Hopes of having time off in October evaporated quickly.
A Common Sandpiper strandsnipe and a Willow Tit granmeis from my terrace on 30.09 and 01.10 respectively were the only notable sightings on these days.
A 15 minute walk at Breivik on 02.10 resulted in a Peregrine vandrefalk as well as the more usual Sparrowhawk spurvehauk, Skylark sanglerke, Snipe enkeltbekkassin and around 40 Meadow Pipits heipiplerke.
On 03 October the first Goldeneye kvinand of the autumn turned up on Rotevatnet, a Spotted Redshank sotsnipe flew over (possibly the same bird as seen later in the day across the fjord at Herdla). A female Pintail stjertand turned up at Husvatnet along with several Wigeon brunnakke. A small flock of Goldfinch stillits flew over here too. On the way home a (the?) Green Woodpecker grønnspett posed well, albeit in fading light.
An interesting find the same day was a Conger Eel havål that my neighbour caught in a crab pot and released again.
On 05 October I managed a massive 20 minutes at Breivik where the best bird was a Jack Snipe kvartbekkassin.
The following day no actual time out birding but picked up a flyover Barnacle Goose hvitkinngås at Tjeldstø along with three other gesse, probably Pinkfeet kortnebbgås. Another Barancle Goose hvitkinngås rested at Kollsnes.
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