Another dark and dismal
day with thick, low cloud cover but largely dry with only a few showers until
heavy rain moved in late afternoon and a blazing strong easterly wind; there
were a few bits on the sea including 44 Red-throated Divers, 2 Bonxies, 5
Velvet Scoter, 4 Brent Geese, 8 Arctic Terns, 3 Common Terns and a few waders
with Knot, Golden Plover and Dunlin flocks heading south.
There was also more around the coast especially in
Sevika where there was 5 Grey Plover, 4 Pintail, a Shoveler, 137+ Teal and 35
more Knot through to the south with a Bonxie sat out on Steinodden along with a
build-up of 350+ Herring and Great Black-backed Gulls. Two Peregrines, a Merlin, 2 Kestrels and 6
Sparrowhawks were also out and about.
On the sheltered sides of the plantations birds
included 5 Redstarts, 3 Spotted Flycatchers, a Pied Flycatcher, an increase to
46+ Wheatears, a Hen Harrier and a Grey Wagtail while probably the same Red-throated Pipit was again in the
stubble field at Vågsvollmarka. Six
Dark-bellied Brent Geese pitched up on Vågsvollvåien just before the heavy rain
kicked in while there was a Rook and 2 Carrion Crows with large numbers of
Hooded Crows in Vågsvollvika.
Again, no pictures taken today in the dark and dreary conditions so here's some more from sunnier climes, this time from Gibraltar in February 2013
Sardinian Warbler
Black Redstart
Stonechat
Iberian Chiffchaff
Rock Bunting
Dartford Warbler
Hoopoe
Serin
Red-rumped Swallow
Crag Martin
And an Ape!
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