Monday 25 May 2015

25th May


A breezy start with some showers whipping through but a few hours in the wind dropped right off and it turned out to be a lovely day; the nets were quiet as always although there was a Marsh Warbler caught in amongst the handful of Redpolls and Siskins.   The few bits on the sea included a nice close Pomarine Skua, an Arctic Skua, a Tystie, 65 Turnstone in two flocks and 2 Velvet Scoters while there was a Quail singing from just behind the Labyrinth.

                A walk inland in the afternoon produced 2 Wrynecks and the pair of Red-backed Shrikes in Lebeltet, a Spotted Flycatcher, a general increase to 11 Whinchats and 7 Sedge Warblers while 8 Dotterel had moved over to Vågsvollmarka and the male flavissima Yellow Wagtail was still on Vågsvollvåien.
 
                Yesterday's Laughing Gull was actually just the fifth record for Norway and after it left here it was re-found in a field up the coast.
 
Marsh Warbler

Siskin
 
Red-backed Shrike

Sand Martins were excavating their burrows



I found two Yellowhammer nests with small chicks this afternoon
 
 

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