Looking at the weather forecast yesterday morning it looked
like today would be a very good day to observe viz mig from Hvaler in Østfold.
I therefore woke at 5am and was in place at first light at 7am. Trouble was
that weather forecasts are not exactly a science and the wind was much stronger
(7m/s) than expected. I was not alone though in hoping for some movement and
had the company of Magne Pettersen for 3 hours. We found a place out of the
wind which allowed us to hear the passing birds and did have some movement to
observe and count. 1190 Chaffinches/Bramblings passed over with at least 60%
being Bramblings, 720 Wood Pigeons had the company of 4 Stock Doves but other species
were in small numbers even though we had a variety of species. A Great Grey
Shrike that perched briefly on a cabin’s flag pole before quickly moving on was
the highlight.
There were not many birds in the bushes and trees and a few
Goldcrests and a single Chiffchaff were the most exciting.
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| This Goldcrest (fuglekonge) responded very well to pishing |
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| a montage showing the bird being blown off a branch! |
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| bird of the day - a Great Grey Shrike (varsler) which quickly passed through |
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| a few Mistle Thrushes (duetrost) also passed through |
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