A couple of hours out and about on the morning of 26th gave a few birds.
At Hellesøy an adult Common Tern makrellterne was feeding two young - good to see proof that at least some terns have had success.
A flyover Green Sandpiper skogsnipe at Breivik was only spotted as I stopped to take pictures of a couple of Red Deer.
Otherwise most of the usual suspects, nice views of one of this year's Stonechats svartstrupe at Tjeldstø and a couple of adult White-tailed Eagles havørn here and there.
On 27th I started a day of guiding on Herdla which gave a selection of waders, a Swift tårnseiler, a Whinchat buskskvett, Mute Swans knoppsvane with two small young, several Wheatear steinskvett and a couple of White-tailed Eagle havørn.
Stops at various places in Øygarden added a lot more species to the day without anything spectacular.
The next day started at Hjelme which was just alive with birds including Spotted Flycatchers gråfluesnapper, Crested Tits toppmeis, Great Spotted Woodpecker flaggspett, Jay nøtteskrike, a Cuckoo gjøk and much more.
Next stop was Sæle where three Lesser Whitethroat møller, a couple of Blackcap munk, Goldinches stillits and more showed quite well.
Alvheim was quite productive with great views of an Otter close in, a Perergrine vandrefalk hunting Oystercatchers tjeld and a couple of White-tailed Eagles havørn among the sightings.
A family of Stonechat svartstrupe showed well at Husvatnet.
We even spent an hour on Hernar, way too short a time to cover even this small island properly, best birds here were a Garden Warbler hagesanger and a couple of Stonechat svartstrupe.
On 29th it was time to head to the airport but we added a number of species along the way with Snipe enkeltbekkasin and Sparrowhawk spurvehauk at Tjeldstø and a family of Rock Pipits skjærpiplerke at Turøy. Great views of at least two White-tailed Eagles havørn, a pair of Common Tern makrellterne which looked like they may have had young.
Some inland sites gave various hirundines, Swifts tårnseiler, several Kestrels tårnfalk and yet more White-tailed Eagles havørn
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