Light northerly with occasional short showers.
Surprisingly pleasant conditions. Sat for a little over 1.5 hours and had a slow but steady trickle of stuff moving north. Most surprising bird was the very first - a Puffin lunde heading north. Not long after this a third year (or perhaps an adult) Iceland Gull grønlandsmåke flew past. An excellent start to the day!
Other stuff on the move were small numbers of Little Auk alkekonge, 14 Kittiwake krykkje, several Gannets havsule and the first Curlew storspove of the year. A Common Gull fiskemåke was a slightly unusual winter bird for Skogsøy.
Looked for the Lesser Scaup purpurhodeand but again it was not to be seen. Looks like it has probably moved on....
Above and below: record shots of Iceland Gull grønlandsmåke
Fantastically long bill on this Curlew storspove - must be a female
Other stuff on the move were small numbers of Little Auk alkekonge, 14 Kittiwake krykkje, several Gannets havsule and the first Curlew storspove of the year. A Common Gull fiskemåke was a slightly unusual winter bird for Skogsøy.
Looked for the Lesser Scaup purpurhodeand but again it was not to be seen. Looks like it has probably moved on....
2 comments:
I agree with 4cy on the Iceland gull. Nice record Jules!
Always better to find your own than chase others eh Frode?
Øygarden was long overdue one but I fear I made a bad call by not going to Skogsøy yesterday....
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