A light easterly wind and
a few hours of light rain from dawn should have been perfect for some passerine
migrants but it was the sea that held all the attention through the morning
with a good and varied southward wader passage as totals included 653 Oystercatchers, 59 Knot, 122
Dunlin, 57 Redshank, 11 Turnstone, 14 Curlew, 10 Bar-tailed Godwits, 2 Little
Stints, 4 Sanderling and 3 Grey Plover (the totals would have been a bit larger
but the weather forecast tricked me into opening some nets a few hours in and
by the time I’d opened, waited around and closed when it started raining again
I’d lost two hours!).
There
was a good selection of other bits and pieces over the sea as well including a
Long-tailed Duck (very scarce at this time of year), a dark adult Arctic Skua,
a Bonxie, a juvenile Tystie, an Arctic Tern, a Red-throated Diver, a Tufted
Duck and 4 Red-breasted Mergansers.
A
walk round the coast produced, as expected more waders including a Spotted Redshank, 8 Bar-tailed Godwits,
15 Greenshank, 11 Wood Sandpipers and 26 Common Sandpipers. Back out again in the late afternoon where
the highlights were excellent views of an Osprey
which was hovering over Verevågen and then an hour later flew right over my
head in Vågsvollvika carrying a large fish and incredibly brief views of the Eagle Owl again in Lebeltet – basically
just a huge shape flushed out of a tree which disappeared instantly deeper into
the wood; other bits included 9 Crossbills, 4 Red-backed Shrikes, 7 Whinchats
and a Pied Flycatcher while hirundines are noticeably starting to build up with
40+ Swallows out over the fields.
Osprey with big fish and big Gull
The light was obviously rubbish but this is the perfect silhouette!
Yellowhammer
Mr Linnet and his family
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