Before I have had the time, or inclination, to go
through holiday pictures I had to get out birding this morning. With rain
forecast there was no other place to be than Årnestangen and I was not
disappointed. There were no rarities but good numbers of brick red arctic
breeding waders is always enough to make me happy. Highlight were; 44
Bar-tailed Godwits, 47 Knot, 23 Grey Plover, 6 Sanderling and a Curlew
Sandpiper. I had 17 waders species in total and my eBird checklists can be seen
here:
There was some coming and going with flocks of both Barwits
and Knot arriving whilst I was there and most of the Barwit also continued on
their southbound migration. Conditions are looking very good out there but as usual
a telescope was necessary and I do not look forward to the day a rare stint or
small sandpiper is found there..
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| Knot (polarsnipe), Sanderling (sandløper), Grey Plover (tundralo) and Curlew Sandpiper (tundrasnipe) |
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