The third week of the fall season started off well, with a Little Bunting (dvergspurv) seen well for a few minutes on Monday, before it flew into the grass never to be seen again.
The Citrine Wagtail (sitronerle)was stabile in the same area until Friday, before it moved on.
Easterly winds brought in a good variety of birds at the start of the weekend. Two different Barred Warblers (hauksanger) was seen in the field.
A Whinchat (buskskvett) was around on Friday…
Hanging out with a Spotted Flycatcher (gråfluesnapper).
A few Tree Pipits (trepiplerke) was seen during the week.
A good run of Ring Ouzel (ringtrost) during the weekend resulted in 8 birds ringed.
Redwings (rødvingetrost) are numerous in the field.
Redpolls (gråsisik) are extremely numerous, with more than 200 ringed so far this season.
Reed Buntings (sivspurv) showed up in good numbers during the weekend.
The numbers of Northern Wheatears (steinskvett) have increased during the week, dominated by bulky and warm-coloured birds, indicating they belong to the Greenland population.
A few Chaffinches (bokfink) have been around…
… also, a single male Blackbird (svarttrost).
A bit more surprising was a single Tree Sparrow (pilfink) seen meidweek.
As we thought wader migration was coming to an end, it was nice to find a single Little Stint (dvergsnipe)…
… and a handful of Curlew Sandpipers (tundrasnipe).
Pintails (stjertand) are still around, feeding in the small ponds.
A young Peregrine (vandrefalk) has been around the North coast of the island, hunting waders.
A patient young Grey Heron (gråhegre) hunting in one of the ponds.
Stay tuned for next week’s update.