Øygarden 12-14 April 2021 - Brent +

 Sunny with northerly winds

As almost usual no time to be out and about. A couple of stops beside Husvatnet on the way home from errands, my usual round and Herdlevær on 13 April and 15 minutes at Tjeldstø on 14 April was all I managed.

On 12 April a pale-bellied Brent Goose (hrota) ringgås turned up at Husvatnet where I also had a (the) Pinkfoot kortnebbgås. There is a high chance that this Brent was the same as recently seen one fjord over at Herdla.

An unseasonal Dipper fossekall was at Alvheim.

Brent Goose ringgås at Husvatnet, 12 April 2021

Herdlevær might have produced a very good wader on 13 April when two calidrids headed north very close in. The call was a double note and quite hard - so not sure what these were at all although Sanderling crossed my mind they did not give this impression A Snow Bunting snøspurv, a Lapwing vipe (no longer a breeding bird at this locality) and most of the usual suspects were also seen here.

Snow Bunting snøspurv

Redwing rødvingetrost - one of several present at Herdlevær on 13 April

On April 14 I spent the morning preparing to leave for work but had a Pied Wagtail svartryggerle on the shore in front of my house plus a singing Twite bergirisk and Skylark sangelerke at Tjeldstø