Saturday, 5 September 2015

5th September


Wall to wall sunshine but a cold and very strong NW wind took away any feeling of warmth; it was too windy for any nets and the sea was pretty empty with the morning’s highlight being the juvenile White-tailed Eagle which was slowly sauntering around Gunnarsmyra and Vågsvollvåien terrorising everything in sight.   There were still plenty of birds on the flooded fields including 46+ Ruff, a Spotted Redshank, 2 Black-tailed Godwits, 2 Wood Sandpipers, 45+ Wigeon, 60+ Teal and 80+ Mallard while little parties of Dunlin, Ringed Plover, Turnstone and Snipe whizzed around.

                The rest of the day was unremarkable with the wind severely limiting any enjoyment of being out and about; single Spotted Flycatcher and Red-backed Shrike were the only birds inland and a juvenile Marsh Harrier was the only Circus out over the fields.
 



White-tailed Eagle

Red-breasted Merganser
 

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