Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Hernar 04 October 2019 - The first all-dayer of the autumn!

The first all-dayer of the autumn!

Cracking weather and plenty of birds about. The best sighting was a Great Grey Shrike varsler seen briefly in the scope but which could not be located subsequently - although one was reported on the closest point of the mainland half an hour or so after the Hernar bird disappeared.

The supporting cast included a Yellow-browed Warbler gulbrynsanger, a few flocks of Snow Bunting snøspurv, at least two Water Rail vannrikse, 30 Twite bergirisk, Great Northern Diver islom and Peregrine vandrefalk.

Male Blackcap munk feeding on windfall apples - a popular food source for a number of species today

One of several busy Goldcrests fuglekonge

Song Thrush måltrost - another species taking advantage of the apples

Wren gjerdesmett - typically very numerous at this time of year with numbers swelled by birds on the move

A little over 40 species noted which is pretty much a normal day on Hernar.


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