SE with rain / drizzle.
Not really out that much today but covered a few places briefly.
For late May the few gulls present gave an unexpected number of colour ringed gulls.
JJ329, an adult GBBG svartbak was present, the first time I have seen this bird. Ringed as a chick just across the fjord on Askøy in 2018 it was seen at Dungeness, UK during August and September 2019 then in Hirsthals, Denmark in March 2021. Now in Øygarden:)
The other two were both Herring Gulls where one, an adult, was a local bird ringed on Fedje and seen futher south in Øygarden previously during the winters of 2019 and 2020. The other was from further afield (Møre og Romsdal), ringed as a chick in June 2021 and has been seen a few times in Øygarden since I found it on 01.01.2022.
Also noted at Dåvøy was a Herring Gull with yellowish legs. Not as bright yellow as the real one has:)
Otherwise a new pair of Stonechat svartstrupe which looked (and sounded) like they were breeding.
A few Golden Plover heilo at Tjeldstø.
In the garden a pale rumped Redpoll gråsisik got my attention. However, bill looked rather too bulky and flank streaking too heavy for an Arctic. Nevertheless, the pale rump, the obvious ear-coverts and "chamois leather" colour on the upper breast had me going for a short time.
Elsewhere in Øygarden a couple of 3cy LBBG sildemåke were seen including this bird at Breivik:
An adult White-tailed Eagle havørn took a gosling in an almost casual manner at Husvatnet and without the usual hysterics from the adult geese.
Tree Sparrow pilfink and Goldfinch stillits still visiting my garden - both unusual in my garden so late in the spring.
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