Herdlevær 31 May 2013

Light northerlies, warm and mostly sunny. Above and below: Cuckoo gjøk Goldfinch stillits Little in the way of migrants - just a Goldfinch s...

Herdlevær 29 May 2013

Easterly winds, warm and sunny A stroll at Herdlevær produced nothing much in the way of migrants - weather too good to force anything down?...

Hernar 28 May 2013 - Gamble pays off!

Light easterlies and sunny in the morning, turning to northerly in the afternoon. Just about record short of the Marsh Harrier sivhauk  Took...

Herdlevær 27 May 2013 - Bang on time

Light winds, some high cloud. Above and below: migrating Brent Geese  ringgås   A late and lazy seawatch from Herdlevær dave surprisingly go...

Tjeldstø 26 May 2013 - Big Barnacle day

Wind more or less from the north again. Sunny. Golden Plovers heilo   A short walk in the reserve produced largely the usual suspects includ...

Skogsøy 25 May 2013 - Manx at last

Northerly winds and more or less overcast. Another good day at Skogsøy. Seawatched from 06:15-11:30 and had the following: If you look very ...

Øygarden 24 May 2013 - Sea fog

Light northerly breeze, sunny and generally glorious weather down the east side of Øygarden. Sea fret down the west... In the short time ava...

Skogsøy 23 May 2013 - Skuas forever!

Strong northerly winds and largely overcast. A late start today didn't appear to matter as most of the interest started late in the morn...

Solberg 22 May 2013 - Long-tailed Skua galore!

Fresh NW breeze and sunny. The frustration started with the weather forecast yesterday evening. Today was always going to be good. Work and ...

Øygarden 21 May 2013

Southerly and misty to start with, southerly with rain later. No time to be out much today. A very quick look at Breivik produced 10 Golden ...

Skogsøy 20 May 2013 - first Brents

Light northerly breeze, warm and sunny. A few hours seawatching around dawn proved reasonably productive with highlights being a White-bille...

Tjeldstø 19 May 2013 - taking it easy

Calm, hot and sunny. Singing Redstarts rødstjert are few and far between in Øygarden One of two female Ruffs brusfugl Not just people are fe...