Crystal clear with a very
light but very cold northerly breeze produced a frosty start to the day after a
single Tengmalm’s Owl was again the
result of many hours effort overnight; we managed 50 new birds through the
morning with a little pulse of 20 Goldcrests (taking the total to a record
autumn for this species!) along with 2 Common Redpolls, a Goldfinch and a
sprinkling of Robins, Wrens, Blackbirds etc.
It was quiet out at the lighthouse through the morning with a juvenile
Kittiwake and a female Scaup on the sea while over the land birds included 21
Crossbills, a Hen Harrier, a Great-spotted Woodpecker and a few Finches
especially Goldfinches.
I then did the coast in the now gloriously warm,
sunny conditions where the highlight was finding a female SURF SCOTER close inshore off Fuglejønna with a little group of
Goldeneye; other birds included incredible views of the Gyrfalcon out on Steinodden, a single Little Auk which came and landed close in and tempted the Gyr to
have a go (the first of the autumn), a Great-northern Diver and 3 more Scaup
south offshore, an increase to 23 Goldeneye, a Slavonian Grebe in Verevågen, 2
Jack Snipe and a Lapland Bunting on
Steinodden.
A single Black
Woodpecker was the highlight in Lebeltet before a very late Spotted Redshank dropped into Vågsvollvåien
for five minutes (actually the joint latest ever record here with one on the
same date in 1998) and the first 5 Barnacle Geese of the autumn flew north.
Awesome views of an awesome bird; its much more confiding than any Peregrine
Surf Scoter
Jack Snipe
Slavonian Grebe
Record shot of the Spotted Redshank
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