Tjeldstø 30 April 2015 - First Cuckoo of the year and not enough seawatching

Overcast with very light rain much of the day. Cuckoo gjøk At Tjeldstø the first Cuckoo gjøk of the year put in an appearance and even gave ...

Nautnes 29 April 2015 - Another new for the house list

Sunny with light winds No chance to get out at all but despite this the day turned out not too badly. The highlight was that all-too-boring ...

Herdlevær 28 April 2015 - More seawatch sampling

Light SW winds, sunny Still not making it out in a meaningful way so it was another late and short seawatch from Herdlevær today.In one hour...

Skogsøy 26 April 2015 - More White-bills and some guiding

Fresh south westerly winds and sunny Gannet havsule Part of a Red-throated Diver smålom flock Massively cropped record shot of one of the Wh...

Herdlevær 24 April 2015 - Skogsøy f***-up!

Light winds, light cloud cover. Obviously misjudged the day completely. It did not look like a typical good day for Skogsøy - but it was a B...

Gullfjell 23 April 2015 - Out of Øygarden

I don't often post on anything outside Øygarden but today errands took me into town and I took the opportunity to visit my old stomping ...

Tjeldstø 21 April 2015 - Slav grebe and best yet of hybrid gull

Largely sunny. Hybrid Glaucous gull polarmåke Really struggling to get out and about. However, a partial change of winter tyres at Tjeldstø ...

Skogsøy 19 April 2015 - More seawatching

Very light northerly winds at first, dropping off to nothing. Warm and sunny. Another decent seawatch! Sat for just over five hours - and ha...

Herdlevær 18 April 2015 - A good diver day

Strong northerly wind and sunny. A very late and lazy check at Herdlevær gave more than 35 Red-throated Diver smålom in less than an hour. M...

Skogsøy 17 April 2015 - Diver migration picking up

Freash northerly wind again - but sitting sheltered from the wind in glorious sunshine it didn't feel cold The first serious seawatch of...

Hernar 16 April 2015 - Macho posturing

Fresh northerly breeze and relatively overcast Not the best of conditions to go looking for migrant passerines - but it really was a lovely ...

Øygarden 14 April 2015 - Quiet

Onshore winds and sunny with occasional short showers. Did Hjelme Vest after the morning school run. Nothing of note here although a small f...

Herdlevær and Tjeldstø 14 April 2015 - Merlins / Getting everything wrong

Started with southerly winds and rain but the sun got out later. Merlin dvergfalk at Tjeldstø A couple of hours out and about today proved r...

Tjeldstø 13 April 2015 - First Swallow

Sunny but a brisk northerly kept things feeling chilly in exposed areas. Swallow låvesvale Most of today's birding was at Tjeldstø which...

Herdlevær 12 April 2015 - Loads more migrants

South westerly winds and sunny A walk at Herdlevær produced plenty of new migrants including the first Wheatear steinskvett of the year and ...

Nautnes 11 April 2015 - Brambling

Good conditions early on but getting wetter and windier later on. By the time all my driving and household errands were done the rain had se...

Tjeldstø 10 April 2015 - Almost back in business

Southerly and overcast most of the day. Pinkfoot kortnebbgås Above and below: Yellowhammer gulspurv Suffering from a suspected concussion I ...