Øygarden 17 January 2012

Southerly winds and overcast. Moorehen sivhøne at Blomvåg The Moorehen sivhøne was still present at Blomvåg. At Tjeldstø good birds includ...

Herdlevær 16 January 2012

Light southerly, calm and overcast. A quick dash around Herdlevær produced nothing unexpected today. A couple of Black Guillemots teist , a ...

Hjelme Vest 15 January 2012

Calm and mild Excellent conditions again but once more little doing on the sea. Finally picked up a feeding Great Northern Diver islom . Oth...

Øygarden 14 January 2012

Wonderfully calm and relatively mild.  Above and below: record shots of the second year (first winter) Iceland Gull grønlandsmåke Took thing...

Øygarden 13 January 2012 - Jackdaw

Strong north westerly gales, occasional wintery showers. Spent the morning tramping through some pretty heavy terrain seeing very little ind...

Skogsøy 12 January 2012

North westerly gale with occasional wintery showers Herring Gull gråmåke at Skogsøy With strong winds from the north some seawatching was c...

Øygarden 11 January 2012 - White-winged duo!

Strong westerly with occasional short showers. Once again work curtailed the birding but a brief dash out was most productive.  Above and be...

Breivik 09 January 2012 - Iceland Gull

Southerly with heavy rain most of the day. Work and familiy commitments meant there was virtually no time out and about today.  Above and be...

Skogsøy 07 January 2012

Fresh west north-west wind, couple of showers. Conflicting weather forecasts yesterday evening meant it was a late snap decision to head to ...

Øygarden 06 January 2012

Light northerly with occasional showers. Rather little about considering the relatively good conditions. Gannet havsule at Hjelme Vest Hjel...

Skogsøy 05 January 2012 - Iceland Gull

Light northerly with occasional short showers.  Above and below: record shots of Iceland Gull grønlandsmåke Fantastically long bill on this ...

Øygarden 04 January 2012 - Scaup

North westerly with wintery showers. Covered a number of localities further south than I usually cover - something that paid off quite well....

Øygarden 03 January 2012 - Bean Geese return

Chilly southerly wind with wintery showers. Hjelme Vest was very quiet and it was a struggle to get even some of the usual suspects. A Black...

Herdlevær 02 January 2012

South westerly with occasional showers. Work and family commitments put something of a brake on the birding today but still managed a few ne...

Øygarden 01 January 2012 - Bird Race Day 3

Light southerly, rain Took things rather easier today and only saw a few good birds. At Alvheim a Pergegrine vandrefalk was the best bird o...