Skogsøy 06 May 2026 - Flying high

I heard my first Sedge Warbler sivsanger of the year on the way to Skogsøy. Cuckoo gjøk now being heard at more places.

Lighter winds than of late but feeling rather chilly and anything other than spring-like.

Passage seemed a bit slow, at least to start with and with quite a lot of stuff flying high and further out - typical for non-northerly wind situations. Red-throated Diver migration typcially picked up somewhat during the last couple of hours Highlights were a pale phase Pomarine Skua polarjo - also high up but thankfully not too far out and the first Great Skua storjo of the season.

A Greenshank gluttsnipe flew in off the sea

Red throated Diver smålom N 107

White Billed Diver gulnebblom N 7 (all adults as usual)

WB / GN Diver 2 (light and distance making things difficult)

Northern Gannet havsule N 14, S 18

Great Cormorant storskarv N 6

Eurasian Shag toppskarv  N 62, S 1

Barnacle Goose hvitkinngås N 135

Long tailed duck havelle N 28

Common Scoter svartand N 5

Merganser siland N 2, S 2

Oystercatcher tjeld N 19

Whimbrel småspove N 1

Eurasian Curlew storspove S 1

Pomarine Skua polarjo N 1 light phase adult

Great Skua storjo N 1 

Common Gull fiskemåke N 26

Black-legged Kittiwake krykkje N 1

Common Guillemot lomvi N 8, S 1

Razorbill alke N 2

Most, if not all, of the Cormorants storskarv being seen now are younger birds not in breeding plumage

Other sightings of interest on the way home were a pair of Wigeon brunnakke feeding at Husvatnet, Tjeldstø, two late Whoopers sangsvane on Rotevatnet and a Greenshank gluttsnipe feeding at Nautnes. White-tailed Eagles havørn still very obvious with several seen during the course of the day.