Overcast again but the
wind had dropped right away and switched round to the west; the nets were
disappointing with 16 new birds caught including a Blackcap. I didn’t really look at the sea for any
extended time but I did see 2 Great-northern Divers and a single Scaup along
with small flocks of Red-throated Divers, Razorbills, Common Scoters etc. while
other birds through the morning included a Black
Woodpecker which came out to the lighthouse, a single Snow Bunting over to
the south, 6 Grey Wagtails and a Merlin which came in off the sea carrying
prey.
The afternoon was very pleasant with the sun coming
out later on and birds around the coast included the Slavonian Grebe in Sevika,
a Wheatear still on Skarvodden, the Lapland Bunting and a few Little Auks
dotted around. The Three-toed Woodpecker reappeared in Lebeltet and presumably the
same 1st winter White-tailed
Eagle was sat in a field at Vatnemarka but otherwise it was very quiet
inland.
Little Auks
Wren foraging in the seaweed
The Three-toed Woodpecker was again obliging, often being too close to fit the whole bird in the picture!
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