Calm sunny and very nice weather to be out and about in.
This is nothing to do with the cult British TV comedy series from the '80s :)
We took a boat trip to look around the islands to check out what was going on.
Migration wise a flock of 8 Whimbrel småspove put in an appearance close to Nautnes.
Other than these it was just the usual breeding birds including a single Black Guillemot teist, several Cormorants storskarv among the local Shags toppskarv, Oystercatchers tjeld, Eider ærfugl and the usual gull species. There were plenty of young Herring Gulls gråmåke and Great Black-backed Gulls svartbak on several of the islands.
Other stuff included a White-tailed Eagle havørn, a couple of Raven ravn, Rock Pipits skjærpiplerke and a couple of Gannets havsule. Several Arctic Tern rødnebbterne were seen but none on the island that looked so promising earlier in the year.
As is so often the case a couple of Grey Seal havert were hanging around.
This is nothing to do with the cult British TV comedy series from the '80s :)
We took a boat trip to look around the islands to check out what was going on.
Whimbrels småspove - a sure sign that autumn migration has begun.
Migration wise a flock of 8 Whimbrel småspove put in an appearance close to Nautnes.
One of a few families of Eiders ærfugl seen today.
Young Great black-backed Gulls svartbak
Grey Seal havert
Young Herring Gull gråmåke
Lesser Black Backed Gull sildemåke - by far in the minority out on the islands
One of several young Oystercatcher tjeld seen.
Adult Oystercatcher tjeld with limpit. Of more interest is that this bird is ringed....highly likely to have been ringed on the south coast of the UK if experience is anything to go by.
Raven ravn
Rock Pipit skjærpiplerke really living up to it's name
Shag toppskarv
Other than these it was just the usual breeding birds including a single Black Guillemot teist, several Cormorants storskarv among the local Shags toppskarv, Oystercatchers tjeld, Eider ærfugl and the usual gull species. There were plenty of young Herring Gulls gråmåke and Great Black-backed Gulls svartbak on several of the islands.
Other stuff included a White-tailed Eagle havørn, a couple of Raven ravn, Rock Pipits skjærpiplerke and a couple of Gannets havsule. Several Arctic Tern rødnebbterne were seen but none on the island that looked so promising earlier in the year.
As is so often the case a couple of Grey Seal havert were hanging around.
No comments:
Post a Comment