Birds seen along the Balsfjord and on Sagelvvatnet and Prestvatnet 24
May, and in the Rakfjord wetlands (R for those seen only there) 19 May.
The asterisked birds were the first of the year for me here.
*Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
*Black-throated Loon (R) G. arctica
*Horned (Slavonian) Grebe Podiceps auritus
Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo (Only one left on the wrack)
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Pink-footed Goose (R) Anser brachyrhynchos
Greylag Goose (R) A. anser
Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
Wigeon Anas penelope
Mallard A. platyrhynchos
Pintail (R) A. acute
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
Common Eider Somateria mollissima
Common Scoter Melnitta nigra
Velvet Scoter M. fusca
Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
*Common Merganser M. merganser
Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
*Golden Plover (R) Pluvialis apricarius
Lapwing (R) Vanellus vanellus
*Red Knot Calidris canutus (large flocks of hundreds,
always a great sight)
Snipe Gallinago gallinago
Whimbrel (R) Numnenius phaeopus
Curlew N. arquata
Redshank Tringa totanus
(Greenshank T. nebularia) heard only
*Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
*Arctic Skua (R) Stercorarius parasiticus
Common Gull Larus canus
Herring Gull L. argentatus
Great Black-backed Gull L. marinus
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
Feral Pigeon Columba livia
Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
*Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
*Meadow Pipit (R) Anthus pratensis
White Wagtail Motacilla alba
Dunnock Prunella modularis
*Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
*Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
Redwing T. iliacus
Song Thrush T. philomelos
Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
Willow Warbler Ph. trochilus
Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleucos
Great Tit Parus major
Willow Tit P. montanus
Magpie Pica pica
Hooded Crow Corvus c. cornix
Northern Raven C. corax
Starling Sturnus vulgaris
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
Brambling F. montifringilla
Greenfinch Chloris chloris
Redpoll Acanthis flammea
Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Wim Vader, Tromsø Museum
9037 Tromsø, Norway
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