Wednesday, 20 May 2015

20th May


A pleasant day with good conditions – lightish SE wind and a bit of rain overnight to produce something but it was very quiet throughout the day; the nets were again disappointing (a very slow spring for ringing!) with a little influx of Lesser Redpolls around the place with 16 caught of note.   The sea produced 35 Red-throated Divers, 7 Velvet Scoter, 2 Common Terns and a couple of Kittiwakes with a female Marsh Harrier hunting over Skarvodden.

                The coast in the afternoon only produced an Osprey hovering over Sevika before drifting off north, 8 Whimbrel and a Spotted Flycatcher in Verevågen before a look at Vågsvollvåien later on only produced the pairs of Gadwall and Shoveler and a couple of Blue-headed Wagtails while there were 3 Dotterel on the field at Vågsvoll.
 

Redshank and Red-breasted Mergansers sleeping - it was that kind of day!

Siskin

Slinky Minky out again
 

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