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...

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...