Work, house maintenance and the garden took almost all my time with very little effort spent birding. Nevertheless still some stuff to be seen.
The 4th June should have been spent elsewhere but a few House Martin taksvale at Kollsnes and Twite bergirisk in the garden made it into the notebook.
At the weekend I made it out of the house for a bit. On 6th June Curlew storspove had young feeding at Husvatnet and other places. Herdlevær gave several Twite bergirisk, a Great Northern Diver islom and a fly-over Black-headed Gull hettemåke as the best birds in a local context. White-tailed Eagles havørn were daily, mostly seen from my terrace.
On 7th June I made it to Skogsøy for a short seawatch, the highlight here was a pod of Atlantic White-sided Dolphins actively feeding just offshore. A Great Northern Diver islom on the sea, a couple of Puffins lunde passing and small numbers of most of the usual suspects turned up.
On the way home from Skogsøy I stopped briefly at Tjeldstø where the autumn migration was officially started by an adult Spotted Redshank sotsnipe. All the usual breeding waders were also present.
The next time I made it out of the house was 14th June - once again to Skogsøy where the dolphins put in an appearance again. A small movement of Gannets havsule and Arctic Terns rødnebbterne heading north, a Red-throated Diver smålom, several Puffin lunde and a couple of Arctic Skuas tyvjo were the best sightings.
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