Breezy from the SW first
thing but I still managed to get some nets open for 20 new birds including some
fledgling Lesser Whitethroats and Blackcaps as well as a 4 year-old re-trap
Lesser Whitethroat; the sea was ridiculously quiet with the only bird being a 2nd
summer Arctic Skua which unusually came in and headed inland! There were a few bits on Vågsvollvåien
including 3 Ruff, a Wood Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpipers and single Teal, Wigeon
and Heron.
Still a sprinkling of waders round the coast but
mainly different birds than yesterday including 10 Sanderling heading south, 3
Knot, 6 Dunlin, an adult Little Stint
in Sevika, 17 Redshank, a Greenshank, 7 Common Sandpipers and 8 Green
Sandpipers with a female Tufted Duck on Fuglejønna, an adult male Peregrine and
the pair of Red-backed Shrikes in Vatnemarka acting suspiciously. The weather really closed in during the
afternoon with the now force 7 SW wind bringing rain with it so not much else
was seen apart from a build-up of several hundred Gulls in Vågsvollvika.
Can't resist taking pictures of the Adders I find!
Tufted Duck
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