The week started with a blast, as a beautiful male Red-brested Flycatcher (dvergfluesnapper) was found in a garden on the island.

Midweek another mega appeared: a suspicious looking young wagtail with a sharp call was identified as an Eastern Yellow Wagtail (østgulerle).

Many of the regular passerines have already moved on, and only a single Northern Wheatear (steinskvett) was seen during the week.

The big winner of the season so far has been the Olive-backed Pipit (sibirpiplerke), with three more ringed this week, bringing the total up in six!

After this it was confusing to pull a common Tree Pipit (trepiplerke) out of the mist-net. Here you can see the patterns of an Olive-backed (top) and Tree Pipit (bottom).

The first – and so far only – Yellow-browed Warbler (gulbrynsanger) for the season  was ringed the frist day of the week. 

The weekend came up with another goodie: a Little Bunting (dvergspurv).

Of other birds ringed this week, a Lesser Whitethroat (møller) …

…and another young Barred Warbler (hauksanger) – the forth for the season – is worth mentioning.

And of course getting a Sparrowhawk (spurvehauk) in the net is not a daily happening out here.

Not many raptors on the island this week, but a young Goshawk (hønsehauk) paid a short visit.

Another highlight this week was a Northern Hawk Owl (haukugle) stopping by for a couple of days.

Most waders have left for their winter destinations, but some young Ringed Plovers (sandlo)…

…and a few Spotted Redshanks (sotsnipe) still hang around.

Seabird-watching hasn’t given much, but a few young Arctic Terns (rødnebbterne) was spotted on their way south.

Arctic geese from Spitsbergen have started their migration, and the first flocks of Pink-footed Geese (kortnebbgås) passed the island during the weekend.

Much more surprising was a flock of 20 Taiga Bean Geese (taigasædgås) taking a short rest on the island. They normally follow a much more eastern flyway, and are rarely seen on Røst.