Another beautiful, sunny
day but the NW wind (albeit much reduced) was still very cold and cutting
through the morning; there were a few birds on the sea with a steady passage of
130 Red-throated Divers and 720 more Common Gulls along with two Great-northern
Divers, two Goosanders, a pair of Tufted Ducks and a Bar-tailed Godwit with a
flock of Oystercatchers. As the morning
warmed up there was a good movement of Meadow Pipits overhead and out at sea as
well as 15+ Lesser Redpolls, a few Goldfinches, Yellowhammers and Siskins and
good numbers of Linnets while a Rook, 2 Carrion Crows and 30+ Curlews came in
across the sea from the south.
The area was pretty quiet in the afternoon with the
exception of a flock of 5 Cranes
which went NW just after lunchtime; other birds included an immature White-tailed Eagle over, 7 Redshank in Vågsvollvika,
a Great-spotted Woodpecker and a Merlin.
The adult male Marsh Harrier was cruising around Seviksmarka in the
evening.
Cranes
Redshank
Lapwing
A Woodpecker - this bird was ringed here last autumn as a White-backed Woodpecker after much discussion, some people believing it was a White-backed x Great-spotted Woodpecker hybrid. I'm still a bit unsure as its hardly a classic White-backed but people in the know have said its within the acceptable range of features for White-backed but those big white shoulder patches are a bit upsetting....
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