Skogsøy 03 May 2022 - Cheeky pre work seawatch pays off

 Another day of sun and light northerly breeze.

I rushed out to Skogsøy for a cheeky pre work seawatch and as such didn't stay anywhere near as long as I would have liked.

But it was yet again worth the effort with good numbers of both White-billed and Red-throated Divers. The most unusual sighting was a Pale-bellied Brent Goose (hrota) ringgås that headed south and was seen at the southern end of Øygarden some 45 minutes later. A very early record for this speces that usually passes at the end of May / early June. Several Arctic Tern rødnebbterne passed as did a couple of 2cy Great Northern Diver islom along with a selection of the usual suspects.

Most of the Eiders ærfugl on the move today were males. So maybe the few females are non-breeders?

Still small flocks of Oystercatcher tjeld heading north - WAY past peak time for these birds

Red-throated Divers smålom

A couple of White-billed Diver gulnebblom catch the dawn sun:)

All the White-billed Diver gulnebblom the last few days have been adults....

Between 05:45 and 10:00 I had the following:

Red throated Diver smålom N 802

Great Northern Diver islom N 2

White Billed Diver gulnebblom N 23

Northern Gannet havsule N 24, S 16

Great Cormorant storskarv N 2, S 3

Eurasian Shag toppskarv N 8,S 21

Brent Goose ringgås S 1 (hrota)

Eider ærfugl N 10,S 9

Long tailed duck havelle N 4

Common Scoter svartand N 53,S 6

Merganser siland N 2

Oystercatcher tjeld N 22

Bar tailed Godwit lappspove N 1

Whimbrel småspove N 5

Common Gull fiskemåke N 9

Great black backed Gull svartbak S 4

Black-legged Kittiwake krykkje N 55

Arctic Tern rødnebbterne N 4

Common Guillemot lomvi N 2

Razorbill alke N 10