Friday, 24 April 2015

24th April


A breezy start soon calmed down into a pleasant day; there was a good northward passage at sea of 410 Red-throated Divers along with a cracking summer plumaged White-billed Diver, 40 Teal and more Common Gulls.   The first Greenshank and Little Ringed Plover of the year were on Vågsvollvåien as well as three islandica Black-tailed Godwits while on the land the highlight was the first Wryneck of the year on the grass near Net One which may have just come in.

                The afternoon was disappointingly quiet with another Wryneck singing in Lebeltet the pick along with 50+ Golden Plover, a Brambling in Lebeltet, a Merlin, a male Pied Wagtail with the Whites on a recently turned field and further increases in Wheatears, Swallows and White Wagtails across the area.
 
Wryneck

Black-tailed Godwit

more and more Wheatears every day

White Wagtail 'AXJ' ringed last year
 

No comments:

Post a Comment