Like yesterday the evening
turned into a crazy windy and wet night but unlike yesterday the gale force
wind persisted throughout the day; the sea was unremarkable with a single
Great-northern Diver and a good 55 Common Gulls with small numbers of Auks,
Kittiwakes etc. Heavy rain moved in
late morning but there was a very good November count of 130 Common Gulls
resting in the fields at Vågsvoll.
A little drive round at lunchtime produced a redhead Smew on Hanangervann (an overdue
Norwegian tick!) and 4 Slavonian Grebes and 3 Little Grebes sheltering in the
harbour. The rain cleared by
mid-afternoon to leave the rest of the day bright but with a now force 8
westerly gale; not much was seen in the difficult conditions with two drake
Goosanders on Vågsvollvåien, a Great
Grey Shrike really struggling in the wind in Vågsvollvika and 2 Woodcock
flushed from the sheltered side of Lebeltet.
A bunch of record shots in the horrible conditions, never going to win any prizes but here they are anyway - Slavonian Grebes, Goosander, Great Grey Shrike and Wigeon
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