Tjeldstø 18 February 2013 - more signs of spring?

Calm, foggy and wet. A quick walk at Dåvøy produced a single Snipe enkeltbekkasin and virtually nothing else. Back at Tjeldstø a flock of f...

Herdlevær 17 February 2013

Strong southerlies with rain. The change in the weather seems to have prompted some movement - small numbers of Starling stær seen at a few ...

Hjelme Vest 12 February 2014 - more SEAPOP and an Øygarden "mega"

Calm, sunny and cold again. Counting seabirds at a couple of the localities used for population monitoring again. Hjelme Vest produced a mas...

Øygarden 11 February 2103, SEAPOP and the first Puffin of the year

Calm, sunny and freezing. The annual SEAPOP count of overwintering seabirds was held today - covering the same route as previous years. As u...

Dåvøy 05 February 2013

Reasonably calm and verging on sunny. A quick check at Dåvøy was all there was time for today but this turned up a Snipe enkeltbekkasin , th...

Solberg 04 February 2013 - Glaucous

Wet and windy most of the day. The last few days have had a definite Glaucous Gull polarmåke feel to them and sure enough today a second ye...

Skogsøy 02 February 2013

Northerly gale but mostly sunny. Extremely treacherous underfoot. Herring Gull gråmåke Gannets  havsule Sat out at Skogsøy for almost two ho...