Thursday, 30 July 2015

30th July


Nice and calm again in the morning but the nets were a bit quieter with a House Martin the only slightly unusual bird; a Bonxie went south offshore along with 250 more Greylag Geese while around Vågsvollvåien there were 3 Ruff, 2 Wood Sandpipers and a Greenshank.

                There were good numbers of waders around the coast but a different range of species and in different numbers to yesterday showing a good turnover of birds; totals today included 33 Bar-tailed Godwits, 2 Curlew Sandpipers, 42 Dunlin, 2 Sanderling, 19 Common Sandpipers, 11 Greenshank, 6 Wood Sandpipers, 10 Green Sandpipers, 16 Redshank, 2 Golden Plover and single Knot and Turnstone while 12 Teal and 3 Arctic Terns (including two 1st summer birds) were also of note.   A Green Woodpecker in Lebeltet Nord and the first Redstart of the autumn at the Radiomastene were the highlights inland before the wind built up to a blazing force 8 north-westerly by early afternoon affectively ending the day!
 
Bar-tailed Godwits and other waders in Sevika

Redshank

Dawn from the kitchen window with some strange effect making the turbines seem much closer and bigger than they normally look!
 

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