Solberg 30 April 2013 - Poms

Strong northerly winds, mostly sunny but some wintery showers. Not much time spent out and about but a trip to Solberg paid off today with t...

Herdlvevær 29 April 2013

Very strong southerly winds, heavy wintery showers and occasional glimpses of sunshine. The head shape and bill size of this gull caught my ...

Skogsøy 27 April 2012 - First White-billed of the year

Northerly wind and sunny. A decent enough seawatch - sat from 05:35 to 12:15. Highlights were the first two migrating White-billed Diver gul...

Tjeldstø 21 April 2013 - No change

Southerly gale and overcast. Took things easy with just a walk around the reserve - very much the same as of late. A couple of singing Dunno...

Skogsøy 20 April 2013 - Half-decent seawatch

Southerly winds increasing in strength during the few hours spent seawatching. A steady stream of stuff heading north today, not a huge amou...

Herdlevær 19 April 2013 - New stuff just keeps coming...

Brisk northerly winds and clearish skies Male Pied Flycatcher svarthvitfluesnapper Today's conditions are not normally considered good f...

Tjeldstø 18 April 2013 - Yet more new arrivals

Strong southerly winds and rain. Started the day with a walk at Breivik. Some grounded migrants and new arrivals here including a few White ...

Tjeldstø 17 April 2013 - More arrivals

Southerly winds and overcast. A stroll around the reserve produced a Carrion Crow svartkråke - quite possibly the same bird seen at Skogsøy ...

Herdlevær 15 April 2013 - Corvid bonanza

Strong southerlies, overcast but largely dry. Carrion Crow svartkråke - sure to get the twitchers out to Øygarden.... Rook kornkråke - first...

Tjeldstø 14 April 2013 - Storm

Gale force southerly winds and rain. Difficult conditions. After making sure the trampoline didn't fly off in the wind a walk around the...

Øygarden 02 April 2013 - More movement

Cloudless and sunny again but with a fresh north-easterly wind making it feel pretty cold. A quick look at Solberg showed that it was a good...

Skogsøy and Sture 01 April 2013 - New species for Øygarden!

Calm and sunny with a northerly breeze picking up later. Very heavy frost overnight. Kicked the day off with a few hours seawatching at Skog...