Sunny with strong southerly winds after some rain in the night.
I seem to have lost the ability to jump out of bed before dawn but managed to get out a bit earlier than yesterday.
With the weather very different indeed there was a distinct change in the species passing. Knot polarsnipe were the mainstay with many flocks of adult birds passing - over 130 in total and thus the most I have seen in Øygarden in a day. The best sighting was a migrating Temminck's Stint temminckssnipe - thankfully one of the closest waders to pass today giving good views in the scope. This is a rare bird out in Øygarden with only three previous sightings.
Other waders included at least 13 Sanderling sandløper (the first of the year for Øygarden - and Hordaland as a whole for that matter), two Turnstone steinvender, Greenshank gluttsnipe, Ringed Plover sandlo, Common Sandpiper strandsnipe, Curlew storspove, Whimbrel småspove and Oystercatcher tjeld.
The only other sighting of note was a single Great Skua storjo, also heading south.
A couple of Green Sandpiper skogsnipe were feeding at Sture on the way home.
I seem to have lost the ability to jump out of bed before dawn but managed to get out a bit earlier than yesterday.
Small numbers of Lesser Black-backed Gulls sildemåke on the move
Oystercatcher tjeld
One of this years young Rock Pipits skjærpiplerke
Flock of Sanderling sandløper
Mixed bag of waders - Mostly adult Knot polarsnipe with two Turnstone steinvender and two Sanderling sandløper
Even more cropped to show the ID better.
With the weather very different indeed there was a distinct change in the species passing. Knot polarsnipe were the mainstay with many flocks of adult birds passing - over 130 in total and thus the most I have seen in Øygarden in a day. The best sighting was a migrating Temminck's Stint temminckssnipe - thankfully one of the closest waders to pass today giving good views in the scope. This is a rare bird out in Øygarden with only three previous sightings.
Other waders included at least 13 Sanderling sandløper (the first of the year for Øygarden - and Hordaland as a whole for that matter), two Turnstone steinvender, Greenshank gluttsnipe, Ringed Plover sandlo, Common Sandpiper strandsnipe, Curlew storspove, Whimbrel småspove and Oystercatcher tjeld.
The only other sighting of note was a single Great Skua storjo, also heading south.
Green Sandpiper skogsnipe against the light
A couple of Green Sandpiper skogsnipe were feeding at Sture on the way home.
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