Øygarden 29 November 2012

Light southerly winds with some light showers. Rock Pipit skjærpiplerke at Dåvøy At Dåvøy the Heron gråhegre roost had increased to 26 bir...

Øygarden 28 November 2012 - Work

Perfect conditions for finding stuff on the sea - flat calm and sunny. Red-throated Diver smålom at Dåvøy Completely predictably work reare...

Tjeldstø 27 November 2012 - Stuck

Calm AND sunny today. Predictably stuck at home in the decent weather. Not to be deterred we spent the morning ringing in my garden - and ca...

Øygarden 26 November 2012 - Grey-headed Woodpecker

Fantastic weather again. Light easterly breeze and mild. Red-throated Diver smålom A decent enough morning out. Started at Hjelme West where...

Skogsøy 25 November 2012 - At last a change in the weather

Finally the weather changed. A fresh easterly with high cloud cover, even some blue sky at times. The changing conditions seemed to have an ...

Herdlevær 24 November 2012

Strong southerlies, some showers but a glimt of sunshine. No real change in the birds - a few Little Auk alkekonge , a couple of Kittiwake k...

Tjeldstø 23 November 2012 - on my way out now

It now goes without saying that there were very strong southerly winds, that it was pouring with rain and very dull. Spent the morning updat...

Øygarden 22 November 2012

Somewhat predictably strong southerly winds, dull and wet. Didn't get out and about that much today. Solberg was quiet but a fly-over Wa...

Hjelme West 21 November 2012 - Crossbill headaches

You guessed it! Yet again strong southerly winds, dull with some rain. Still the best weather thus far this week. At least it remains mild. ...

Herdlevær 20 November 2012

Rather predictably southerly gale and very dull. However, almost no rain. A half decent selection of the usual late autumn species seen toda...

Øygarden 19 November 2012

Strong southerly gale with occasional torrential showers. Worsening throughout the day. Popped in at a couple of places but the only one tha...

Øygarden 18 November 2012

Dull, wet and windy again. Not often that I struggle with motivation to get out birding but today was one of those days. Great-spotted Woodp...

Øygarden 16 November 2012

Dull, wet and windy again. Hard going to find anything much at all today with very little at Solberg, Alvheim or Tjeldstø. It was Hatten tha...

Skogsøy 15 November 2012

Fresh westerly, slightly brighter than of late.  White-tailed Eagles havørn are everywhere at the moment... Cormorant storskarv Relatively ...

Herdlevær 14 November 2012

South westerly winds and rather dull. Quite a bit about without anything very special. A flock of around 150 Fieldfare gråtrost contained s...