Calm and mild without any rain throughout the last few days.
On 08 December I did my usual round at Herdlevær with the best birds being a Woodcock rugde, 30 Purple Sandpiper fjæreplytt and 22 Starling stær. Plenty of White-tailed Eagles havørn "all over".
A boat trip around northern Øygarden on the 09 December produced the usual winter fare - several Curlew storspove, a Great Northern Diver islom, around 10 Black Guillemots teist, 40-ish Long-tailed Duck havelle, 10 White-tailed Eagles havørn, a few each of Common Scoter svartand and Velvet Scoter sjøorre and a late Red-throated Diver smålom right outside my house.
Black Guillemot teist - now easily the commonest auk during the winter months
Eiders ærfugl
This should probably have some kind of he/she caption with the male hiding behind a wave:)
Long-tailed Ducks havelle
First year Red-throated Diver smålom at Nautnes
A mix of Cormorants storskarv and Shag toppskarv (mostly the latter)
Velvet Scoter sjøorre
Adult White-tailed Eagle havørn
After the boat trip it was time to go to the shops, a slight detour produced a first year Herring Gull gråmåke from Kvamsøy, Møre og Romsdal, some 182km further north.
JNJ15 - a rather more interesting bird than my last colour ringed Herring Gull!
This shows how far the bird has moved since it was ringed as a chick.
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