Sunday, 15 March 2015

15th March


Managed to get most of the nets open for the first day of the ringing campaign and ended up with two Robins and four Great Tits – actually better than expected with hardly any birds around in the bushes!   The White-billed Diver was again close in to the shore and a 1st year Iceland Gull flew north quite far out – another Norwegian tick; there was little else of note with a flyover Snow Bunting and a few ducks flying backwards and forwards offshore including Long-tailed Ducks, Common Scoter and Eider.

                Had a drive along the coast to Lindesnes Fyr in the afternoon to try for a Gyr Falcon which has been wintering in the area but had no joy in increasingly windy conditions.
 


Record shots of the White-billed Diver

The first bird of the ringing campaign
 

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