Herdlevær 24 March 2015 - Another good day in Øygarden

Calm and sunny - fantastic weather! I started off with Herdlevær where just about the first thing I saw was the long-staying Slav Grebe horn...

Nautnes 23 March 2015 - More incidental birds

Southerly winds and overcast in the morning. Glorious later. Not that it made much of a difference today as I was working in town all day to...

Tjeldstø 22 March 2015 - Eh?

Strong southerly winds and rain all day. In this posture the head looks more rounded.... A more typical view of this bird - showing a shallo...

Skogsøy 21 March 2015 - Migration warming up nicely!

Light NE winds and sunny. It just had to be a good day today - with rain yesterday stopping things there should have been a surge of stuff t...

Nautnes 12 March 2015 - Incidental birding

Woke up to glorious sunny and calm weather. With a mildly-put hectic morning any birding was at best incidental. But this being Øygarden mea...

Skogsøy 11 March 2015 - First migration seawatch of the year

Light south-easterly winds and sunny with it. Cormorants storskarv heading north One of the Oystercatcher tjeld flocks that passed White-tai...

Tjeldstø 10 March 2015 - Short but sweet

Gale force onshore winds with occasional short showers. Rook kornkråke at Harkestad No time to be out and about once again so it was the tri...

Hjelme Vest 09 March 2015 - Oystercatcher influx

Southerly winds and decent enough weather. No time to be out in any meaningful way today - just a quick walk with the dog at Hjelme Vest. On...

Herdlevær 08 March 2015 - Also on the right side of the country

Light westerlies becoming progressively sunnier throughout the day. ' Record shot of the Moorehen - cropped from the already cropped ver...

Tjeldstø 07 March 2015 - Finally on the right side of the country?

Overcast with strong southerly winds. Second cy Glaucous Gull polarmåke A trip to the shops produced the bird of the day - a second year Gla...