Still very calm but with
plenty of cloud cover coming and going with a few heavy looking showers
surrounding us but never actually raining here; the nets were saved by a flock
of 27 Bramblings which were caught together early on while a big female Northern Bullfinch and a Common Redpoll
were also noteworthy.
There were a few birds around as well with Robins,
Blackbirds and Song Thrushes calling from dawn and some good overhead passage
unfortunately going NW slightly inland from the lighthouse so counts were very
inaccurate with 300+ Bramblings dominating along with a few Goldfinches,
Redpolls, Yellowhammers and Skylarks amongst others. A late juvenile Arctic Tern flew south offshore and the Gyrfalcon did a close flypast before having a bit of a tussle with
a Raven.
There was little new along the coast with the Surf Scoter still in the same place,
the Gyrfalcon cruising around, the
Slavonian Grebe still in Sevika, a Jack Snipe, a Wheatear and a Lapland Bunting
while there was a Black Woodpecker
and 35 Fieldfares in Lebeltet Nord. The
female Scaup was still in Vågsvollvika along with 18 Goldeneye, another
Wheatear, the Brent Goose and 99 Wigeon.
Brambling
Northern Bullfinch
Gyrfalcon making friends with a Raven
Surf Scoter
Common Scoter
Black Woodpecker
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