Fresh northerly winds, clear and sunny for the most part.
I opted for a couple of hours pre-work seawatching and was not disappointed with this choice:)
Despite the wind Song Thrush måltrost, Redwing rødvingetrost and more were singing on my way out.
It was a challenge to keep up with everything today - the gulls and waders were passing close in - some even overhead whilst Shags toppskarv were heading south a long way out making the most of the tailwinds by flying higher than usual in many cases. It felt like I was probably missing quite a lot - later confirmed with comparisons from Herdlevær where two observers were sitting, one with a scope and one keeping an eye on the gull passage.
The mainstay of the morning migration were Common Gulls fiskemåke, but also a few flocks of Oystercatcher tjeld, a Black-headed Gull hettemåke, a Kittiwake krykkje, a Red-throated Diver smålom and 27 Curlew storspove.
Other birds at Skogsøy included a couple of Chaffinch bokfink and a Skylark sangelerke right out at the lookout point, a few White-tailed Eagles havørn and a flyover Linnet tornirisk.
A White (or Pied) Wagtail linerle flew over my garden on my return but it was not possible to ID it to sub-species level.
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