October and start November

 The last month has been hectic, birdwise, with many really good birds found. To go through every birding day would be a literary hassle, I will write the highlights:

Red-eyed Vireo! first record for Faroe Islands, found by me and Frederik Johansen in Dalur, Sandoy 30/9-2025. What a bird! Offered absolutely insane views and is the bird of the autumn.

Hume's Leaf Warbler 2nd record for Faroe Islands, Haldórsvík, Streymoy, 28/10-2025. Was in the village for two days at least, twitched by four people.

Hornemann's Redpoll, 4th record for Faroe Islands, found by me at Húsavík, Sandoy, 30/9-2025, seen with Frederik Johansen and Kristoffer Høyer

Olive-backed Pipit, 4th record for Faroe Islands, Sandavági, Vágar, 3/10-2025, in the plantation, seen by me, Frederik Johansen, Kristoffer Høyer

Sandwich Tern, 7th record for Faroe Islands, Sandagerið, Tórshavn, 20/10-2025, found by me, seen by multiple birdwatchers over several days

Grey Phalarope, 8th record for Faroe Islands, Miðvági, Vágar, 7/11-2025, found by me, seen by Sarah Partridge

Sabine's Gull, 11th record for Faroe Islands, Nólsoy, 22/10-2025, found by me, an 2cy+ bird migrating south.

Marsh Warbler, 20th record for Faroe Islands, Sørvági, Vágar, 5/10-2025, found by me and seen by Frederik Johansen, Kristoffer Høyer and Bartal G. Simonsen

Glossy Ibis, 2 individuals, 8th record for Faroe Islands, Sandavági, Vágar, 5/11-2025, found by me, migrating NE.

So plenty of nice rarities, with other birds found by other birdwatchers, such as Rustic Bunting, Siberian Stonechat, Little Bunting, Dusky Warbler, Goldfinch, Melodious Warbler and a Scarlet Tanager, that was only seen by a non-birder through his window. 

Of scarcities, Yellow-browed Warbler was somewhat scarce with "only" ca. 30 individuals seen, Common Rosefinch 2, Bluethroat 2, Tree Pipit 6-8, Ring-necked Duck 3 (1 ad. male, 2 1k), Great Cormorant 1, European Turtle Dove 2, Quail 3, Whinchat 6, Barred Warbler 10-15, Bar-tailed Godwit 4, Eurasian Coot 1, Little Egret 6, Eur. Kestrel approx. 10, Crossbill 1, Jackdaw 1, King Eider 1, Wood Warbler 3, Spotted Flycatcher 6-8, Pied Flycatcher 10-14!, Hawfinch 1 and plenty other birds that I don't remember.

Other highlights were 650+ Sooty Shearwaters, 160+ Manx Shearwaters and 3 Euro. Storm Petrel at Æðuvík 1/10-2025, which was an absolutely crazy sightning and shows how much unrealised potential as a seabird-watching location.

We are slowly reaching the end for the "autumn" season, and are gearing into winterbirding with ducks, gulls and maybe a rare alcid.

Bluethroat 1cy, Sørvági, 3/10. Was once a report-species but is regarded as very scarce to rare visitor

Skulky but charismatic, this pipit showed itself reasonably well and was a great mood-lifter

1 hour before I dropped of Kristoffer and Frederik, I found this LBJ jumping around in a tiny bush. Initially we thought hippolais/iduna, but quickly the ID landed on Marsh Warbler.

A species I never get tired of is Yellow-browed Warbler, which several of the ones I found showing incredibly well

Finally a proper yank-duck!

While it rained and stormed, I checked the local beach to see anything was blown in, I was treated with great views of this quite rare species. First autumn record for Faroe Islands too.

A huge fallout of blackcaps all over Faroe Islands. On Nólsoy atleast 50 of them across the day were seen, with regular flocks perching on the fences crisscrossing the island

A very scarce visitor, though more common than we thought, as I have found on my own, atleast 5-6 of them

Common Crossbill/"British Crossbill" call-type N6

Absolute stunner on a very grey and cold day, this phylloscopus was feeding in the trees with two goldcrests and 1 siberian chiffchaff

Like a tristis YBW

King Eider was once thought to be a scarce visitor, but this is apparently the first record for Faroe Islands since 2021, also a female at Kirkjubø - Might end up as report-species?

Finally! It was my turn to see a Glossy Ibis, as I found these two coming in from the sea, continuing towards NE. These were the 3. and 4. individuals this autumn, though since yesterday we might be up to 6 now, along with rumors of a flock of 10 were seen somewhere on Vágar.

Quite the surprise as I found this one migrating in from the sea, landed for 2 minutes, before returning back to the sea. Surprisingly it is a report-species.