Hernar 26 June 2014 - Summer

Calm and sunny. In between migration seasons there was not much chance of anything special today but a rare chance to make it out to Hernar ...

Skogsøy 24-25 June 2014 - Camping pays off....

Calm with light southerly winds. Spent the night out at Skogsøy with the girls and no scope. The last bit was proved to not be a very sensib...

Skogsøy 23 June 2014 - Autumn!

Northerly breeze and sunny again. A short and relatively late seawatch produced little movement but showed that autumn migration is underway...

Tjeldstø 22 June - The Young Ones

Sunny with fresh northerly winds the last few days. Work and family commitments have prevented any meaningful birding and certainly give a c...

Herdlevær 03 June 2014 - Yellow wag

Hot and sunny. Still a struggle to get out and about in any meaningful way so hopes were not high for a quick midday walk at Herdlevær. Only...

Solberg / Tjeldstø 02 June 2014 - the biggest Norwegian Garden list?

Not really out but a singing Sedge Warbler sivsanger and a Whimbrel småspove at Solberg were almost worth a mention. At Tjeldstø I found two...

Øygarden 01 June 2014 - Breeding Grey-headed Woodpeckers?

Sunny with light northerly winds. Hjelme West produced little of interest - just a few Red-throated Diver smålom passing and a flock of at l...

Skogsøy 31 May 2014 - Both geese!

Sunny with strong northerly winds. Barnacle Goose hvitkinngås overhead Part of the Barnacle Goose hvitkinngås flock Pale-bellied Brents ring...

Herdlevær 30 May 2014 - Northerly winds but no joy

Wind changed to the north but a couple of hours at Herdlevær produced little of interest, Small numbers of the usual suspects including seve...