Skogsøy 31 May 2011 - end of spring migration?

Dull and overcast changing to sunny with light northerly A last minute decision to give Skogsøy a go was not a bad one. A typical late sprin...

Øygarden 30 May 2011

Sunny with fresh southerly winds A quick check at a few localities produced little of interest: A Carrion Crow svartkråke remains at Tjelds...

Herdlevær 27 May 2011 - more Brents

Brisk northerly and sunny. Took things rather easier today - a lunchtime seawatch from Herdlevær produced well around 400 pale-bellied Brent...

Øygarden 26 May 2011 - Brent Geese

 Male Siskin grønnsisik feeding on dandelion seeds Twite bergirisk also feeding on dandelions Weak south easterly with light rain most of...

Skogsøy 25 May 2011 - more Poms

Skogsøy was the seawatcher's Pavlovian response to the forecast of onshore winds....fresh westerlies and a few light showers during the ...

Tjeldstø 24 May 2011 - Dotterel!

Fresh South-westerly and occasional showers after gales during the night. After a bad start to the day (trampoline blown 150m out of the gar...

Tjeldstø 21-23 May 2011

 Golden Plover heilo Mallard stokkand with young Strong southerlies with some rain at times Took things easy for a few days - missing a pas...

Skogsøy 20 May 2011

Strong southerlies throughout the day. It was never going to be good for skuas and divers today. In fact a four hour seawatch produced very ...

Øygarden 19 May 2011

White Wagtail linerle  Above and below Fieldfare gråtrost Southerly with occasional showers. Rather regretted not making the trip to Hernar ...

Herdlevær 18 May 2011

Southerly with light rain. Not much new in so it was breeding birds that provided the interest today with an Eider ærfugl sitting on three ...

Tjedlstø 17 May 2011

Spent the day out of Øygarden and missed a fantastic passage of skuas.... Saw the Great Egret egretthegre from the sitting room window in ...

SKogsøy 16 May 2011 - Skuas

Light NW then light SW Well worth the trip out today - although it was a case of quality rather than quantity. Highlights were three Long-ta...

Øygarden 15 May 2011 Great Egret from the sitting room - again

A quick trip to Skogsøy confirmed that passage was better today than of late. Several Arctic Skua tyvjo made their way north as did over 20...

Øygarden 14 May 2011 - Great Egret

Southerly and sunny. Took a quick look at Breivik which produced only the long staying male Pied Wagtail svartryggerle of any interest. Bac...

Skogsøy 13 May 2011

Light southerlies and rain showers Another rather quiet day, although a Turnstone steinvender flying past the lookout,  a singing Lesser Wh...

Hernar 12 May 2011 - Grasshopper Warbler

Light southerly and overcast to start with, clearing later. Although the island didn't live up to last week's visit it still provide...

Tjeldstø 11 May 2011

A stroll around the reserve brought in the usual suspects - loads of Greylags grågås now with chicks and quite a few hirundines including s...

Øygarden 10 May 2011 - Grasshopper Warbler

After spending the morning working a quick check of a couple of localities produced some decent birds - starting with a splendid male Yellow...

Skogsøy 08 May 2011

SE winds and sunny. It is a very rare occasion that Skogsøy disappoints. Today was one of those days. Apart from small numbers of terns tern...

Øygarden 07 May - Crag Martin still present

Although I took things easy today seeing only the first Greylag grågås chicks of the year during a quick stroll at Herdlevær the same could...

Øygarden 06 May 2011 - Crag Martin still present!

Five of Bergen's finest prior to connecting with the Crag Martin klippesvale A crowd of birders this big in Øygarden is almost as rare...