Skogsøy 30 November 2014 - Short but sweet

Light SE winds and some very light rain. Took a rather late and short walk out to Skogsøy. Things were generally quiet but a hunting Peregri...

Hjelme Vest 28 November 2014

Calm and more or less sunny. A quick check of the sea showed it to be relatively quiet but a couple of feeding Great Northern Diver islom , ...

Øygarden 27 November 2014 - Good Sibe Chiff-chaffs at last

Calm and sunny. Spent a few hours out and about at a few localities in the fantastic weather. Started a Solberg where the calm conditions ma...

Tjeldstø 26 November 2014 - Parrots

Light SE, sunny then clouding over in the afternoon A walk around the reserve produced relatively little but a flock of 19 Parrot Crossbills...

Herdlevær 25 November 2014 - Back to reality

Calm, sunny and "warm". After the thousands of waders at Pak Thale, Thailand a couple of days ago it was something of a crash land...

Øygarden 07 November 2014 - Going to the office produces Øygarden mega!

Stronger SE winds today with high cloud. A trip to the office would normally mean that the day was a write-off. Not so today - returning hom...

Øygarden 06 November 2014 - Ideal conditions

Excellent conditions with light SE, overcast at first then clearing to sunny. Should really have gone to Hernar today but the logistics were...

Tjeldstø 05 November 2014 - more dodgy Chiff-chaffs

Light easterly winds and sunny for much of the day - except it rained whilst I was changing the wheels over on my car to winter tyres. Combi...

Herdlevær 04 November 2014 - Another excellent day in Øygarden

Light winds today, started off more or less SE with some light drizzle. Ended up NE and sunny - but not until after I got home. Guillemot lo...

Skogsøy 03 November 2014 - Quantity not quality

Fresh south westerly, occasional light showers Spent 2.5 hours seawatching and for once I got it right - there was a big movement following ...

Hellesøy 02 November - Seabirds on the move and a wanna-be Yellow-legged

Strong southerly winds and very little in the way of rain. Otter photographed from the terrace A Blackcap munk in the garden was one of the ...