Skogsøy 30 September 2012 - Red-necked Grebe

Southerly winds and mostly overcast. Relatively quiet but a decent variety of stuff passing including the first Red-necked Grebe gråstrupedy...

Øygarden 28 September - Sibes at last

Fresh southerlies with light rain, setting in heavier in the afternoon. A quick check at Husvatnet, Tjeldstø produced some good birds in the...

Tjeldstø 27 September 2012 - More new for the year

Calm and overcast, some light rain. Once again restricted to Tjeldstø but still managed to get a few more new for the year: a flock of four ...

Hernar 26 September 2012 - new species for the island

Calm and very pleasant conditions. I was obviously not alone in thinking Hernar might produce the goods today with two other birders travell...

Tjeldstø 25 September 2012 - Grey Wag

Fresh easterlies with rain. Movements still restricted so it was the reserve yet again today - resulting in another new for the year in Øyga...

Tjeldstø 24 September 2012 - Peregrine

Yet another day of calm and sunny weather. Birds seemed thin on the ground and yet there were a few decent sightings in a local context. Per...

Herdlvevær 23 September 2012

Another day of fantastic weather and few birds. Migrating Kestrel tårnfalk Not much going on with just Kestrel tårnfalk and Sparrowhawk spu...

Ringing report

In a post on 8th August I mentioned a ring found in an Eagle Owl 's nest. I heard back from the BTO and this too was an Oystercatcher tj...

Tjeldstø 22 September 2012 - Unblocking LSW

Fantastic clear and sunny weather - much more to my liking than off western Australia from where I have just returned. A lazy stroll around ...