Tjeldstø 31 March 2013 - More arrivals

Sunny at first, clouding over later. Southerly winds. Golden Plover heilo Starling stær Whoopers sangsvane A stroll around the reserve produ...

Tjeldstø 30 March 2013 - Jackdaw

The calm and sunny weather continues. Recird shot of Jackdaw kaie (taken through sitting room window) Barely out at all today and the only n...

Skogsøy 29 March 2013 - Spring Migration

Calm and sunny yet again. Considering the lengthy period of suitable migration weather today was pretty good - highlights were a Lapland Bun...

Herdlevær 28 March 2013

Sunny with light northerly wind. It was after lunch before I managed to get out and with lots of people out and about there was little to se...

Hernar 27 March 2013 - First trip to Hernar

Almost predictably calm and sunny and with a very heavy overnight frost. Blackbirds svarttrost in various pluamges The first trip to Hernar ...

Breivik 25 March 2013 - Mistle Thrush again

Yet another gloriously sunny and calm day. Still not getting out much but a quick stroll at Breivik produced a Mistle Thrush duetrost along ...

Tjeldstø 24 March 2013

Cold and sunny Small numbers of the usual early spring arrivals but migration obviously later than usual. Greylag grågås numbers up to 60 an...

Tjeldstø 18 March 2013

Strong easterly and feeling very cold. Just time for the quickest of walks at Tjeldstø. Best bird was a hunting Peregrine vandrefalk which ...

Skogsøy and Tjeldstø 17 March 2013 - More spring

South easterly winds, decent weather. The thaw continues as does the arrival of more migrants. Made the classic mistake of sleeping in and t...

Breivik and Tjeldstø 16 March 2013 - Spring!

Relatively mild after overnight snow. Part of the Lapwing vipe flock at Breivik Some real signs of spring today with 22 Lapwing vipe at Brei...

Herdlevær 15 March 2013

South-easterly winds and cool with it. Everything still pretty much frozen. Part of a flock of more than 20 Greylags grågås at Breivik More...

Øygarden 14 March 2013

Barely out of the house at all. Solberg produced my first Oystercatcher tjeld of the year with one resting on one of the islands and a floc...