Thursday 3 September 2015

3rd September


A tricky day with a brisk SE wind bringing with it nasty and very frequent (literally every half an hour or so!) showers; in between the rain a couple of birds were caught including the autumn’s second Barred Warbler.   Most of the morning’s action was on the sea where there was a steady movement of waders and ducks including the first Scaup of the autumn, a Pintail, 22 Wigeon, 9 Velvet Scoter, 67 Dunlin, 61 Knot and 27 Ringed Plover.

                At least 12 Sparrowhawks were bombing around all over the place while 9 Kestrels went south and 4+ Peregrines and 2 Merlins were also chasing things and one flock of 24 Swifts also went south; a little look in Vågsvollvika then produced single Spotted Redshank, Whimbrel, Grey Plover and Grey Wagtail.   I tried to go out into the area later but the showers were becoming heavier and longer so I gave up on the day!

                However in the early evening a cracking juvenile PALLID HARRIER was out quartering the fields around Vågsvollmarka together with a juvenile Hen Harrier (also my first for the autumn) – this Pallid has been roosting at Slevdalsvann for the past week or so and has been seen out foraging during the day over near Kviljo and but this is the first time it’s been out this way; there were also 6 Ruff, the Spotted Redshank and 40 Teal on the now very flooded Gunnarsmyra.
 

Barred Warbler
 

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