Sunday 15 March 2015

15th March


Managed to get most of the nets open for the first day of the ringing campaign and ended up with two Robins and four Great Tits – actually better than expected with hardly any birds around in the bushes!   The White-billed Diver was again close in to the shore and a 1st year Iceland Gull flew north quite far out – another Norwegian tick; there was little else of note with a flyover Snow Bunting and a few ducks flying backwards and forwards offshore including Long-tailed Ducks, Common Scoter and Eider.

                Had a drive along the coast to Lindesnes Fyr in the afternoon to try for a Gyr Falcon which has been wintering in the area but had no joy in increasingly windy conditions.
 


Record shots of the White-billed Diver

The first bird of the ringing campaign
 

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