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...

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 ...

Skogsøy 18 July 2014

Calm and sunny. A short seawatch 06:30 - 08:30 was fairly quiet. Probably the best bird was a single Great Skua storjo - incredibly the fir...

Solberg 30 April 2013 - Poms

Strong northerly winds, mostly sunny but some wintery showers. Not much time spent out and about but a trip to Solberg paid off today with t...

Skogsøy 20 April 2013 - Half-decent seawatch

Southerly winds increasing in strength during the few hours spent seawatching. A steady stream of stuff heading north today, not a huge amou...

Skogsøy 05 August 2012

VERY calm indeed and therefore plenty of biting insects. Nice. Crested tit toppmeis Shags toppskarv - already heading north White-tailed Eag...

Skogsøy 16 July 2012

Finally got out for a couple of hours. Not the most promising of weather conditions for seawatching so I was surprised to see so much on the...

Herdlevær 05 May 2012 - More short seawatches

Strong northelies yet again after gales in the night. Regular heavy snow / hail showers A forty minute seawatch between 1020 and 1110 hit a ...

Øygarden 24 November 2011 - the one that got away

Calm and mild. Started the day at Svellingen where there was very little movement. A Little Auk alkekonge , a Snipe enkeltbekkasin and at l...

Skogsøy 23 September 2011 - Onshore winds

With the wind firmly onshore since yesterday the only choise for a seawatcher was Skogsøy. However, as usual, onshore winds in autumn failed...

Herdlevær 27 May 2011 - more Brents

Brisk northerly and sunny. Took things rather easier today - a lunchtime seawatch from Herdlevær produced well around 400 pale-bellied Brent...

Skogsøy 19 April 2011 - Shoveler

Cool southerly wind meant it was chilly around dawn. Finally made it out to Skogsøy where there was quite a bit of interest despite few bird...

Skogsøy 17 July 2010

Pale greyish undersides and blackish underwing coverts made this bird stand out from the other Great Skuas seen today. A rather interestin...

Herdlevær 18 April 2010

Jackdaw kaie at Herdlevær / Skogsøy A short stroll out that started in a snowstorm and ended sunny.... The three Pinkfeet kortnebbgås wer...

Skogsøy 08 November 2008 - Little Auks

Rock Pipit skjærpiplerke (note ring on left leg) Robin rødstrupe Little Auks alkekonge Eiders ærfugl Spent a couple of productive hou...

Øygarden 01 July 2008

Great Skua storjo Willow Warbler lovsanger Kicked the day off with a couple of hours seawatching at Skogsøy - well rewarded with a Manx Sh...