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 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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

Tjeldstø 11-13 May 2013 - More new arrivals

Little time spent out and about. Hawfinch kjernebiter in the garden On 11 May the Hawfinch kjernebiter was still present in the garden and I...

Herdlevær 15 April 2013 - Corvid bonanza

Strong southerlies, overcast but largely dry. Carrion Crow svartkråke - sure to get the twitchers out to Øygarden.... Rook kornkråke - first...

Øygarden 02 May 2012 - Missing stuff....

Fresh northerly winds but sunny. The last few days have been good with more diver migrations past Skogsøy, another Crane trane , Golden Eagl...

Hernar 24 October 2011 - Migration!

Fresh south-easterly and SUNNY. Very warm for so late in the year. A SUPERB day spent birding Hernar. There was non-stop action from dawn un...