A short trip out on the afternoon of 3rd November gave a Woodcock rugde, several Snipe enkeltbekkasin and Willow Tit granmeis in addition to most of the usual stuff.
At Sæle things were quiet with just a couple of Blackcap munk and a Sparrowhawk spurvehauk.
A Goshawk hønsehauk and a couple of WT Eagle havørn were seen from my sitting room/office window during the day.
Other than that just 4 Teal krikkand during a drive-by at Husvatnet.
Work stopped play completely on 4th, I did go out as the sun went down but only managed nice views of an Otter and a White-tailed Eagle havørn before it got too dark.
On 5th I did what may well be my last trip of the year to Hernar. A whole day in early November is something of a gamble as it could be very quiet but after a few days with southerlies and rain I felt it was worth taking the chance.
The best bird was seen very shortly after I arrived although I was not 100% confident of the ID immediately having misjudged the extent of white in the tail during the first views - it turned out to be a male Red-breasted Flycatcher dvergfluesnapper. It disappeared very quickly and despite looking for most of the day I didn't re-find it until 1505 and even then the views were infuriatingly brief and I didn't manage any photographs. Normally I would not spend as much time on such a relatively common bird but now is the time for Taiga flycatcher. As this bird was a male I feel confident it was "only" a Red-breasted.
A couple of Woodcock rugde, a lone female Blackcap munk, a few Water Rail vannrikse, a Red-necked Grebe gråstrupedykker, a flyover Snow Bunting snøspurv, a Long-tailed Tit stjertmeis, a couple of Great Northern Diver islom flying right overhead and several White-tailed Eagle havørn were among the well over 40 species noted.
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