Another nice, calm, sunny
start but with a pretty heavy frost at dawn and the wind soon started to pick
up; the sea was pretty dead but presumably the same adult White-tailed Eagle did another close flyby (yet again no camera!),
a Peregrine came in off with prey, a Wryneck
called from in Lebeltet and there were a pair of Garganey on Vågsvollvåien who were mercilessly harassed by an aggressive
Shelduck! The nets were also quiet with
a retrap Willow Warbler originally ringed in April 2012 being noteworthy.
I tried to keep on the sheltered sides of the
plantations in the afternoon as it was now a blazing force 7 south-easterly and
there were a few migrants about including the first 3 Redstarts of the year, 2 Lesser Whitethroats, 4 Blackcaps, a Tree
Pipit, 6 Chiffchaffs and 15+ Willow Warblers while there were at least 4 Twite
with the Linnet flock at the lighthouse.
Redstart
Mealy Redpoll
Snake in the grass
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