Calm and overcast early on, warm and sunny later.
My usual round at Herdlevær produced a reasonable selection of waders including Green Sandpiper skogsnipe, Greenshank gluttsnipe, a flock of 100 Oystercatcher tjeld heading south and a flock of 10 Whimbrel småspove also heading south. A "curlew" in the latter flock was very much smaller than the others but seemed to have pale underwings which rules out at least one of the more exciting candidates....
Returning home a first year Green Woodpecker grønnspett was a surprise find a couple of hundred metres from my garden. A new species for this locality where Grey-headed is the normal species to see:)
Elsewhere Stonechat svartstrupe, the first Wigeon brunnakke of the autumn, Kestrel tårnfalk and White-tailed Eagle havørn all put in an appearance.
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