Herdlevær 29 August 2011 - Curlew Sandpiper

Light northerly wind, partyl cloudy. Another productive few hours at Herdlevær though once again few passerines about. Numbers of resting / ...

Øygarden 28 August 2011 - Peregrines

Strong southerly, mostly sunny A trip to Solberg showed that it would have been good for seawatching - lots of Gannets havsule , a small flo...

Skogsøy 27 August 2011 - One less mink

Almost no wind. Very overcast and more or less constant rain. Not the best of seawatching weather and nothing like the level of activity as ...

Herdlevær 26 August - Little Gulls!

Southerlies with light showers A quick look at Solberg produced small numbers of waders and an Otter eating a huge flatfish but little else....

Tjeldstø 25 August 2011 - Common Tern

An evening stroll in front of the house produced little out of ordinary but nice views of a couple of Common Tern makrellterne feeding youn...

Hernar 25 August 2011

Southerly winds and partly cloudy at first. One of the first birds seen was a Common Rosefinch rosenfink - probably the same bird also seen...

Tjeldstø & Herdlevær 24 August 2011

Calm and overcast. A couple of Two-barred Crossbill båndkorsnebb and a flock of Common Crossbill grankorsnebb flying over the garden promt...

Øygarden 23 August 2011

Not out yet again. A couple of Jay nøtteskrike flying over the road at Rong were a little unseasonal. Six Teal krikkand and the usual Whin...

Tjeldstø 21 August 2011

Waders included a couple of Dunlin myrsnipe and several Ringed Plover sandlo . Highlight was the first Lesser Whitethroat møller at this l...

Tjeldstø 20 August 2011

South-easterly winds and some light rain. Before the rain started a walk in the reserve produced a flock of three Green Sandpiper skogsnipe ...

Tjeldstø 19 August 2011

Not out at all but had Spotted Redshank sotsnipe and a couple of White-tailed Eagles havørn over the garden.

Herdlevær 17 August 2011

An excellent day at Herdlevær with a good fall of migrants reported. Highlights were an Icterine Warbler gulsanger and a Wryneck vendehals ...

Hernar 16 August 2011

Light westerlies with showers early on. A decent morning in the field. Highlights at Hernar were the first Garden Warblers hagesanger in Øy...

Øygarden 15 August 2011

Not out much. However, two Great-spotted Woodpeckers  flaggspett at two different locations showed things are on the move and are a good in...

Herdlevær 14 August 2011

Overcast with light southerlies. Generally a lot about - large numbers of the usual finches and Meadow Pipits heipiplerke dominiating. Also...

Øygarden 13 August 2011

I received text messages in the early hours of the morning reporting a successfull Storm Petrel havsvale ringing trip at Herdlevær. A good ...

Tjeldstø 12 August 2011

Sunny with light Southerly. For the most part a typical mid August day - a Spotted Redshank sotsnipe , a Greenshank gluttsnipe , a Wood Sand...

Skogsøy 11 August 2011

Sunny with very light noertherly. No back to earth experience on returning to Øygarden this time! A couple hours seawatching around dawn did...

Maderia 03-08 August - Pelalgic wet dream

I don't normally post about birds away from Øygarden but a three day pelalgic off Maderia really deserves a mention. Watch this space! N...

Tjeldstø 01 August 2011

Calm and warm. Little migrant activity today with the highlight being a flock of three Common Crossbill grankorsnebb flying over - the firs...