Light winds with some sun.
Despite the lack of wind the waves at Skogsøy may have been among the biggest I have ever seen there! A massive long period swell from the NW came crashing in, something I spectacularly failed to capture on video or as pictures. VERY impressive and a bit scary too - there was no way I dared to sit where I normally do - I would have been soaked several times over:)
Birdwise there was not a lot going on over the sea - just the usual gulls, a Kittiwake krykkje and a few Gannets havsule. A surprising find was one of the day's three Woodcocks rugde feeding in a rocky pool right beside where I normally sit. This is not the first time I have seen this species in this unlikely location.
On my way home I thought I would check the lagoons to the south of the lookout and having crawled through a dense spruce plantation I stumbled out onto the shore where I almost trod on a Puffin lunde - the first for Vestland "county" this year. This species is a rather uncommon winter visitor here with single birds seen during most winters. The stormy conditions during the previous day and night may well have driven this bird inshore.
I picked the bird up and placed it in the calm waters where it swam off reasonably strongly. This must be the first time I've picked up a live Puffin for quite a few years:)
A quick look at Tjeldstø on the way home gave the first Fieldfares gråtrost of the year, Redwing rødvingetrost, another Woodcock rugde, a flock of nine Starling stær and a nice flock of small finches among other things.
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