Thursday, September 30, 2021

Skogsøy 27 Septmeber 2021 - LBBG movement

 SSE wind with light high cloud cover.

I spent a couple of hours or so seawatching at Skogsøy, there was plenty of movement without anything spectacular to report. The main species were Red-throated Diver smålom and plenty of various gulls - most notably Lesser Black-backed Gulls sildemåke. Various duck and wader species added to the variety.

Well over 600 birds headed south between 0800 and 10:30:


Red throated Diver smålom S 127
Northern Gannet havsule S 69
Great Cormorant storskarv N 1
Great Cormorant storskarv S 67
Eurasian Shag toppskarv N 2
Eurasian Shag toppskarv S 3
Wigeon brunnakke N 10
Eider ærfugl N 10
Common Scoter svartand S 21
Velvet Scoter sjøorre S 4
Merganser siland S 9
Ringed Plover sandlo 3
Golden Plover heilo S 7
Dunlin myrsnipe S 17
Common Gull fiskemåke S 103
Lesser black backed Gull sildemåke S 43 (14 1cy)
Herring Gull gråmåke S 100
Great black backed Gull svartbak S 25



Gannets havsule

A rather pale bird giving a rather graellsi impression

A more normal LBBG sildemåke coming into winter plumage

This bird with its clean white head and all black back invites thoughts of fuscus

Ringed Plover sandlo

Twite bergirisk

Wigeon brunnakke

Other than seabirds a Kestrel tårnfalk put in an appearance as did White-tailed Eagle havørn, Wheatear steinskvett, Bramlings bjørkefink and five Common Crossbill grankorsnebb and a small flock of Twite bergirisk were among the other species seen


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