In this period there were some seriously fun days out with some visiting birders.
On 19th August I visited Herdla and despite the wind picked up a nice selection of species with the highlight from my point of view being a Common Buzzard musvåk which I think is a new species for me at this locality. A nice variety of waders included Turnstone steinvender and Bar-tailed Godwits lappspove.
The drive out there gave Nutcracker nottekråke as a bonus species:)
After a couple of days with no birding I was back at Herdla on 22nd August, once again plenty of waders including a Greenshank gluttsnipe, a couple of Knot polarsnipe and at least six Bar-tailed Godwits lappspove. Passerines included Yellow Wagtail gulerle, Crested Tits toppmeis, Common Crossbill grankorsnebb and several Rock Pipit skjærpiplerke.
After this it was into my old patch east of Bergen which was very productive with Golden Eagle kongeørn, Dipper fossekall, Kestrel tårnfalk, Whinchat buskskvett and even a Stonechat svartstrupe (rare away from the coast!) Still all the hirundines and Swift tårnseiler around too:)
On 24th I was guiding again and had a wonderful day out. Same as last time it was Herdla followed by my old areas east of Bergen. A great variety of species were seen again with waders once again in the forefront at Herdla - with Little Stint dvergsnipe, Turnstone steinvender and plenty more besides. White-tailed Eagle havørn showed well and there was a nice selection of passerines including the ever popular Wheatears steinskvett.
East of Bergen Common Buzzard musvåk, Swifts tårnseiler, Willow Tit granmeis and Yellowhammer gulspurv were among the species seen.
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