Wednesday, January 08, 2020

Herdlevær 08 January 2020 - Unexpected auk

Still gale force winds but more from the west today. Mostly sunny but a few heavy sleet/hail showers.

The best birds were seen from the car at Skogsøy just before I got to Herdlevær with a Puffin lunde feeding in one of the channels. It was very closed but managed to disappear in the 45 seconds it took me to back up and get out of the car. This is normally a spring/summer bird out here and not often seen in January (perhaps not even annual). A solitary Starling stær was the first of the year too.

Herdlevær was very quiet with just a couple of White-tailed Eagles havørn and a Rock Pipit skjærpiplerke of any interest.

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