As usual I was at home in front of the computer but a call regarding a potential RUDDY SHELDUCK RUSTAND had me out of the house before I knew it.
A few minutes later I was on the bird and it was a case of trying to document that it was not an escaped "park bird". It was very shy and flighty and had no "bling" on its legs. I had less time than I thought and did not make it home before the next inevitable Teams meeting.
Therefore I opted to do the meeting whilst parked next to Husvatnet. This turned out to be a big win for the town's twitchers who had, as usual, headed out to get the bird. It had disappeared from Kollsnes but as I sat in the meeting I saw it fly in and land at Tjeldstø - much to the relief of the twitchers who had driven an hour or so:)
Two new species for Øygarden in as many days is no bad going, Especially given that at no point was I actually out birding:)
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