Saturday, 1 August 2015

1st August


Another excellent calm start to the day but the nets were pretty quiet with the obvious highlight being a smart Wood Warbler in amongst a few Willow Warblers; most of the morning’s interest was on Vågsvollvåien as there was a fine selection of waders on there at first light which included a Golden Plover, 2 Ruff, 5 Bar-tailed Godwits, 4 Curlew, 2 Greenshank, 3 Green Sandpipers, 5 Wood Sandpipers and 6 Common Sandpipers along with 5 Teal and a Heron.

                The rest of the day was unremarkable with a Green Woodpecker in Lebeltet along with the usual Red-backed Shrikes, the adult  male Marsh Harrier hunting over Seviksmarka and another little flock of waders which dropped into Vågsvollvåien late afternoon containing 5 Greenshank, 2 Ruff and a Wood Sandpipers – presumably new birds as they moved off to the SE pretty quickly.
 
Wood Warbler

In the absence of anything else - take a picture of a Red-backed Shrike!
 

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