Skogsøy 11 April 2022 - Common Gulls on the move

 N4birds winds dropping steadily, mostly sunny.

Another day, another seawatch. This time with better migration weather I started earlier and sat for just under 3.5 hours - and it was not easy to leave as stuff was still pouring past. Indeed the Common Gull fiskemåke passage continued well into the afternoon  - random checks out of my office window showed hundred more passing Nautnes.

A steady passage of  birds heading north without anything unexpected, much more in terms of both numbers and variety than yesterday. Highlight was a White-billed Diver gulnebblom on the sea - starting to moult into breeding plumage:)

Common Gulls fiskemåke were typically for the time of year the most numerous species and it likely that I missed many flocks as some were passing too close in to see. Cormorants storskarv also starting to move too now, again the largest flocks were seen by chance as they passed behind me.

Red throated Diver smålom N 7

Northern Gannet havsule N 45, S 4

Great Cormorant storskarv N 61, S 2

Eurasian Shag toppskarv N 21, S 51

Eider ærfuglN 3

Long tailed duck havelle N 5

Common Scoter svartand N 83

Goldeneye kvinand N 2

Merganser siland N 3

Oystercatcher tjeld N 105

Eurasian Curlew storspove N 13

Black headed Gull hettemåke N 2

Common Gull fiskemåke N 939

Herring Gull gråmåke N 2

Black-legged Kittiwake krykkje N 2

Common Guillemot lomvi N 7

Razorbill alke N 1

Black Guillemot teist N 1

Auk N 2

Black-headed Gull hettemåke

Migrating Common Gulls fiskemåke

Cormorant storskarv passing overhead

A flock of Curlew storspove at close range

Gannets havsule continue to give good views

A pair of Mergansers siland heading past just after dawn

Male Merganser siland

A few flocks of Oystercatcher tjeld passed

Raven ravn

Red-throated Diver smålom

Shag toppskarv

Also displaying Snipe enkeltbekkasin, a flock of seven Twite bergirisk, more singing Dunnock jernspurv and a good variety of birdsong.