Skogsøy 29 May 2014 - Sea-fog

Calm and sunny but after only an hour sea fog rolled in and reduced visibility. The same fog thwarted attempts to bird alternative localitie...

Herdlevær 28 May 2014 - Sylvias

Calm and sunny. Out rather later than I should have been and took a short stroll around Herdlevær. Best birds were a couple of Garden Warble...

Øygarden 21 May 2014 - Tedious rarity and scarce spring migrant

Light SE winds with some thundery showers. Started the day at Herdelvær. Little happening here but a Sand Martin sandsvale or two , another...

Sture 20 May 2014 - just 15 minutes out

A very short stroll at Sture in the late evening produced the first Spotted Flycatcher gråfluesnapper of the year in Øygarden. Otherwise ju...

Skogsøy 14 May 2014 - Almost disappointing

Strong NNW winds and sunny. Spent several hours seawatching under what should have been ideal conditions for skuas and divers. There were pr...

Tjeldstø 13 May 2014 - Gargany!

Calm conditions whilst I gave the reserve some good coverage. North-westerly winds later on.... Pretty much the first birds I got onto today...

Øygarden 12 May 2014 - Another good morning out and about

Sunny yet again with light northerly winds. Whinchat buskskvett Spent a few hours in the morning checking a few localities - something that ...

Sture 11 May 2014 - Wryneck

The calm and sunny weather continues. Didn't really get out today. A drive-by at Tjeldstø produced a flock of six Black-headed Gulls het...

Skogsøy 10 May 2014 - Borderline seawatch nightmare

Calm and for the most part sunny. Strings of fog from inland came out of the sea and cut visibility to nothing at times. Patches of fog cont...

Herdlevær 09 May 2014 - Killer

Calm and sunny. The highlight of a late stroll around Herdlevær was a huge male Killer Whale offshore. Other mammals seen were Porpoise nise...

Nautnes / Tjeldstø 07-08 May 2014 - Not birding, just catching up

Back at last but no time whatsoever to get out for even the briefest of walks. On 7th May a Sand Martin sandsvale over Husvatnet, Tjeldstø ...