With September comes the fall migration at Røst and the exiting search for rare vagrants on the island. The two first weeks has been relatively quiet, but the first eastern guest have arrived.
The highlight so far is a young Citrine Wagtail (sitronerle) seen daily since September 11th.
The first Barred Warbler (hauksanger) was ringed September 5th.
The most classic sign of fall here is the arrival of the Yellow-browed Warbler (gulbrynsanger). The first individual was ringed on September 9th, with another (un-ringed) bird was seen a couple of days later.
The quantity of ringed birds has been held up by Redpolls (gråsisik) with more than 80% of the total number of ringed birds. Here represented by a good-looking male.
Not many raptors on the island, but a few Merlins (dvergfalk9 have been hunting around the island.
And of course, the local White-tailed Eagles (havørn) – here a two-year old.
An adult Great Skua (storjo) visited the island – they are usually just seen off shore this time of the year.
Waders have been present in moderate numbers, dominated by Ringed Plovers (sandlo)…
… and Dunlins (myrsnipe).
Good numbers of Spotted Redshanks (sotsnipe) were seen in the start of the period.
Spread flocks of Knot (polarsnipe) were found around the island.
Ruffs (brushane) were numerous in the start of September.
A few Grey Plovers (tundralo) was around.
A less expected guest was the Green Sandpiper (skogsnipe) seen on three occations. Hard to say if these where different individuals or a single bird staying on the island.
Grey Herons (gråhegre) are common and can be seen in tree-figured numbers.
Passerine migration has been slow, but a few Lesser Whitethroats (møller) are always welcomed.
A Pied Flycatcher (svarthvit fluesnapper) was around for a few days.
Meadow Pipits (heipiplerke) are dominating in open landscapes.
Willow Warblers (løvsanger) were on the moove in moderate numbers.
The local Starlings (stær) are gathering in huge flocks, robbing the rowans for berries…
…together with Redwings (rødvingetrost).
Now we are awaiting interesting weather conditions in the weeks to come. Follow us for weekly updates from Røst!