Bright and sunny with a
strong NE wind but due to the wind direction it was possible to get a few nets
open where there were a few signs of life with single Reed Warbler,
Whitethroat, Garden Warbler and Pied Flycatcher with 16 new Willow Warblers
while two juvenile Bramblings were also caught – quite young birds which hadn’t
started their post-juvenile body moult yet, I wonder how far they have come?
Another 1,629 Greylag Geese went south through the
morning along with a few waders including 120 Knot while a flyover Temminck’s Stint and 2 Spotted
Redshanks were the highlights around Vågsvollvåien in amongst many Dunlin,
Knot, Redshank, Snipe etc. flying backwards and forwards between Vågsvollvika
and Sevika as they were systematically attacked by a succession of Peregrines,
Sparrowhawks, Merlins and Kestrels which appeared to be moving along the coast.
There seemed to be little change in
the numbers round the coast with the exception of 40 Knot in Verevågen but with
the raptors and the now howling NE wind it was extremely difficult to get any
meaningful counts (in fact after the first Peregrine blazed through Sevika the
350+ waders which were feeding there disappeared completely before I had a
chance to go through them and never came back!).
There were a few migrants inland as well concentrated
in the few sheltered spots with a juvenile Cuckoo in Verevågen (the first one
of the autumn), 4 Spotted Flycatchers, 2 Pied Flycatchers, 30+ Willow Warblers,
a Whinchat and a Wryneck; 4 Yellow Wagtails and 3 Tree Pipits were also seen as
well as a big female Goshawk in
Lebeltet.
Juvenile Brambling
A few grabbed shots of the Goshawk
This Ruff was looking a bit ruffled! Judging from the wound on his belly he's been nicked by a Peregrine
Red-backed Shrike juveniles still going
Spotted Flycatcher
Black Darter
Its been a hard summer!
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