Skogsøy 28 February 2011 - Migration starts

Adult White-tailed Eagle havørn chasing oiled Great Black-backed Gull svartbak Almost windless but some fog restricting visibility. Incred...

Øygarden 27 February 2011

Mild, calm and wet - the thaw continues. Little of note but newly arrived migrants included almost 80 Starling stær at Breivik and over 30 ...

Skogsøy 26 February 2011

Strong winds and very dull but went out anyway "just in case". Predicatably there was very little passing. Best sightings were the...

Øygarden 25 February 2011

Just a quick check of a couple of localities - strong wind and rain didn't help. A Curlew storspove with about 10 Purple Sandpiper fjæ...

Øygarden 23 February 2011

Record shot of a Merlin dvergfalk at Hjelme West With a bitingly cold wind it was hard going today with generally little about. Best sight...

Alvheim 22 February 2011

Jay nøtteskrike at Alvheim A drive-by past Alvheim produced the first two Jays nøtteskrike I've seen this year.

Skogsøy 20 February 2011

Fanastic weather and some indications of movement over the sea with gulls and Gannets havsule moving offshore. A brief seawatch produced a ...

Ljøsneset 18 February 2011

Record shot of Dipper fossekall Almost birdless but a Dipper fossekall was an unexpected bonus - the first in Øygarden this year.

Tjeldstø 17 February 2011

Stuck inside all day but not quite birdless despite this - a Goshawk hønsehauk spent some time sitting in a tree visible from the sitting r...

Øygarden 16 February 2011

Calm conditions enabled better viewing conditions over the sea. A Great-northern Diver islom on the sea at Alvheim and two more at Hjelme V...

Dåvøy 15 February 2011

Above and below Cormorant storskarv at Dåvøy Snowing again. After a long wait a Slavonian Grebe horndykker finally put in an appearance...

Hjelme West 14 February 2011

A bitterly cold wind didn't help things but it was rather quiet on the sea. A Gannet havsule , a Velvet Scoter sjøorre , four Common Sco...

Skogsøy 13 February 2011

The first Lapwing vipe of the year at Skogsøy Best bird was seen by the car park - an "early" Lapwing vipe . Other stuff include...

Solberg 12 February 2011

Finally back. A quiet start to the local birding year with the best bird being a Peregrine vandrefalk . A couple of Greylags grågås headed n...