A pleasant day with birds on the sea first thing including a White-billed Diver north, a Fulmar, 2 Shoveler, 52 Common Scoter, 3 Velvet Scoter and a Goosander while there were a few signs of action in the nets with 5 Willow Warblers and a Blackcap caught. A walk round the coast in the afternoon was pretty quiet with 2 Whimbrel, 2 Kestrels, a Peregrine, a Merlin, 130+ Swallows and 60+ Wheatears while there were a few bits in Lebeltet as I walked back through including a female Pied Flycatcher, 4 Tree Pipits and 4 Reed Buntings.
The best period of the day came late afternoon as the
sun came out as there was a strange hybrid-type male Yellow Wagtail with a
wholly dark head resembling a thunbergi
but the ear coverts were not black and in good light there were bits of green
and grey in the dark head in the company of 4 Blue-headed Wagtails around
Vågsvollvåien; there was also a Short-eared Owl over Gunnarsmyra but the
undoubted highlight came in Vågsvollvika where I found a stunning summer
plumaged BUFF-BELLIED PIPIT feeding
on the beach which showed really well for the rest of the evening.
Buff-bellied Pipit
Strange hybrid type Yellow Wagtail
Whimbrel
Blue-headed Wagtail
Pied Flycatcher
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