Showing posts with label Faeroes Island. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Faeroes Island. Show all posts

Sunday, 8 September 2013

Surf Scoter

Surf Scoter

Melanitta perspicillata






This bird was found by Kurt Bredal Christensen in late September 2007. The bird was found when 20 danish birders tried to find rare birds at the Faeroes in September/October 2007. It was filmed by Jens Søgaard Hansen.

Saturday, 17 August 2013

Citrine Wagtail

Citrine Wagtail

Motacilla citreola




This bird was found on a big Danish trip to the Faeroes Island, just to find rareties.
This bird was found by Jens Søgaard Hansen, Morten Bentzon Hansen and Poul Ulrik after only 2 hours on the Island, at Tórshavn. It was found on September 24th 2007 and seen by maybe 12-15 birders, the biggerst twitch in the history of the islands!