Skogsøy 15 July 2015 - A whale of a time

Calm, with light NW winds. A surprising number of Gannets havsule passed north today during a couple of hours early in the morning with arou...

Gullfjell and Herdla 12 July 2015 - Summer Guiding Bergen

Spent the day guiding and for once not in Øygarden but instead on a couple of my old stomping grounds nearer Bergen. Good weather all day - ...

Herdlevær 11 July 2015 - First "real" autumn waders

Light southerlies with drizzle most of the afternoon. One of two Greenshank gluttsnipe present at Kollsnes this evening Herdlevær produced n...

Skigsøy 10 July 2015 - Wot no aftermath

Strong NW breeze After yesterday's gale force winds I was hoping for some kind of return movement. However, this was not to be. Just sma...

Skogsøy 08 July 2015 - Summer storm

Wind increasing to gale force northerly during the day. Some of the Gannets havsule today It was late afternoon before I made it out to the ...

Tjeldstø 06 July 2015

Light westerlies with light drizzle. Nothing too much out of the ordinary. Highlights were two House Martin taksvale feeding over Husvatnet ...

Skogsøy 05 July 2015 - SUrprisingly productive seawatch

Calm and windless. Given the time of year and the conditions expectations were not that high. One can always hope though and a couple of hou...

Hernar 02 July 2015 - Almost back in business

Very hot and sunny, thankfully with a breeze from around 10:00. After pathetically little opportunity to get out and about for what feels li...

Herdlevær 16 June 2015 - Missing out

Light NW, largely sunny. Nice conditions but not much to report other than the usual suspects. Many / most species now have fledged young wi...

Skogsøy 31 May 2015 - Skogsøy still going strong

North westerly breeze with a hint of showers early on. Despite being generally quiet Skogsøy, as usual, produced some good birds. I sat for ...

Herdlevær 30 May 2015 - Dead Fulmar

Light WNW wind, sunny. A walk at Herdlevær didn't produce that much but proved to be great fun as my youngest and I honed our climbing s...

Tjeldstø 27-29 May 2015 - Too busy to bird / autumn?

Largely decent weather bit with occasional showers. A drive-by on 27 May produced a Collared Dove tykerdue . A short stroll through the nort...

Engerdal 22-26 May 2015 - Not birding Øygarden - but no regrets!

I recently spent a few days in Engerdal in Hedmark county and would liked to have spent more time there. This area is much larger than Øyga...