Øygarden 24-27 September 2020 - Woodland stuff on the move

 Finally back from work and just about getting out and about. 

Small numbers of Blackcap munk, Chiff-chaff gransanger, Goldfinch stillits and so on along with the usual White-tailed Eagle havørn etc the first few days after I returned.

Nuthatch spettmeis at Herdlevær - normally a rather scarce breeding species these are now everywhere - so they are on the move from somewhere else....

Just part of a flock of Pinkfeet kortnebbgås at Breivik

A short walk at Herdlevær on 27 September before breakfast produced plenty of species normally considered as relatively sedentary with a few Nuthatch spettmeis, a very vocal Lesser Spotted Woodpecker dvergspett, Great Spotted Woodpecker flaggspett and a Grey-headed Woodpecker gråspett. A Jay nøtteskrike also put in an appearance - obviously a lot of woodland species fleeing somewhere north / east of us.

More predictably a Goshawk hønsehauk, almost 60 Pinkfeet kortnebbgås at Breivik, Peregrine vandrefalk from the terrace and another Jay nøtteskrike also from the house.