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Skogsøy - 2006 Migration Count Results
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March 15-31 April 01 - 15 April 16 - 30 May 01 - 15 May 16 - 31

This is what sitting on a rock staring through a telescope (or binoculars) for hours on end is about ....

Note that the count data below are not standardised as the final results will be. No data are to be used without authour's permission - something that will normally be given.
Preliminary report Spring 2006 (pdf file)


N = birds heading North / mot nord
S = birds heading South / mot sør

May 16 to May 31
 Note: No count 21 May

16/05/2006 17/05/2006 18/05/2006 19/05/2006 20/05/2006 22/05/2006 23/05/2006 24/05/2006 25/05/2006 26/05/2006 27/05/2006 28/05/2006 29/05/2006 30/05/2006 31/05/2006 Total
Red throated Diver N 82 33 5 8 50 14 23 20 3 33 13 30 16 66 20 416 Red throated Diver N
Red throated Diver S 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 Red throated Diver S
Great Northern Diver N 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 Great Northern Diver N
White Billed Diver N 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 White Billed Diver N
White Billed Diver S 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 White Billed Diver S
WB / GN Diver 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 WB / GN Diver N
WB / GN Diver S 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 WB / GN Diver S
Diver sp N 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 Diver sp N
Northern Fulmar N 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 1 13 7 4 13 49 255 351 Northern Fulmar N
Northern Fulmar S 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 1 0 0 1 11 Northern Fulmar S
Manx Shearwater S 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 Manx Shearwater S
Northern Gannet N 30 37 57 123 33 5 139 8 27 20 26 34 66 126 47 778 Northern Gannet N
Northern Gannet S 4 2 3 10 25 54 0 12 21 0 1 10 0 0 0 142 Northern Gannet S
Great Cormorant N 20 2 0 9 1 0 0 0 0 2 12 2 0 11 0 59 Great Cormorant N
Great Cormorant S 5 5 0 0 11 5 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 32 Great Cormorant S
Eurasian Shag N 4 4 2 1 9 3 1 3 3 1 8 5 2 2 1 49 Eurasian Shag N
Eurasian Shag S 11 14 0 2 11 12 21 1 10 6 3 4 5 4 1 105 Eurasian Shag S
Grey Heron N 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Grey Heron N
Grey Heron S 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Grey Heron S
Whooper Swan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Whooper Swan
Pink Footed Goose 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Pink Footed Goose
Greylag Goose N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 Greylag Goose N
Greylag Goose S 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 Greylag Goose S
Barnacle Goose N 0 0 780 0 0 0 0 143 311 1928 2 4 0 0 0 3168 Barnacle Goose N
Brent Goose 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 210 0 955 130 1337 Brent Goose
Mallard N 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Mallard N
Mallard S 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Mallard S
Tufted Duck N 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Tufted Duck N
Greater Scaup N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 Greater Scaup N
Eider N 10 0 11 13 3 5 4 5 5 0 6 0 1 10 0 73 Eider N
Eider S 14 22 0 0 2 20 43 7 4 10 0 8 5 13 21 169 Eider S
Long tailed duck N 1 3 0 1 5 2 23 1 0 11 0 4 0 0 2 53 Long tailed duck N
Long tailed duck S 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Long tailed duck S
Common Scoter N 29 36 6 48 45 33 8 35 6 6 18 5 0 5 1 281 Common Scoter N
Common Scoter S 26 8 17 0 28 76 35 80 96 24 9 51 9 59 62 580 Common Scoter S
Velvet Scoter N 0 0 13 1 2 2 0 0 0 15 0 6 0 0 4 43 Velvet Scoter N
Velvet Scoter S 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Velvet Scoter S
Goldeneye S 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Goldeneye S
Merganser N 4 1 4 0 3 0 0 0 6 6 10 0 0 2 3 39 Merganser N
Merganser S 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 5 1 4 9 6 0 1 0 32 Merganser S
Oystercatcher N 13 82 36 68 15 5 0 87 14 0 15 23 10 8 3 379 Oystercatcher N
Oystercatcher S 6 0 0 0 7 21 0 7 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 48 Oystercatcher S
Ringed Plover 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 19 24 Ringed Plover
Lapwing S 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Lapwing S
Red Knot 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 57 Red Knot
Dunlin N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 Dunlin N
Whimbrel N 13 9 0 1 3 0 10 11 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 55 Whimbrel N
Whimbrel S 5 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Whimbrel S
Eurasian Curlew N 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Eurasian Curlew N
Turnstone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 0 2 1 0 12 Turnstone
Pomarine Skua N 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0 0 1 0 1 1 26 6 45 Pomarine Skua N
Arctic Skua N 0 3 1 2 3 0 6 2 3 5 3 3 6 30 20 87 Arctic Skua N
Long-tailed Skua N 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 9 Long-tailed Skua N
Great Skua N 0 2 1 3 1 1 4 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 17 Great Skua N
Great Skua S 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Great Skua S
Black headed Gull N 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Black headed Gull N
Black headed Gull S 3 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 Black headed Gull S
Common Gull N 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 7 21 0 0 0 52 Common Gull N
Common Gull S 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 8 Common Gull S
Black-legged Kittiwake N 5 6 0 11 8 3 13 2 11 19 4 16 46 56 65 265 Black-legged Kittiwake N
Black-legged Kittiwake S 0 0 0 10 0 1 0 2 4 0 0 6 0 2 0 25 Black-legged Kittiwake S
Sandwich tern 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Sandwich tern
Common Tern N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Common Tern N
Arctic Tern N 3 3 0 0 0 3 3 1 9 76 1 0 6 64 40 209 Arctic Tern N
Arctic Tern S 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11 0 0 2 0 0 0 16 Arctic Tern S
Common Guillemot N 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 7 6 1 2 7 10 40 Common Guillemot N
Common Guillemot S 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Common Guillemot S
Razorbill N 1 4 0 1 0 4 6 0 0 1 6 5 0 13 21 62 Razorbill N
Razorbill S 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 Razorbill S
Black Guillemot N 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 Black Guillemot N
Atlantic Puffin N 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 5 0 4 6 4 3 2 9 41 Atlantic Puffin N
Auk N 3 2 0 2 1 0 0 10 1 8 13 5 11 12 16 84 Auk N
Auk S 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 8 0 12 Auk S
Total 331 294 940 334 273 278 406 470 558 2235 234 485 210 1552 768 9368 Total

Seawatching ! Migrating Barnacle Geese
Looking for divers....Photo: Harald Totland Migrating Barnacle Geese. Photo: Alf Tore Mjøs



May 01 to May 15
 Note: Late three hour count 03 May
01/05/2006 02/05/2006 03/05/2006 04/05/2006 05/05/2006 06/05/2006 07/05/2006 08/05/2006 09/05/2006 10/05/2006 11/05/2006 12/05/2006 13/05/2006 14/05/2006 15/05/2006 Total
Red throated Diver N 8 24 0 56 5 30 45 177 207 97 95 61 101 50 53 1009 Red throated Diver N
Red throated Diver S 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 Red throated Diver S
Black throated Diver N 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 8 Black throated Diver N
Great Northern Diver N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 Great Northern Diver N
White Billed Diver N 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 17 White Billed Diver N
Diver sp N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Diver sp N
Northern Fulmar N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 5 Northern Fulmar N
Northern Fulmar S 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Northern Fulmar S
Manx Shearwater S 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Manx Shearwater S
Northern Gannet N 9 8 9 9 11 0 1 15 10 19 31 68 85 88 55 418 Northern Gannet N
Northern Gannet S 2 36 31 81 26 20 49 21 38 5 0 6 8 1 0 324 Northern Gannet S
Great Cormorant N 71 22 0 60 39 21 6 14 24 8 2 3 0 1 15 286 Great Cormorant N
Great Cormorant S 6 1 0 8 17 1 9 3 16 6 0 1 0 1 0 69 Great Cormorant S
Eurasian Shag N 11 5 0 5 7 0 2 16 23 14 0 1 5 3 12 104 Eurasian Shag N
Eurasian Shag S 26 2 1 48 60 11 19 17 30 27 1 8 2 7 12 271 Eurasian Shag S
Grey Heron S 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Grey Heron S
Greylag Goose N 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Greylag Goose N
Barnacle Goose N 54 113 127 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 76 0 0 372 Barnacle Goose N
Shelduck N 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Shelduck N
Teal N 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Teal N
Teal S 0 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 Teal S
Pintail N 0 4 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Pintail N
Northern Shoveler N 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Northern Shoveler N
Tufted Duck N 0 1 0 15 14 20 4 0 5 4 0 0 1 0 6 70 Tufted Duck N
Eider N 0 0 3 8 17 2 11 7 3 22 0 6 6 3 21 109 Eider N
Eider S 0 7 0 4 17 13 22 5 7 0 0 2 13 36 19 145 Eider S
Long tailed duck N 7 15 0 25 0 2 0 1 2 82 3 30 146 254 8 575 Long tailed duck N
Long tailed duck S 0 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Long tailed duck S
Common Scoter N 144 665 27 289 70 98 21 25 155 112 13 28 4 80 50 1781 Common Scoter N
Common Scoter S 28 12 0 35 25 19 7 3 29 13 8 15 6 146 27 373 Common Scoter S
Velvet Scoter N 8 9 0 30 9 4 0 0 4 13 0 5 0 4 23 109 Velvet Scoter N
Velvet Scoter S 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 Velvet Scoter S
Goldeneye N 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 Goldeneye N
Goldeneye S 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 Goldeneye S
Merganser N 8 4 0 16 2 0 6 6 9 10 0 3 0 0 2 66 Merganser N
Merganser S 2 6 4 10 9 4 3 3 1 0 4 11 0 0 0 57 Merganser S
Oystercatcher N 53 18 0 89 0 5 2 19 15 0 0 0 18 35 46 300 Oystercatcher N
Oystercatcher S 0 0 0 12 15 0 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 Oystercatcher S
Golden Plover N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 Golden Plover N
Lapwing S 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 Lapwing S
Dunlin S 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Dunlin S
Bar tailed Godwit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 Bar tailed Godwit
Whimbrel N 0 0 1 10 34 4 9 10 16 28 5 4 0 3 1 125 Whimbrel N
Eurasian Curlew N 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 Eurasian Curlew N
Eurasian Curlew S 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Eurasian Curlew S
Redshank 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Redshank
Pomarine Skua N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 9 6 0 18 Pomarine Skua N
Arctic Skua N 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 3 0 13 Arctic Skua N
Arctic Skua S 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Arctic Skua S
Great Skua N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 4 1 1 12 Great Skua N
Great Skua S 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 10 Great Skua S
Black headed Gull N 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 8 Black headed Gull N
Black headed Gull S 0 1 0 4 6 1 28 4 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 48 Black headed Gull S
Common Gull N 51 0 0 61 42 5 0 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 180 Common Gull N
Common Gull S 0 2 0 2 1 0 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 Common Gull S
Lesser black backed Gull N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 Lesser black backed Gull N
Lesser black backed Gull S 2 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Lesser black backed Gull S
Black-legged Kittiwake N 0 3 0 0 0 1 4 2 1 8 6 2 25 13 4 69 Black-legged Kittiwake N
Black-legged Kittiwake S 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Black-legged Kittiwake S
Common Tern N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Common Tern N
Arctic Tern N 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 8 9 19 0 3 2 46 Arctic Tern N
Arctic Tern S 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 Arctic Tern S
Common Guillemot N 3 0 0 0 1 3 0 3 10 0 0 10 12 1 0 43 Common Guillemot N
Common Guillemot S 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 Common Guillemot S
Razorbill N 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 13 2 1 3 4 4 34 Razorbill N
Razorbill S 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Razorbill S
Black Guillemot N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Black Guillemot N
Atlantic Puffin N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 5 3 16 15 2 46 Atlantic Puffin N
Atlantic Puffin S 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 Atlantic Puffin S
Auk N 0 0 5 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 7 26 4 14 62 Auk N
Auk S 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 Auk S
Total 512 975 219 907 438 288 277 389 627 531 197 306 571 777 388 7402 Total


Visitors! View to the north 27th April 2006
Local bird club trip to Skogsøy 29 April View to the north 27 April



April 16 to April 30
 Note: No count on 22 April, a two hour count with a late start on 23 April and four hours on  26 April
16/04/2006 17/04/2006 18/04/2006 19/04/2006 20/04/2006 21/04/2006 23/04/2006 24/04/2006 25/04/2006 26/04/2006 27/04/2006 28/04/2006 29/04/2006 30/04/2006 Total
Red throated Diver N 41 6 17 29 34 109 10 4 0 0 70 36 134 28 518 Red throated Diver N
Red throated Diver S 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 Red throated Diver S
Great Northern Diver N 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Great Northern Diver N
White Billed Diver N 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 2 15 2 25 White Billed Diver N
WB / GN Diver 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 WB / GN Diver
Diver sp N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Diver sp N
Red necked Grebe N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Red necked Grebe N
Northern Fulmar N 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 10 Northern Fulmar N
Northern Fulmar S 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 1 0 0 0 12 Northern Fulmar S
Northern Gannet N 33 19 35 15 5 6 0 2 26 1 8 11 13 11 185 Northern Gannet N
Northern Gannet S 21 40 18 19 2 1 40 20 255 67 11 3 6 0 503 Northern Gannet S
Great Cormorant N 0 0 0 42 42 161 0 5 4 0 10 25 139 41 469 Great Cormorant N
Great Cormorant S 2 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 12 Great Cormorant S
Eurasian Shag N 2 4 2 12 5 21 0 9 3 3 10 3 3 12 89 Eurasian Shag N
Eurasian Shag S 5 5 31 29 52 55 0 13 3 0 40 35 21 20 309 Eurasian Shag S
Greylag Goose N 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Greylag Goose N
Barnacle Goose N 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 123 0 0 717 842 Barnacle Goose N
Shelduck N 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Shelduck N
Wigeon N 12 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 17 Wigeon N
Teal N 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Teal N
Teal S 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 Teal S
Pintail S 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 Pintail S
Tufted Duck N 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 Tufted Duck N
Eider N 6 1 6 30 15 14 11 7 10 9 5 1 13 0 128 Eider N
Eider S 3 27 24 6 4 7 3 15 58 6 3 47 4 0 207 Eider S
Long tailed duck N 3 6 3