Took things rather easy birding wise over the weekend.
01 Febraury was dull and wet to start with and I spent the lovely afternoon fishing from the shore (8kg Cod as the best fish!).
However, a trip to the shops produced a flock of three Meadow Pipits heipiplerke - the first definite ones of the year.
Apart from this, a lone Redwing rødvingetrost and the Fieldfare gråtrost / Starling stær / Redwing flock at Tjeldstø again it was a day of White-tailed Eagles havørn close overhead with birds seen at, among other places, Solberg, Nautnes and Dåvøy.
On 02 February the weather was mostly better with clear skies and sunshine but with some irritating light hail showers. A late and lazy trip to Skogsøy finally gave up the first Razorbill alke of the year, a dozen Gannets havsule, a Kittiwake krykkje and, of course, two or three White-tailed Eagles havørn.
Interestingly an adult White-tailed Eage havørn headed way out to sea to investigate a group of Gannets that had stopped to circle. It headed north with them......it seems the herring are now "in" so perhaps this is what they were looking for.
01 Febraury was dull and wet to start with and I spent the lovely afternoon fishing from the shore (8kg Cod as the best fish!).
However, a trip to the shops produced a flock of three Meadow Pipits heipiplerke - the first definite ones of the year.
White-tailed Eagle havørn at Solberg
Looks like a 3cy (second plumage) bird
Apart from this, a lone Redwing rødvingetrost and the Fieldfare gråtrost / Starling stær / Redwing flock at Tjeldstø again it was a day of White-tailed Eagles havørn close overhead with birds seen at, among other places, Solberg, Nautnes and Dåvøy.
Two shots of the same bird as it flew over at Skogsøy - again I think that this is a 3cy bird.
On 02 February the weather was mostly better with clear skies and sunshine but with some irritating light hail showers. A late and lazy trip to Skogsøy finally gave up the first Razorbill alke of the year, a dozen Gannets havsule, a Kittiwake krykkje and, of course, two or three White-tailed Eagles havørn.
Interestingly an adult White-tailed Eage havørn headed way out to sea to investigate a group of Gannets that had stopped to circle. It headed north with them......it seems the herring are now "in" so perhaps this is what they were looking for.
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