Long-tailed
Duck are (or more correctly were when I first wrote this page) one of
the commonest winter birds at
Skogsøy,
it is also numerous during the spring migration which peaks around the
end of April or early May. The species is completely absent from
approximately mid May until the middle of October, although
exceptionally the species can turn up in September. In recent times the
number of birds seen during the winter has plummetted in line with the
general population decline of this species.
The blue line
shows number of visits, the orange one the number of
visits when Long-tailed Duck have been recorded and the green one shows
the maximum
numbers I have recorded in any three day period.
Number of Long-tailed Duck observed by week number at
Skogsøy. Source: artsobs
Maximum: 425, 02 May 1982
Long-tailed
Ducks, January 2008
Migrating
Long-tailed Ducks, Skogsøy, May 2020
The largest counts often come during periods of strong winds in the
first half of May
Long-tailed Duck, Skogsøy, November 2017
References Tveit,
B.O., Mobakken, G. og Bryne, O. 2004 Fugler
og fuglafolk på
Utsira.
Utsira Fuglestasjon
Website: Fugler
i Hordaland - Skogsøy i Øygarden Svenkerud,
K., Hansen, K.A. & Mjøs, A.T. 1983. Fugletrekket ved
Skogsøy. Øygarden våren 1982. Krompen
12: 58-69.
