14 September 2025

A very quiet day here today. I got up at 6:00 to assess the weather, with poor catching conditions and rain forecasted later in the morning, I opened six nets. The rain arrived promptly at 10:00, at which time I closed the nets with only 2 birds caught (robin 1, blackcap 1).  
The rain persisted for the rest of the day with short breaks allowing me to see if there were any birds out on the fjord. Mostly eider and cormorants recorded out on the water, and a number of gulls. Of the passerines, there were small flocks of meadow pipit passing over and some barn swallows. 
More wet weather is expected tomorrow, but I hope to get some nets open for a few hours before the rain arrives. 

Meg