Skogsøy 29 April 2012 - Loonatics

Light northerly winds and very sunny. With more or less ideal conditions on what is statistically the best weekend to bird Skogsøy there was...

Herdlevær 28 April 2012

Fresh northwesterly with showers. Rather little about other than several Wheatear steinskvett and the usual suspects. A half hour seawatch ...

Tjeldstø 27 April 2012 - Pintail

Overcast with fresh NE wind and showers.  Heavily cropped documentation shot of the male Pintail stjertand Pintail stjertand pair Still stru...

Tjeldstø 26 April 2012 - Crane!

Calm and overcast with light rain.  Record shots of Common Crane trane flying over Undisputed highlight today was a Common Crane trane that ...

Hernar 25 April 2012 - more new migrants

Very calm and quiet both weather and birdwise. Light easterly winds with outbreaks of sun.  Wheatear steinskvett Willow Warbler løvsanger Th...

Tjeldstø 24 April 2012 .- Ring Ousel!

 Ring Ousel ringtrost Only time for a quick walk around the reserve but managed to pick up a new Tjeldstø species for me in the form of a Ri...

Tjeldstø 09 April 2012

Southerly winds and light rain A Mealy Redpoll gråsisik which joined the finch flock in the garden was the first of the year (!). Common Gul...

Skogsøy 07 April 2012 - Common Gull migration picks up the pace

Sunny with light northerly winds.  Common Gull fiskemåke  Cormorants storskarv  Above and below Curlew storspove Ideal migration conditions ...

Tjeldstø 06 April 2012 - Ringed Redpoll

Fresh northerly and sunny. Not out at all. Came frustratingly close to reading off the ring number of one of three Lesser Redpoll brunsisik ...

Øygarden 05 April 2012 - more arrivals

Light southerlies, low cloud and rain Barely out of the house so only new species today was Lesser Redpoll brunsisik in the garden and anoth...

Hernar 04 April 2012

Calm and sunny. Hard frost again in the night. A Twite bergirisk - one of the Hernar specialities Wonderful weather so ideal migration condi...

Skogsøy 03 April 2012 - Morning after the day before

Light northerlies and sunny after a few days of unsuitable migration conditions.  Cormorant storskarv  Above and below: 3rd year Iceland Gul...

Tjeldstø 02 April 2012

Fresh northerly, sunny in between snow showers. Little change though Greylag grågås numbers now up to 70. Usual selection of Teal krikkand ,...

Skogsøy 01 April 2012 - April Fools seawatch

Strong northerly with light but persistent rain. Snow later. A return to wintry conditions and winter birds to go with it! Not the most plea...

Øygarden 31 March 2012

Northerly winds and mostly sunny  Chaffinch bokfink singing in the garden  Siskins grønnsisik are continuing to turn up in the garden and e...