Skogsøy 26 March 2023 Snow stops play

Back at the coal face again for another seawatch.

A rather different day than yesterday. Common Gull fiskemåke passage hit three figures for the first time this year, best birds were the first Puffins lunde of the year and a Great Northern Diver islom that conveniently headed north together with a Red-throated Diver smålom.

The first couple of hours were quite pleasant, if a little chilly in the northerly winds. After that a series of snow showers reduced visibility and dropped the temperature considerably. 

Red throated Diver smålom N 7

Great Northern Diver islom N 1

Northern Gannet havsule N 11, S 1

Great Cormorant storskarv N 2, S 1

Eurasian Shag N 6, S 83

Eider  ærfugl S 2

Common Scoter svartand S 5

Merganser siland N 4

Oystercatcher tjeld N 5

Eurasian Curlew storspove N 3

Common Gull fiskemåke N 234, S 2

Lesser black backed Gull sildemåke N 4

Herring Gull gråmåke N 6

Great black backed Gull svartbak N 5

Black-legged Kittiwake krykkje N 16

Common Guillemot lomvi N 5

Razorbill alke N 8

Black Guillemot teist N 1

Atlantic Puffin lunde N 8

Auk N 46, S 13

Migrating Common Gulls fiskemåke

Migrating Lesser Black-backed Gull sildemåke

Rock Pipit skjærpiplerke

Rock Pipit skjærpiplerke

Lesser Black-backed Gull sildemåke

Common Gulls fiskemåke

On the way back to the car a Meadow Pipit heipiplerke flew up and I had another at Kollsnes on the way home. Eight Lapwing vipe and over 60 Starling stær fed just south of the car park at Skogsøy.

Seven of the eight Lapwing vipe are in here somewhere...

A Peregrine vandrefalk flew over at Breivik and I had another Lapwing vipe beside Husvatnet at Tjeldstø.