An arresting evening---almost

After failing abysmally with high tide wader catching (can't work out where they are going) we decided to go for broke and catch the first ever Varanger Storm Petrels but again a complete failure. However the evening was not without incident. The well dressed Norwegian petrel ringer these days needs to look not unlike a hardened terrorist/rapist-(we hope to have a pic when someone under 12 years old shows up). However, the local police ignored this and instead went for Fergus who was innocently ambling around with a torch trying to dazzle waders. He managed to duck under their searchlight and seek the safety of the group under the Stormie net..... Day3 was almost a write off due to very strong west winds. Not all was lost as we had a sleep deficit reducing lie in then managed to find some English channels on the telly. The wind eased slightly late on so we opened a couple of nets in the hope of catching some birds coming in to roost Meadow pipit 9, Red-throated pipit 1, White wagtail 1, Willow warbler 5, Redpoll 13, Arctic redpoll 1, Total 30 A couple of culinary notes: Dave took on the chef cap For the first ever time-with the help of a packet sauce delivered a smashing chili con carne And Tormod's gift yesterday has been chewed on with great delight by some of us--salted and air dried moose heart-magic!!! Weather looking much better tomorrow so more news after what we hope will be a good session.