Waders

 After mostly northerly winds the second half of august, the winds are from the south east now and after a bit of rain I decided to go to Herdla. A good choice. Loads of waders and good circumstances when I was there. I met Terje Hansen and Stein Rune Risa. 

No pictures, but we saw five Curlew Sandpipers, five Little Stints, many Common Ringed Plovers and Dunlins, a Sanderling, three Greenshanks, a Wood Sandpipers, more than 100 Golden Plovers, six Ruddy Turnstones and a migrating Merlin among others...

another day for the insects

 Took another day out to search for insects with more or less the same route as two weeks ago. And it was another good day. Best spot today also at Lysekloster with comma butterfly, a few peacocks, a small copper and lots of brimstone butterflies. A bit further to the south I saw my first small tortoiseshell since a very long time. Further some more peacocks here and there and a very worn dark-green fritillary at nordviksvatnet. There some black and common darters as well...

at lysekloster and nordviksvatnet I saw and heard some northern nutcrackers as well as a flyby Grey Wagtail and a Raven.

Hoverflies are keeping me busy, but they are difficult to identify, but I had one stripe-faced drone fly at least...

comma butterfly (note the white c)

common darter

dark-green fritillary

common darter. This one looks quite red and seems to have all dark legs, reminiscent of ruddy darter. But the characters seem to fit better on common of the Atlantic form nigrescens

Nice insect day

Saturday 0208 would be 24 degrees and sunshine. So no hesitations to go out and look after butterflies, dragonflies etc,

Beginning at Os, I worked my way north and checked Lysekloster and Nordviksvatnet. It was above expectations. Especially Lysekloster delivered with many Brimstones, Peacocks and Green-veined Whites. Here also a Golden-ringed Dragonfly, a Northern Viper drinking and two Nutcrackers. At Nordviksvatnet two species of darter were present, Black and Common, the latter probably of the Atlantic form nigrescens...

Admiral

Dark-green Fritillary

Peacock

Arran brown

Hoggorm

Common Bluets

Meadow Brown

Common Darter (probably nigriscens)

Black Darter

Brimstone

Golden-ringed Dragonfly/Common Goldenring