Skogsøy 16 May 2022 - Black-throated Diver

Light N breeze and sunny.

After over a week of not actually going birding I was finally back in the field today. 

A singing Sedge Warbler sivsanger on the pre-dawn drive to Skogsøy was the first of the year for me.

Singing Lesser Whitethroat møller and Cuckoo gjøk were Skogsøy year-ticks on the way out and there was more to follow.

Not a spectacular seawatch but a fair bit of movement with the highlight an adult Black-throated Diver storlom. Just one White-billed Diver gulnebblom and just shy of 200 Red-throated Diver smålom. 

In 5.5 hours the following birds were noted:

Red throated Diver smålom N 194

Black throated Diver storlom N 1

White Billed Diver gulnebblom N 1

Northern Gannet havsule N 22, S 27

Great Cormorant storskarv N 10, S 1

Eurasian Shag toppskarv N 16, S 73

Eider ærfugl N 3, S 9 (all but one male)

Long tailed duck havelle N 2

Common Scoter svartand N 11, S 39

Velvet Scoter sjøorre N 3

Merganser siland N 11, S 3

Oystercatcher tjeld N 157, S 5

Ringed Plover sandlo N 1

Whimbrel småspove N 3

Black headed Gull hettemåke S 2

Common Gull fiskemåke N 68

Lesser black backed Gull sildemåke N 2

Black-legged Kittiwake krykkje N 9

Arctic Tern rødnebbterne N 11

Common Guillemot lomvi N 3, S 1

Razorbill alke N 8

Some 35 Common Scoter svartand fed in the area and a Black Guillemot teist turned up relatively close in on the sea too.

Mergansers siland heading north

Gannets havsule

Black Guillemot teist