Saturday, November 16, 2013

Herdlevær and Tjeldstø 16 November 2013 - Late autumn pipit headache

Strong westerly winds and very dull

Much better conditions than yesterday but virtually dark......

At Herdlevær I stumbled over a pipit that gave me a definite "vibe". Based on general colouration and location my initial thought was a late Meadow Pipit but when I looked in the binoculars it was obviously not this. The lack of tail didn't help the aberrant jizz. But pale lores, very white outer tail feathers (such as they are), dark tertials and "clean" underparts all point to something rather interesting......

Pale lores here...
 
Cleaner, pale, non-smudgy undersides....
 
 

 

Some other sightings of interest at Herdlevær included a Woodcock rugde and a Purple Sandpiper fjæreplytt.

 
 
Mistle Thrush duetrost at Tjeldstø
 
 
At Tjeldstø there was a nice selection of thrushes including yesterday's Mistle Thrush duetrost which showed pretty well. Took some record shots by using ISO 1250 and underexposing a couple of stops.
A couple of Sparrowhawks spurvehauk and a Greylag grågås also seen here.


 

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