Sunny with fresh northerly winds
I spent a few hours seawatching at Skogsøy, slow going on the way out as there was some light frost.
Plenty of movement and a typical early spring day with Oystercatcher tjeld and Common Gull fiskemåke dominating. A Carrion Crow svartkråke headed out to sea shortly after dawn and a couple of Snow Bunting snøspurv headed north. A couple of White-tailed Eagle havørn flew over and were harassed by the local Raven ravn pair.
Red throated Diver smålom N 3
Northern Gannet havsule N 15
Great Cormorant storskarv N 14, S 1
Eurasian Shag toppskarv N 9, S 120
Greylag Goose grågås N 1
Eider ærfugl S 12
Long tailed duck havelle N 3, S 1
Merganser siland N 2, S 1
Oystercatcher tjeld N 518
Common Gull fiskemåke N 319
Lesser black backed Gull sildemåke N 2
Black-legged Kittiwake krykkje N 2
Common Guillemot lomvi N 4, S 3
Black Guillemot teist N 1
Auk N 49, S 65. Undoubtedly a lot more than this, rather distant.
On the way home a short stop at Husvatnet showed that Greylag grågås numbers had suddenly increased to 80 - a big arrival during the last day or two.
Today I took my "proper" camera rather than the point and pray with me.
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