Fantastic weather - sunny with a light northerly breeze.
Sat from 0640 to 1115 and had an excellent early spring seawatch. Øygarden year ticks were: Shelduck gravand (11N), Red-throated Diver smålom (3N) and Ringed Plover sandlo (3N).
Highlight was a good passage of Oystercatcher tjeld with over 1200 heading north, also almost 650 Common Gull fiskemåke, an adult Iceland Gull grønlandsmåke, 30 Black-headed Gulls hettemåke and most of the usual suspects - well over 2000 birds in all.
An added bonus was a pod of Orcas spekkhogger well offshore.
Sat from 0640 to 1115 and had an excellent early spring seawatch. Øygarden year ticks were: Shelduck gravand (11N), Red-throated Diver smålom (3N) and Ringed Plover sandlo (3N).
Highlight was a good passage of Oystercatcher tjeld with over 1200 heading north, also almost 650 Common Gull fiskemåke, an adult Iceland Gull grønlandsmåke, 30 Black-headed Gulls hettemåke and most of the usual suspects - well over 2000 birds in all.
Orca spekkhogger
An overheated Cormorant storskarv heading north
A constant passage of Common Gulls fiskemåke continued throughout the morning
Oystercatcher tjeld
Oystercatcher tjeld
Oystercatcher tjeld
Virtually the first birds of the morning - Shelduck gravand
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