Skogsøy 31 July 2011 - Manx

Very overcast with light southerly. Skogsøy back on form again with a typical late July seawatch - highlight was the first Manx Shearwater h...

Øygarden 30 July 2011

Once again sunny with a northerly wind. Predictably some birders went to Skogsøy but there was little passing at sea and the Two-barred Cros...

Skogsøy 29 July - Two-barred Crossbills

Fresh northerly with sun. Once again a two hour seawatch produced virtually nothing, small numbers of Gannet havsule , a couple of Fulmar ha...

Tjeldstø 28 July 2011

Greylag grågås Sunny with light northerly winds. Given the conditions it was not surprising there was little in the way of waders out in the...

Skogsøy 27 July 2011

Crested Tit toppmeis Overcast with light northerly. A couple of hours around dawn produced virtually nothing. A single Great Skua storjo on...

Tjeldstø 25 July 2011

Dull and wet with southerly winds. In other words good wader weather. Sure enough the Spotted Red sotsnipe and four Wood sands grønnstilk ,...

Tjeldstø 24 July 2011 - Tringa storm

Calm and warm for most of the day but only left the house to go swimming. Best sightings during the first part of the day were limited to a ...

Tjeldstø 23 July 2011

Above - young Swallows låvesvale being fed Out in the middle of the day under far from ideal conditions - sunny with a brisk northerly. How...

Skogsøy 10 July 2011 - autumn migration

A short and rather wet seawatch around dawn produced some birds of interest including a few Øygarden year ticks. Two Swift tårnseiler flew ...

Øygarden 07-09 July 2011

Not out much at all and precious little to see. Only migrants at Tjeldstø were a Black-headed Gull hettemåke and an unseasonal male Wigeon ...

June - July 2011

 Avocets at Cresswell ponds, Northumberland Offshore in the North Sea, no birding at all but had three Manx Shearwater flying past during a ...