråspett Kittiwake krykkje 14kg Ling lange A short stroll around Hernar whilst waiting for a long-line to fish sho...

Øygarden 22 October 2009

Turtle Dove turteldue at Breivik Whooper Swan sangsvane Chiff-chaff gransanger Started the day off with a first for the house list - a m...

Herdlevær 21 October 2009

Redwing rødvingetrost Great-spotted Woodpecker flaggspett Goshawk hønsehauk Blackbird svarttros t Quite a good day in fantastic condition...

Hernar 20 October 2009

New camera working well even at high ISO settings - Wren gjerdesmett Reed Bunting sivspurv Black Grouse orrfugl Goldcrest fuglekonge N...

Tjeldstø 19 October 2009

Barely out of the house but in the brief time I was outside a Waxwing sidensvans flew over - first of the autumn and pretty much bang on ti...

Herdlevær 18 October 2009

Rock Pipit skjærpiplerke More birders than birds at Herdlevær today (almost!). Best bird was a tristis -type Chiff-chaff gransanger which w...

Tjeldstø 17 October 2009

A stroll around the reserve produced a late Lesser Whitethroat møller and a Carrion Crow svartkråke as the best birds. The female Common S...

Herdlevær 15 October 2009

Once again plenty of birds about without anything terribly special. Best bird for me was the first Nuthatch spettmeis I've seen in Øyga...

Herdlevær 11 October 2009 - the day my camera died

Loads of Redwing rødvingetrost on the move the last couple of days Otter oter at Herdlevær Migrant Great spotted Woodpecker flaggspett ...

Øygarden 10 October 2009

Goldcrest fuglekonge First year Great Northern Diver islom Cormorant storskarv Started the day off on Hernar which was buzzing when we ar...

Tjeldstø 09 October 2009

Female Common Scoter svartand on Rotevatnet Only had time for a quick stroll out today. A Common Scoter svartand on Rotevatnet was an unu...

Hernar 02 September 2009 - Barred Warbler

Raven ravn Hernar Stakeout - how birding should be... View over Hernar Above and below - record shots of 1cy Barred Warbler hauksanger Y...