Near gale force northerly winds and sunny.
It felt pretty cold today even though the sun was shining. I spent a few hours seawatching but couldn't stay as long as I would have liked to.
There was plenty passing without anything really remarkable - divers came by in rather better numbers than of late and there was something going on most of the time.
The numbers were like this:
Red throated Diver smålom N 143
White Billed Diver gulnebblom N 5
Northern Fulmar havhest N 1
Northern Gannet havsule N 43
Barnacle Goose hvitkinngås N 226
Eider ærfugl S 1
Long tailed duck havelle N 27
Common Scoter svartand N 39
Velvet Scoter sjøorre N 2
Oystercatcher tjeld N 14
Purple Sandpiper fjæreplytt N 5
Arctic Skua tyvjo N 1 (pale phase)
Black-legged Kittiwake krykkje N 6
Arctic Tern rødnebbterne N 7
Razorbill alke N 3
Black Guillemot teist N 1
Auk N 6
Other birds included a 2 cy Great Northern Diver islom on the sea.
Back home a random glance outside produced another flock of around 100 Barnacles hvitkinngås heading north.
No time to download pictures today but got some decent shots today.....hopefully I will be able to update tomorrow.
It felt pretty cold today even though the sun was shining. I spent a few hours seawatching but couldn't stay as long as I would have liked to.
There was plenty passing without anything really remarkable - divers came by in rather better numbers than of late and there was something going on most of the time.
The numbers were like this:
Red throated Diver smålom N 143
White Billed Diver gulnebblom N 5
Northern Fulmar havhest N 1
Northern Gannet havsule N 43
Barnacle Goose hvitkinngås N 226
Eider ærfugl S 1
Long tailed duck havelle N 27
Common Scoter svartand N 39
Velvet Scoter sjøorre N 2
Oystercatcher tjeld N 14
Purple Sandpiper fjæreplytt N 5
Arctic Skua tyvjo N 1 (pale phase)
Black-legged Kittiwake krykkje N 6
Arctic Tern rødnebbterne N 7
Razorbill alke N 3
Black Guillemot teist N 1
Auk N 6
Other birds included a 2 cy Great Northern Diver islom on the sea.
Pale phase Arctic Skua tyvjo
Barnacle Geese hvitkinngås with Red-throated Diver smålom in the background
Black Guillemot teist - I could have obtained much better pictures of this bird but there was too much going on at the time...
Gannet havsule overhead
Migrating Purple Sandpipers fjæreplytt
Red-throated Diver smålom flock
And last but by no means least - a few of the White-billed Divers gulnebblom that passed today
Back home a random glance outside produced another flock of around 100 Barnacles hvitkinngås heading north.
No time to download pictures today but got some decent shots today.....hopefully I will be able to update tomorrow.
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