Strong northerly winds and largely overcast.
A late start today didn't appear to matter as most of the interest started late in the morning. Unfortunately I had to leave just as things were picking up nicely....the last thing I saw was a flock of 17 Long-tailed Skua fjelljo heading north.
Highlights between 07:30 and 12:30 were:
Long-tailed Skua fjelljo 26 N (largest flock 17)
Pomarine Skua polarjo 4 N
Arctic Skua tyvjo 6 N
Great Skua storjo 3N, 1S
Barnacle Goose hvitkinngås ca 350N
Red-throated Diver smålom 16 N
Whimbrel småspove 3N
Other odds and ends included:
Arctic Tern rødnebbterne ca 80N (all those identified were this species)
Puffin lunde 1N
Guillemot lomvi 2N
Razorbill alke 2N
Common Scoter svartand 3N
Kittiwake krykkje 5 N
Gannet havsule ca 60N
Similar numbers of most things also passed Herdlevær but at that location there were 76 Long-tails reported, a couple of White-billed Diver gulnebblom, a Black-throated Diver storlom as well as 3 Manx Shearwater havlire. Think I'll give my lenses a clean before I go out next time....
An albifrons Whitefront tundragås turned up beside Husvatnet, Tjeldstø in the evening.
A late start today didn't appear to matter as most of the interest started late in the morning. Unfortunately I had to leave just as things were picking up nicely....the last thing I saw was a flock of 17 Long-tailed Skua fjelljo heading north.
Highlights between 07:30 and 12:30 were:
Dark phase Arctic Skua tyvjo
Above three: Long-tailed Skuas fjelljo
Pomarine Skuas polarjo
Long-tailed Skua fjelljo 26 N (largest flock 17)
Pomarine Skua polarjo 4 N
Arctic Skua tyvjo 6 N
Great Skua storjo 3N, 1S
Barnacle Goose hvitkinngås ca 350N
Red-throated Diver smålom 16 N
Whimbrel småspove 3N
Above four pictures: flocks of Barnacle Geese hvitkinngås
Gannet havsule
Red-throated Diver smålom
Other odds and ends included:
Arctic Tern rødnebbterne ca 80N (all those identified were this species)
Puffin lunde 1N
Guillemot lomvi 2N
Razorbill alke 2N
Common Scoter svartand 3N
Kittiwake krykkje 5 N
Gannet havsule ca 60N
Similar numbers of most things also passed Herdlevær but at that location there were 76 Long-tails reported, a couple of White-billed Diver gulnebblom, a Black-throated Diver storlom as well as 3 Manx Shearwater havlire. Think I'll give my lenses a clean before I go out next time....
Heavily cropped record shot of the White-front tundragås
An albifrons Whitefront tundragås turned up beside Husvatnet, Tjeldstø in the evening.
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