A moderate SW wind with a
bit of rain which soon cleared up allowed me to open some nets but I drew a
blank; there was much more action on the sea with hundreds of Gannets,
Razorbills and Gulls heading south but I didn’t look too much. I went out to Steinodden late morning where
good numbers of Gannets were streaming past at close range and the Gyrfalcon was as confiding as ever sat
out on the tip while the highlight was a group of 3 Woodlarks at the Radiomastene.
I then walked the rest of the coast in the ever
increasing wind which was hard work but with some rewards including more
amazing views of the Gyrfalcon
scaring everything to death in Sevika before perching on a post and allowing me
to get to within 10m of her, 3 Purple Sandpipers on the shore at Fuglejønna
where the female Surf Scoter was
still offshore, 2 Jack Snipe, a Lapland Bunting in Verevågen and a very big
build-up of Herring and Great Black-backed Gulls. By late afternoon the weather had built up
into the first real storm of the autumn with a blasting force 8-9 gale making
birding almost impossible!
Posing well again today
trying to cough up a pellet
and cruising past
Gannet
Razorbills
Oystercatchers trying to be synchronised until the third one joined in and ruined it
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