Northern Pintail in Bergen

Summer and the ducks are coming. After the Shoveler at Nestun, a Northern Pintail was on the Tveitevannet. It was found by Ottar Osaland. Rather shy bird... it came out of the reed some minutes after I arrived, but unfortunately it was chased away by dogs. Managed to take some pictures, though...

eclips male Northern Pintail

Northern Shoveler in Bergen

Still present: Northern Shoveler on Nestunvannet. Scarce visitor to Bergen...

male Northern Shoveler

Blyth's Reed Warbler during day time at Hamre

City birding. The Blyth's RW is also singing during day time. Lots of traffic noise and other birds...

                     

Herdla 180620

The plan was to visit Breivik and Herdlevær on Øygarden to find something big, but there was a full traffic stop due to an accident. So I had to change plans and visited Herdla instead.
Well, it was OK with some nice birds but nothing out of the ordinary. Best birds were two, may be three Blue-headed Wagtails (breeding birds), a couple of  Barnacle Geese, a Greenshank and a Ruddy Turnstone as well as a lone Golden Plover (no, not the rare one) an two flyby Eurasian Curlews...

 Barnacle Geese

Male Northern Wheatear. On this picture you can see it's a second year bird, because of the brown and worn flight feathers

Blue-headed Wagtail Motacilla flava calling

Blyth's Reed Warbler number three!!

Yet another Blyth's Reed Warbler. Now at Hamre, Kalandsvannet. Heard it on Saturday evening, but there was so much traffic. Went back on Sunday for this recording. This one has a very slow song...

Blyth's Reed Warbler in Bergen!!

Since Sunday a Blyh's Reed Warbler is present in Fana, Bergen. The first one for the community. Recorded it with my phone. Hear it on this video

Greenish Warbler

Bjornard Skjold (who else?) discovered a Greenish Warbler yesterday evening on Skjold, Øygarden. It was still present this morning, singing actively, albeit a bit south of the original spot. Good quality this spring  with yet another new one for me!
Below a video with the characteristic song

Lesser Yellowlegs

A Lesser Yellowlegs was found yesterday late in the evening at Herdla by Lars-Henrik Jensen and was present today as well. I couldn't go before after work, but due to the rain it was still present when I was there (all alone, by the way). The last one was seen in 2004, also on Herdla.
As a good bonus a Blyth's Reed Warbler was singing as well, that one found by Terje Hansen. I heard it singing shortly on the way to the wader and not on the way back. I think it was raining to hard. May be I'll go back for that one in the weekend...
Further a flyby Spotted Redshank, a Knot, a Turnstone, a few Dunlin's and a Blue-headed Wagtail. Nice afternoon with two new species for the county list with 263 now!
By the way, The Blyth's reed W was not heard again...Lucky I was!

adult Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes