After a few weeks in Indonesia (more of that later) it was back home and back to reality. As per normal there has been a backlog of stuff to deal with.
The amount of s**t to deal with this time was even more than usual with two exceptionally crap things to deal with:
1) Planning application for an industrial fish farm RIGHT outside my house now on the cards and threatening to destroy the very reason for living out here in the middle of nowhere. Thanks a f***ing bunch for that one Øygarden Seafoods. You total t**ts.
2) Loss of job.
Thankfully somewhat easier to deal with than the destruction of the local habitat is the fact the company I work for is closing down. Plenty of jobs about it seems and the only real difficulty is deciding on where to go next😃
Needless to say little time in the field but obviously plenty about including some unseasonally large flocks of Brambling bjørkefink with 150 at Tjeldstø and 200+ at Sture. Also small numbers of Waxwing sidensvans about.
Two Dipper fossekall on Husvatnet, Tjeldstø on 06.12 were astonishingly the first I have seen in Øygarden this year.
Otherwise business more or less as usual with a few White-tailed Eagle havørn daily from the terrace (and plenty of other places too!), Purple Sandpipers fjærplytt at Hjelme Vest and Tjeldstø, Red-throated Diver smålom, Great Northern Diver islom, a late Oystercatcher tjeld, Turnstone steinvender (uncommon winter visitor out here), Curlews storspove, Peregrine vandrefalk, Goshawks hønsehauk and plenty more besides. Otters various places too.
A (the?) usual wintering Slav grebe (or Horned Grebe as they are supposed to be called these days) horndykker was present at Dåvøy along with a massive count of 65 roosting Grey Herons gråhegre.
A fishing trip (hoping for Cod or better) proved exceptionally interesting with four spurdog pigghår caught along with some of the more usual species...
The amount of s**t to deal with this time was even more than usual with two exceptionally crap things to deal with:
1) Planning application for an industrial fish farm RIGHT outside my house now on the cards and threatening to destroy the very reason for living out here in the middle of nowhere. Thanks a f***ing bunch for that one Øygarden Seafoods. You total t**ts.
2) Loss of job.
Thankfully somewhat easier to deal with than the destruction of the local habitat is the fact the company I work for is closing down. Plenty of jobs about it seems and the only real difficulty is deciding on where to go next😃
Needless to say little time in the field but obviously plenty about including some unseasonally large flocks of Brambling bjørkefink with 150 at Tjeldstø and 200+ at Sture. Also small numbers of Waxwing sidensvans about.
One of two Dipper fossekall at Husvatnet, Tjeldstø on 05.12
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| Birding Hjelme Vest on 01.12 |
Otters have been a daily sight this week as usual
The seawatching hide at Skogsøy produced a Great Northern Diver islom on 05.12
Turnstone steinvender at Tjeldstø (seen on a couple of occasions this week)
Otherwise business more or less as usual with a few White-tailed Eagle havørn daily from the terrace (and plenty of other places too!), Purple Sandpipers fjærplytt at Hjelme Vest and Tjeldstø, Red-throated Diver smålom, Great Northern Diver islom, a late Oystercatcher tjeld, Turnstone steinvender (uncommon winter visitor out here), Curlews storspove, Peregrine vandrefalk, Goshawks hønsehauk and plenty more besides. Otters various places too.
A (the?) usual wintering Slav grebe (or Horned Grebe as they are supposed to be called these days) horndykker was present at Dåvøy along with a massive count of 65 roosting Grey Herons gråhegre.
One of four Spurdog pigghår caught (and released!) during an "evening" fishing trip.
This is the first time I have caught this species in December!
A fishing trip (hoping for Cod or better) proved exceptionally interesting with four spurdog pigghår caught along with some of the more usual species...
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