I arrived home from an offshore trip on the evening of 14 May. The only birds of interest were a couple of Wigeon brunnakke on Husvatnet, Tjeldstø where Common Sandipiper strandsnipe, Sand Martins sandsvale and the usual were present. A Common Whitethroat tornsanger sang from my garden.
On 16 May I left the house briefly and picked up the male Gadwall snadderand that was found on Husvatnet whilst I was away.
The next two days were spent guiding in two enjoyable (and very different) ways.
I spent Norway's national day guiding two enthusiastic Americans, seeing around 75 species during the course of the day. We visited Herdla first which was teeeming with life, the highlights being the first Temmincks Stint temminkssipe of the yeat, a flavissima Yellow Wagtail gulerle, a pair of Shoveler skjeand, a Ruff brushane, a good selection of other waders, Crested Tit toppmeis, Twite bergirisk and plenty more!
After this we headed in to my old birding areas east of Bergen picking up Whinchat buskskvett, Swifts tårnseiler, Goshawk hønsehauk, House Martins taksvale, Tree Pipit trepiplerke, Garden Warbler hagesanger, Blackcap munk, Grey Wagtail vintererle, Willow Tit granmeis, White-tailed Eagle havørn and lots more. However, Dipper fossekall failed to show.
On the way home I picked up the first Arctic Terns rødnebbterne of the year at Tjeldstø
What a day:)
On 18 May it was guiding again in a rather different context. Herdla produced a similar selection of species - plenty of youg Lapwing vipe around, Mallard stokkand chicks, a couple of distant White-tailed Eage havørn, a Canada Goose kanadagås.
A neck ringed Greylag, UK7 turned up. This bird has previously been sighted in the Netherlands and Denmark after initially being ringed in SW Norway.
Incidental birds seen in Øygarden on the way to and from town included White-tailed Eagles havørn, the long-staying male Gadwall snadderand, Sedge Warblers sivsanger and the usual.
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