Skogsøy+ 31 December 2014 - New Year's Bird Race Day 1 - for real this time

Fresh southerly winds, no rain. It turned out that the dates for the New Year's bird race had changed since I last checked them so today...

Øygarden 30 December 2014 - New Year Bird Race Day 1

Very dull, low cloud and constant light rain. Got off to a rather late start and checked a number of localities. At Dåvøy the best bird was ...

Tjeldstø 29 December 2014 - The thaw continues

NW breeze, light showers. Various errands produced a Peregrine vandrefalk over Blomvåg, a couple of Whoopers sangsvane and three White-taile...

Nautnes / Hjelme Vest 28 December 2014 - pre New Years bird race reccy

Calm, overcast and "mild" triggering something of a thaw. At Nautnes the best birds were a couple of Oystercatcher tjeld on the r...

Herdlevær 23 December - Christmas

Onshore winds with occasional showers. With Christmas looming fast there was only time for a short stroll at Herdlevær - this produced a hun...

Hjelme Vest 22 December 2014 -The one that got away (again!)

Westerly winds, largely sunny but with some short and heavy showers. A trip to the denstists and some last minute Christmas shopping put pai...

Northern Øygarden 03 December 2014 . Wasted Wigeon

SW winds, rather murky at first, clearing nicely later. Kicked off at Hellesøy with very little indeed. A Curlew storspove , a Little Auk al...

Dåvøy and Sæle 02 December 2014 - Leaving it too late

Work and Christmas really putting a stop to getting out! Light rain at first, clearing up nicely later. Views from my "office" Dur...

Tjeldstø 01 December - Autumn migration continues

Fresh southerly winds and chilly with it. Mistle Thrush duetrost at Tjeldstø Not out in any meaningful way today but a quick check at Tjelds...

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...