Skogsøy 07 May 2022 - More Poms!

Fresh northerly winds and feeling chilly with it.

Yet another cracking seawatch!

Highlight was almost without doubt four Pom Skuas polarjo heading north with a single followed by three shortly afterwards. Several Arctic Skua tyvjo also passed along with a few White-billed Diver gulnebblom and a good selection of duck and waders A decent number of Kittiwake krykkje passed including many/mostly 2cy birds. Almost strange that no-one claimed a Sab:)

There was a large group of people seawatching from Herdlevær and it was interesting to compare results. With so much going on I watched with binoculars for the most part (as usual). I missed a lot of stuff and I suspect this was due to not sitting glued to my scope and looking largely for birds that passed closer in (and they pass closer at Skogsøy).

Two presumed Orcas spekkhogger were a bonus sighting, assuming two females, long, backward curved fins and about the right size)

Arctic Skuas tyvjo - first of the year for me:)

2cy Black-headed Gull hettemåke

Common Scoter svartand

Gannet havsule

Kittiwakes krykkje

Long-tailed Ducks havelle

Poms polarjo

A couple of the White-billed Divers gulnebblom passed at nice photo range - not too cropped compared to the usual:)

Red-throated Diver smålom N 399 (ca 254 in the period where 267 were reported further north, not much missed for this species)

White-Billed Diver gulnebblom N 3 (all before 0700). So I missed all three reported further north

Northern Gannet havsule N 48, S 7

Great Cormorant storskarv N 1, S 4

Eurasian Shag toppskarv N 5, S 71

Tufted Duck toppand N 2

Eider ærfugl N 1, S 7

Long tailed duck havelle N 115, S 2 (108 v 101 at Herdlevær in the same period)

Common Scoter svartand S 24 (11 v 51 at Herdlevær, large miss)

Merganser siland N     1

Oystercatcher tjeld N 5

Golden Plover heilo N 4

Red Knot polarsnipe N 10

Pomarine Skua polarjo N 4 (1 followed by three just before 1100)

Arctic Skua tyvjo N 7 (5 pale, 2 dark), S 1 (dark) so I had just three in the same period where 12 were seen at Herdlevær.

Black headed Gull hettemåke N 1 2y bird (none at Herdlevær)

Common Gull fiskemåke N 3

Black-legged Kittiwake krykkje N 150 (only 71 v 87 in the same period further north. Many were rather distant, large proportion of 2cy birds)

Arctic Tern rødnebbterne N 2 (none at Herdlevær)

Common Guillemot lomvi N 6 (none identified specifically at Herdlevær)

Razorbill alke N 2