Thursday, May 01, 2025

Øygarden 28 April 2025 - Tringa time!

My first day of actual holiday! The perfect holiday would be to stay at home, not work and not do stuff on the house.

This is not the perfect holiday as I spent some hours shopping for stuff that is long overdue:)

But before I went to hell (a shopping centre) I checked a few places:) From my terrace a Greenshank gluttsnipe turned up during my morning coffee. The feeder is being emptied fast again by a mixed flock of Bullfinch dompap (strange time of year for these in northern Øygarden), Goldfinch stillits (now expected in the breeding season), Siskin grønnsisik and Greenfinch grønnfink.

A stop at Tjeldstø produced a couple more Greenshank gluttsnipe, the Pochard taffeland pair, several Sand Martin sandsvale and 25 Golden Plover heilo. Also found Fieldfare gråtrost on the nest.

Two Greenshank gluttsnipe at Husvatnet, Tjeldstø


At Breivik a Spotted Redshank sotsnipe dropped in but was very flighty, taking to the wing every time a car passed. Not a common spring species around here. Plenty of breeding birds in the area too including Redshank rødstilk, Curlew storspove, Teal krikkand, Skylark sanglerke, Wheatear steinskvett and Common Crossbills grankorsnebb.


Spotted Redshank sotsnipe together with Common Redshank rødstilk at Breivik

I then did my shopping stuff and on the way home I stopped briefly at Breivik again but only a male Merlin dvergfalk and Common Redshank rødstilk were present.

Back home a flock of 200 Barnacle Geese hvitkinngås headed north:)

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