Heavy cloud and a raging
force 8 easterly wind gave the day a very different feel; a walk first thing
produced a Red-necked Grebe in
Sevika, a Jack Snipe in Seviksmarka and a group of 30 Pink-footed Geese resting
out on Steinodden. A couple of hours
looking at the sea then produced good numbers of ducks including 82 Wigeon, 3
Long-tailed Ducks, 78 Common Scoter, 27 Velvet Scoter and 29 Red-breasted
Mergansers along with another 2 Pink-footed Geese, the first little movement of
124 Razorbills and 36 Red-throated Divers while single Merlin and Goshawk were
around.
A look out at Steinodden in the blazing wind then
produced single Shoveler and Pintail, a Jack Snipe hiding in the rocks, a Brent
Goose south and a flock of 20 Dunlin which contained my first Purple Sandpiper of the autumn; there
was little else to mention just good numbers of Goldcrests in Lebeltet and a
few Grey Wagtails around.
No decent photos from today so here's some birds I caught in Australia in 2012
Brahminy Kite fledgling
Black-tailed Native Hen
Mistletoebird
Rainbow Bee-eater
Sacred Kingfisher
White-breasted Whistler
Great Bowerbird
Willie Wagtail
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