A gorgeous, calm, sunny
and warm day made it a pleasure to be out and about; there was a Grasshopper Warbler reeling just behind
the Labyrinth at dawn – an overdue first for the year before the nets produced
a respectable 20 birds including a 1st summer Common Rosefinch, a House Martin and 2 Swallows in amongst the
usual Redpolls and Siskins. A
Great-northern Diver and a Puffin were the highlights on the sea along with a
few Terns, Red-breasted Mergansers and Auks.
The coast was predictably quiet with the first
Greenshank for weeks in Sevika along with 5 Whimbrel and 20+ Swifts while I
colour ringed a big brood of 6 White Wagtails at Karveneset with the usual
Cuckoo, Red-backed Shrike, Wryneck and Whinchats seen inland. Also of note was a long dead and stinking
female Killer Whale washed up on the shore between the lighthouse and
Skarvodden in the rough weather of the last few days.
Common Rosefinch
House Martin
Snake in the grass
Skylark pulling some shapes while having a dust bath
Teeth!
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