Nautnes 27 December 2013 - Geese

Considerably calmer today - with immediate results. Nautnes produced almost all the interest today. New species for the house list were a fl...

Tjeldstø 24 December 2013 - Christmas

Southerly gale. Highlights today were a Lapwing vipe and a flock of 12 Starling stær . Several Whoopers sangsvane about  - including a first...

Herdlevær 23 December 2013 - Shelter from the storm

Rather less windy today than of late - the sun even shone most of the time Several Purple Sandpipers fjæreplytt had moved into one of the s...

Skogsøy 22 December 2013

Winds still strong and predominantly from the south Skogsøy was predictably wet underfoot. Little passing over the sea during a brief period...

Hellesøy 18 December 2013

Another day of strong winds.... At Hellesøy there was little to be seen other than a couple of Starlings stær and two Mealy Redpoll gråsisi...

Øygarden 17 December 2013 - Glaucous Gull

Strong south westerly winds, no rain. A mad dash around a few localities produced generally rather little. Best bird was a Glaucous Gull pol...

Tjeldstø 16 December 2013 - Drive-by

Fresh south westerly and cloudy. Yet another day in the consumer society and no time to get out at all. A drive-by at Tjeldstø produced the ...

Nautnes 15 December 2013 - Oil spill?

SW winds, largely clear. With Christmas upon us birding is yet again taking a back seat - and I didn't really get out today. An unfortun...

Herdlevær 13 December 2013 - Autumn migration not over yet

Light north westerly winds with clear skies. As soon as I went out of the front door it was apparent that there was stuff on the move. A few...

Nautnes 12 December 2013 - From the terrace

Gale force winds and rain. Weather absolutely terrible for seeing stuff during the morning but cleared up nicely once I didn't have any ...

Øygarden 19 November 2013 - winter arrives

Strong north westerly winds and heavy hail / snow at times. The weather started off nice enough but as soon as I got out it deteriorated to ...

Hjelme Vest 18 November 2013 - A decent haul

Fresh southerly winds, showers later. Conditions were far from ideal for picking things up on the sea but small numbers of most of the usual...

Herdlevær and Tjeldstø 16 November 2013 - Late autumn pipit headache

Strong westerly winds and very dull Much better conditions than yesterday but virtually dark...... At Herdlevær I stumbled over a pipit that...

Tjeldstø 15 November - Never give up

Gale force south westerly winds and torrential rain. Foul weather and other commitments kept me in most of the day, but undeterred by the fl...

Herdlevær 13 November 2013 - Eastern Jackdaw?

Fairly strong NW winds, showers Another half-hearted attempt to see if there was any movement over the sea. There wasn't - just small nu...

Skogsøy 12 November 2013 - Still too much wind?

Strong (20 knot++) SW winds. The seawatchers Pavlovian response to yesterday's storm was of course to see what was going on at Skogsøy.....

Øygarden 11 November 2013 - Storm

Strong southerly winds increasing to storm force and rain later.   Record shots of a couple of the Two-barred Crossbills båndkorsnebb Not mu...