Wednesday, 27 May 2015

27th May


Still breezy from the NW but not as bad as yesterday with a few showers moving through first thing; the sea was again the most interesting thing to look at with the highlight being a Little Tern which flew north with a group of Arctic Terns (a good quality Norwegian rare!).   Other birds included 5 Arctic Skuas, 3 Great-northern Divers, a Black-throated Diver and a Tystie while there was also some good raptor action with a female Marsh Harrier coming in low over the sea, a Merlin which flashed through and an adult male Peregrine which appeared from nowhere to catch a Dunlin in Vågsvollvika; the two Dotterel were still in front of Vågsvollvåien.

                The few nets I could open were predictably quiet although a Swiss ringed Siskin was a smart highlight; there was then little change across the area with the pair of Red-backed Shrikes and 3 Wrynecks in Lebeltet, 4 Whimbrel and a Common Sandpiper in Verevågen and a handful of Dunlin and Ringed plover still in Vågsvollvika.
 
The Swiss ringed Siskin

Red-backed Shrike
 

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