Thursday, 19 March 2015

19th March


Another lovely, sunny, calm morning produced a few birds in nets including 4 Robins (which were very light indicating newly arrived migrants) and 3 Goldcrests; there was also some light passage overhead in the fine conditions as birds moving north included 43 Rock Pipits, a Yellowhammer, a Goldfinch, 5 Greenfinches, 5 Siskin, a Grey Wagtail, 4 Skylarks and a good total of 246 Greylag Geese.

                Birds offshore included the White-billed Diver again close in, 3 Great-northern Divers, 12 Wigeon, 20 Teal, a drake Goosander south, 40+ Oystercatchers and 2 Curlew.   Unfortunately fog rolled in late morning and the wind (now NW) picked up through the afternoon which meant the only things I saw were a female Goosander and another 4 Curlew in Vågsvollvika.

A slightly better picture of the White-billed Diver

Long-tailed Duck

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