The start of a few days off and some days of getting out birding😊
Light westerly winds on 11th October had me trying Skogsøy again in case there was some movement over the sea. This proved rather disappointing with just a few Great Northern Divers islom, a couple of Velvet Scoter sjøorre and small numbers of Gannets havsule and Kittiwake krykkje.
On the way home I checked a few localities. Breivik produced a few Jack Snipe kvartbekkasin, several Common Snipe enkeltbekasin, a flock of 9 Parrot Crossbill furukorsnebb and the 18 Taiga Bean Geese taigasædgås.
Sæle was hard going with everything being rather skulky but Chiff-chaff gransanger, Blackcap munk, 30 Redwing rødvingetrost and the usual were present.
A late Oystercatcher tjeld was pretty much in the garden when I returned home. Other stuff included good numbers of tits, Siskin grønnsisik, Goldfinch stillits and a variety of thrushes.
Sunday 12th October was sunny with light northerly winds and I spent the day birding in good company. Starting with "Herdlevær light" things felt quiet but there was a good variety of birds included a real surprise in the form of a Sandwich Tern splitterne heading over calling and out to sea - something of a rarity these parts and no doubt a victim of Amy. Bullfinches dompap were on the move as were a few Grey Wagtails vintererle.
Breivik was up next and a frustrating fly over pipit sounded very like Pechora. No claiming going on though. A Lesser Spotted Woodpecker dvergspett was quite vocal, Skylark sanglerke, a Pinkfoot kortnebbgås with several Greylag grågås, at least one Goshawk hønsehauk, a Twite bergirisk, 12 Parrot Crossbill furukorsnebb and 32 flyover Crossbill spp were among the sightings.
At Tjeldstø another Grey Wagtail vintererle, several Sparrowhawk spurvehauk heading south, another Twite bergirisk and a variety of other migrants were seen.
A Yellow-browed Warbler gulbrynsanger at Sæle was the best of the birds there but there were a number of other migrants including Chiff-chaff gransanger, Blackcap munk and Willow Tit granmeis.
The next three days were also spent birding so in effect this was the first part of my autumn birding.
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