This morning, the northerly winds pushed the counting team to Nordstrand to seek shelter… Unfortunately, it seemed that the birds had also found a place to rest because the migration was surprisingly slow during all four hours of the count.

We still managed to enjoyed nice observation of Long-tailed ducks (Havlit) a Great Northern diver (Islom) and several flock of Whooper swans (Sangsvane) or Canada geese (Canadagås).

The counting team counting in the wind. Foto : Louis-Marie Gourmelon

The nice advantage of Nordstand, compared to Grenen, is also that it gives us a way more up close view to the sea. That way we were able to appreciate nice observation of Razorbills (Alks) or Velvet scoters (Fløjsand).

We tried our luck again to catch Snowbuntings (Snespurv) because a flock of around 70 were flying and feeding almost at our feet ! They were not very shy at all.

Comparison in hand of Artcic redpoll (Hvidsisken) to the left and Common redpoll (Gråsisken) to the right. Foto : Simon S. Christiansen

The ringing team had also a very slow morning but one bird was enough to delight everyone (even the counting team) : they caugth an Arctic redpoll (Hvidsisken), a rare subspecies of the nominate Common redpoll species ! They mostly Breeds in tundra regions and are partially migratory. Some birds winter in Finnish Lapland, but the species can also regularly be seen in Southern Finland, though does not usually migrate as far south as Redpoll. Michael Ancher, who is ringing at Jennes sø for the station also caught, later in the morning, 3 Arctic redpolls !

Other picure of the Redpolls. Foto : Simon S. Christiansen

After all the standardised programs, the team decided to go back outside and went to Skagen along the beach and the harbour, mostly for some Gull watching ! We always hope to find some colour rings to read… But unfortunately none were find today.

Gull watching near the harbour. Foto : Simon S. Christiansen

Gull flocks are also interesting because you can always find a rare species in it ! We couldn’t find any today also but it could be more and more interesting in the coming days…

Sarah and I went to open the mist nets in Kabeltromlen this morning. Mio joined us for the second round, after accompanying Cora to the station, as she was leaving today (we will miss you, Cora! Hope I’ll run into you again sometime!). He came with Simon, who brought us a really nice cake to celebrate his 10th work anniversary (10 years without getting fired!).

Simon looking really happy with its cake (01/11/2026)

The ringing session was a bit slow today, but quite diverse. We caught some Blackbirds (Solsort) (one male had particularly stunning black plumage), a Goldcrest (Fuglekonge), numerous Bullfinches (Dompap)... and the highlight of the day: we were lucky enough to catch a Yellow-browed Warbler (Hvidbrynet Løvsanger)!

Yellow-browed Warbler (Hvidbrynet Løvsanger) (01/11/2026)

The Yellow-browed Warbler (Hvidbrynet Løvsanger) is a rare species here in Skagen, and we have only caught one other individual this season. They breed across the eastern Palearctic and winter in South and Southeast Asia, from India to southeastern China. However, some individuals, especially juveniles, can become vagrants in western Europe, sometimes as a result of strong winds. This could have been the case with the Yellow-browed Warbler (Hvidbrynet Løvsanger) that found its way into our nets today. I had never seen one before, and although one might think 'it's just another warbler', you cannot help thinking about the long journey it has already made to end up here, and the even longer journey that still lies ahead before reaching its wintering grounds. I hope it makes it there safely.

A stunning adult male blackbird! (01/11/2026)

During ringing, we also saw some breathtaking flocks of Waxwings (Silkehale). They are quite common in Skagen, but that doesn't make them any less special. What a view!

Meanwhile, Louis was on migration count with our new volunteer, Rosie, who had arrived at the station the previous evening (welcome, Rosie!). Although the count was also a bit slow, flocks of Pink-footed Geese (Kortnæbbet Gås) and Long-tailed Ducks (Havlit) certainly spiced things up. Rosie had a great time experiencing her first migration count. We also need to take a moment to acknowledge Louis's great sacrifice for the group: while everyone else went to see the Yellow-browed Warbler (Hvidbrynet Løvsanger), he stayed behind at the count with all the telescopes. Truly, a great sacrifice for a great cause.

After coming back from the field, Sarah and I changed the mist net in the lighthouse garden, hoping to catch some Waxwings (Silkehale). No luck today, but maybe we'll get them another day. We are also getting ready to catch Water Pipits (Bjergpiber) this week... stay tuned for news!

I think the evening meeting had the biggest turnout I've seen since I arrived the previous week. There were nine of us, including some new faces: our new intern, Lion; our new volunteer, Rosie; Youri, who also joined us for the last ringing rounds and will be staying for a week; and our new guest in the apartment, Jørgen Hulbæk Christiansen. Welcome, everyone!

Today's movie recommendation is 'Practical Magic'. Sarah, Rosie and I watched it yesterday as a little Halloween celebration. It's a goofy, completely unhinged movie, perfect if you feel like having a good laugh!

That's all for today's blog, hope you also had a great day reader!

Link to today's observations in the Dofbasen from observers in the area.

People: Mio Brix, Simon Sigaard Sigaard Sigaard Sigaard Sigaard Christiansen, Sarah Partridge, Louis-Marie Gourmelon, Christina Liu, Rosie Berkin, Leon Pedersen, Youri Van der horst, Knud Pedersen og Jørgen Hulbæk

This morning, the wind was quiet again, so all the nets at Kabeltromlen were open. Unfortunately, we didn't catch many birds today. But this gave us the opportunity to take a closer look at the birds we caught and study their moult and practise our measurements. It also gave us the opportunity to watch the Waxwings (Silkehale) flying overhead and the roosting Great Grey Shrike (Stor Tornskade).

With some time and plenty of time spent outdoors, you could also find rare birds, such as the Yellow-browed Warbler (Hvidbrynet Løvsanger) that Simon discovered today. Listen to its call by clicking here!

The highlight in the nets was definitely the six Siskins (Grønsisken), which we don't catch very often.

Siskin (Grønsisken). Picture by Sarah Partridge

At the migration count, Knud, Jørgen Hulbæk, Louis, Cora and I enjoyed the calm sea, with quite a lot of Kittiwakes (Ride) migrating past. We counted around 800 over the four hours. Other highlights included at least one Nutcracker (Nøddekrige) and a Smew (Lille Skallesluger). Smews are quite rare up here, so it was a nice observation to see this bird migrating together with 6 Goldeneyes (Hvinand). 

We also saw a flock of 26 Snow Buntings (Snespurv) and tried to catch them west of the Sandormetrack using nets with a finer mesh. Unfortunately, however, they spotted the nets and flew around them several times. But we will try again another day when there is less wind.

In the afternoon, Cora and I went out again, around Batteriskoven and into town, where we found some big flocks of Waxwings (Silkehale)!

big flock of Waxwings (Silkehale) in town. Picture by Mio Brix 

That night, Cora and I went out night-catching again, where we caught another Woodcock (Skovsneppe). This was the last bird Cora ringed here during her two-week autumn stay, as she is going back to Berlin tomorrow. We will all miss her, and Skagen is looking forward to seeing her back in spring 2027!

During the 14 full days she stayed here, she and I caught 13 birds at night: 9 Woodcocks (Skovsneppe), 3 Jack Snipes (Enkeltbekkasin) and 1 Common Snipe (Dobbeltbekkasin).

Highlights from the observations:

Smew (Lille Skallesluger)-1

Nutcracker (Nøddekrige)-1

Yellow-browed Warbler (Hvidbrynet Løvsanger)-1

Link to today's observations in the Dofbasen from observers in the area.

Ringing (Kabeltromlen)

Blackcap (Munk)-1

Wren (Gærdesmutte)-3

Redwing (Vindrossel)-1

Blackbird (Solsort)-3

Robin (Rødhals)-1

Bullfinch (Dompap)-6

Siskin (Grønsiskin)-6

Ringing Nordstjernevej (Michael Ancher)

Rødhals 2
Fuglekonge 1

Ringing Jennes Sø (Michael Ancher)

Gærdesmutte 1
St gråsisken 2
Lille gråsisken 4
Rødhals 2
Blåmejse 1
Gransanger 1

Total: 21

People: Mio Brix, Cora Köberle, Simon Sigaard Sigaard Sigaard Sigaard Christiansen, Sarah Partridge, Louis-Marie Gourmelon, Christina Liu, Knud Pedersen, Jørgen Hulbæk Christiansen, Jørgen Kabel, Michael Ancher, Lars og Lone

This morning Mio, Sarah, Lone and I started our morning at Kaberltromelen were we hoped to catch some more birds today. The weather was really nice and sunny but maybe it was a bit too good for the birds to fly into our nets. In the end of the day we ended up with only eight birds being caught so ringing wise it was kind of a slow morning.

beautiful sunrise at Grenen

But slow does not need to be bad. For example if you have a seabird migrating over the sea which you want to observe. That was the case with a really cool Leach's Storm-Petrel (Stor Stormsvale) which was found by other observers flying over the sea. Fortunately the bird was migrating so extremely slow that we at the ringing had plenty of time to find the bird over the sea and all together observe it for quite a while fluttering over the sea in its unique flight style.

There were not only nice birds over the sea but also the Orcas (Spækhugger) were spotted again so we all saw them again.

Also the observers  got really good views of the Orcas (Spækhugger) today.

Besides the Orcas (Spækhugger) the observers had a nice but not too busy count with higher numbers of Red-Throathed Divers (Rødstrubet Lom), some little Gulls (Dværgmåger) and Whooperswans (Sangsvane) migrating.

They also saw some nice passerines like a Great Gray Shrike (Stor Tornskade) and some Waxwings (Sikehale) which later also passed by at Kabeltromelen and also set down in a tree for some seconds.

After coming back from the field Sarah and I went for a quick swim into the perfectly flat sea. It was quite cold but really nice and refreshing.

In the midday Simon held a session about ethics in birdringing.

When we were finished with the session some of us went out again. 

Mio went to battery skoven where he had some really nice observations. Just when he had parked his bike he found a Nutcracker (Nøddekrige) sitting only a few meters in front of him drinking on the ground. Further in Batteriskoven he found a very grey brown small bird. It was a Chiffchaff of the subspecies tristis a Siberian Chiffchaff (Sibirisk Gransanger). 

Luckily I also got to see that one a bit later. 

Later Sophie came by to bring a dead Guillemot (Lomvie) shebfound on the beach to put it in our birdfreezer.

In the evening Sarah cooked a very delicious dinner whilst Christina and Louis–Marie opened the nets in the old lighthouse garden where we will try to catch owls tonight.

We really hope to catch a Tengelmalms Owl (Perleugle) in there tonight. 

Highlights from the observations:

Leach's Storm-Petrel - Stor Stormsvale 1

Orcas 4

Nutcracker - Nøddekrige 1

Siberian Chiffchaff - Sibirisk Gransanger (tristis) 1

Ringing (Kabeltromlen)

Gransanger 1

Munk 3

Blåmejse 2

Gærdesmutte 2

Total: 8

Nordstjernevej (Michael Ancher)

Solsort 1

Munk 1

Blåmejse 1

Skovspurv 1

Bogfinke 1

Rødhals 1

Skovskade 1

Total: 7

Jennes sø (Michael Ancher)

Lille gråsisken 20

St gråsisken 13

Blåmejse 1

Topmejse 1

Musvit 1

Total: 36

Link to today's observations in the Dofbasen from observers in the area.

People: Mio Brix, Cora Köberle, Simon Sigaard  Sigaard  Sigaard Christiansen, Sarah Partridge, Louis-Marie Gourmelon, Christina Liu, Knud Pedersen, Jørgen Hulbæk, Jørgen Kabel, Michael Ancher, Lars og Lone

This morning, Cora and I went to open the nets at Kabeltromlen. It was a little windy so we could not open all of the nets. Páll and our guest Lone joined us for the first round. We started out very slow on the first round, until we got to the final net, and there waiting for us was a Firecrest (Rødtoppet Fuglekonge)! We could see his beautiful eyeshadow a mile away. That was especially exciting for Páll, who has been waiting for one all season.

Rødtoppet Fuglekonge

After that, the ringing slowed down again. Luckily, we were able to open a few more nets as the wind dropped, and in one of those we caught two stunning Skægmejse (Bearded reedlings)! I was extremely excited about this because they are the second cutest birds at Kabeltromlen. We have been seeing them fly close to the nets every day without going inside, but today we got lucky!

Skægmejse (Foto Jeppe Madsen)

Skægmejse are breeding in northern Jutland, and are generally not migratory. However, ringing recoveries from this area are half foreign rings, from all over northern Europe. Some populations have localised dispersal, mainly of young birds. As they typically disperse to other breeding areas, these foreign birds would be unknown to us without ringing data! At this time of year, we cannot determine the age of the skægmejse we trap because both adults and first-year birds undergo a complete moult. But, hopefully they can become retrapped so we can find out more about their movements!

Meanwhile, Mio, Christina, and Louis were at the migration count at World’s End III with Knud. They were enjoying watching the migrating kittiwakes, almost 200 today! Among them were also 16 little gulls (Dværgmåge) and one migrating Spliterne (Sandwich Tern). Splitterne breed up here in Europe and migrate south to spend winters all along the west coat of Africa. They tend to arrive to their wintering grounds in September, so this bird is running a little late. The observers were also happy today to see a pod of Orcas (Spækhugger)!

In the afternoon, I went to the bakery to eat cake while I worked on statistics, and Mio and Cora went out to (unsuccessfully) search for the Richard’s Pipit (Storpiber). Then in the evening, they went night catching again and brought us back a very cute Enkeltbekkasin (Jack Snipe)! We have also had our owl nets open but no success yet!

Enkeltbekkasin-- this individual has a particularly short bill

Ringing KAB

Rødtoppet Fuglekonge - 1

Skægmejse - 2

Vindrossel - 1

Musvit - 1

Blåmejse - 5

Rødhals - 2

Lille gråsisken - 1

Dompap - 3

Bogfinke - 1

Munk - 2

Total : 20

Highlights from World's End III

Ride - 196

Havlit - 4

Dværgmåge - 17

Splitterne - 1

Link to today’s observations in the Dofbasen from observers in the area.

People: Mio Brix, Cora Köberle, Louis-Marie Gourmelon, Simon Sigaard Sigaard Christiansen, Sarah Partridge, Christina Liu, Páll Vang Kjærbo, Knud Pedersen, Lars og Lone

Today was a very nice sunny day since the storm of this weekend. There was not too many wind so we were finally able to open the nets at Kabeltrommen where Sarah, Christina and Simon had a nice session of ringing. They were also accompanied by Páll, who came to help.

The ringing team at Kabeltromlen. Foto. Simon S.Christiansen

The ringing team even got the visit of a Nutcracker (Nøddekrige) that was flying very close from the nets several times…

Nutcracker (Nøddekrige) in flight. Foto : Lars Grøn

unfortunately none was ringed today but they could appreciate all the other birds caught, especially this Redwing (Vindrossel).

Redwing(Vindrossel). Foto : Kristina Liu

At the same time, me, Cora and Mio were at Grenen for the migration count. It was a rather slow morning in terms of numbers, but we all made a beautiful observation of a Leach’s storm petrel (Stor stormsvale) ! It was flying south east, surfing through the waves, very close to the water… What a sight ! Spotted by the german legend Mio Brix.

Observers at migration counting spot "World's end 3". Foto : Louis-Marie Gourmelon

We also had the chance to spot a Merlin (Dværgfalk) that came from the sea and flew overhead and of course, the 3 Nutcrackers (Nøddekrige) all perched in the same tree at one point.

The tip of Grenen, surprisingly crowded ! (the Stor stormsvale effect... probably). Foto : Louis-Marie Gourmelon

Later in the afternoon, Mio and Cora went out again for birdwatching and saw 2 nice Great grey shrike (Stor Tornskade) ! And tonight, they will try again for their now traditional night catching.

Link to today’s observations in the Dofbasen from observers in the area.

People: Mio Brix, Cora Köberle, Louis-Marie Gourmelon, Simon S. Christiansen, Sarah Partridge, Christina Liu, Páll Vang Kjærbo, Knud Pedersen, Lars og Lone

Although the weather was better than yesterday, the wind was too strong to resume bird ringing. Instead, after breakfast, we all had a nice time counting migrating birds at World's End III.

Migration counting at World's End III

It was a slow start, with lots of Common Scoters (Sortand). Louis counted more than 1,000 individuals in the first hour! After that, Black-legged Kittiwakes (Ride) became the main characters, until the Pomarine and Arctic Skuas (Mellemkjove and Almindelig Kjove) appeared, although they were pretty far away.

I didn't know this before, but it seems that skuas have a special kind of magic for seabirders. Not only are they unusual birds, but their behaviour is also really interesting, as they chase other seabirds to steal their food. With their dark plumage, they're like real pirates of the sea! Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get a good look at them, but I'm excited to see one up close in the near future!

Although I'm still getting used to identifying all these seabirds, I'm already feeling more confident with migration counting! Today was my second time doing it, and I could tell I'd improved since yesterday (although I'm still struggling to tell Razorbills (Alk) and Common Guillemots (Lomvie) apart). We were also lucky enough to see a Snow Bunting (Snespurv) really close, right in front of us. Meanwhile, Lone and Lars also went birdwatching and spotted several species, including Sanderlings (Sandløber), Rock Pipits (Skærpiber) and Bearded Tits (Skægmejse).

After the third migration count, Sarah went to Kabeltromlen to check the mist nets and put up the tent, getting everything ready for tomorrow, as the forecast is looking really good. Thanks to Lone for the extra help!

On our way back to the station by bike, we spotted some Yellowhammers (Gulspurv) nearby. One of them was ringed, but unfortunately, I wasn't able to get a photo of it. I'll catch it on camera next time!

After lunch, we tackled our daily Sudoku puzzles to sharpen our minds and also our birdwatching skills. In the afternoon, Cora went into town to do some shopping and get a haircut (it looks great!), while the rest of us chilled out at the lighthouse. It was windy outside, making it the perfect afternoon to read about seabirds and study shorebirds with a warm cup of tea.

Bird sketches and study notes

We'll be having dinner shortly, and Mio and Cora are heading out for another night-catching session. I'll probably join them! Hopefully, we'll catch some more Snipes (Dobbeltbekkasin) tonight, and the moon won't be too bright!

For those of you reading this blog and feeling extra hygge today, we have a short animated movie recommendation: Piper, a cute little story about a sandpiper, perfect to pair up with a warm drink!

Today is also Lisa's birthday! We hope you had a great day and got many presents, happy birthday!!

Link to today’s observations in the Dofbasen from observers in the area.

People: Mio Brix, Cora Köberle, Simon S. Christiansen, Sarah Partridge, Louis-Marie Gourmelon, Christina Liu, Michael Ancher, Knud Pedersen, Lars og Lone

This morning we all got up for breakfast together to go to the migration count, because it was much too windy for ringing. Our journey to World’s End III was treacherous because the Sandormen track and the sand dunes were all flooded from the storm. The waves at the tip were very exciting! Good thing we all had our boiler suits because it was windy and the weather changed from rain to sun every few minutes. Even though we sadly don’t have enough telescopes for everyone (does any rich birdwatcher out there want to donate us a scope??), we had a great morning!

Flooded Sandormen tracks this morning

There was plenty to see between the crashing white waves. This was Christina’s first count, so at first I told her it would be good to practice counting migrating scoters, but when we looked at the sea we saw huge flocks with hundreds of scoters! Cora clicked those and counted over 9,000 during the count. What a sight! My favourite bird to see this morning was the little gulls (dværgmåge)—we saw 34 in total! They are so gorgeous, and the best was one who flew close over the beach, and rested in front of us together with some sanderlings (sandløber). They were pretty similar in size. So cute!

Rainbow over the team at World's End III

The smallest gulls in the world, dværgmåge weigh around the same as a sjagger (fieldfare), and less than some of our tern species. Not much is known about the movement and ecology of little gulls, although it is thought that the range is expanding. Little gulls breed in the northern palaearctic, across northern Scandinavia, Russia, and even some small populations in North America, although it is unknown how long they have been breeding there or how they got there. We see them here in Skagen passing through to their wintering grounds on coastlines across Europe, where they love to feed in sewage waste treatment sites.

We were also lucky to see a short-eared owl (mosehornugle) flying very close with some gulls. On the beach, there were lapværling (Lapland buntings), snespurv (snow buntings) sandløber (sanderlings), strandhjejle (grey plover), sortgrå ryle (purple sandpiper), and rødben (redshank).

After the count we came back to the lighthouse for lunch, and we sharpened our minds by playing sudoku puzzles. This exercise can help us focus harder on birdwatching. Then we could all study some bird books with our laser-sharp minds. Mio, Cora, and Simon organized the attic and then gave the rest of us a nice tour of the organised attic.

The dedicated birdwatchers sharpen their minds while Simon lets his idle mind wander

Mio and Cora went to try again for night catching, which can happen so early now after daylight savings. But there was too much moonlight tonight. Christina, Louis, and I walked up the lighthouse tower instead to enjoy the moonlight over Grenen, which was very beautiful.

Highlights from World's End III

Mosehornugle - 1

Dværgmåge - 34

Sortand - 9,662

Havterne - 1

Lapværling - 4

No ringing today due to high winds

Link to today's observations in the Dofbasen from observers in the area.

People: Mio Brix, Cora Köberle,  Simon S. Christiansen, Sarah Partridge, Louis-Marie Gourmelon,  Christina Liu,  Knud Pedersen, Lars og Lone

This morning started a bit differently than usual. Due to the stormy weather we were not out in the field in the morning but got the opportunity to sleep in instead.

We had a chilled morning and nice breakfast together. 

Some of us went out to check out how strong the wind was.

Stormy beach this morning

Later in the morning we sadly had to say goodbye to Jule who went back to Germany to continue her studies. We miss you Jule!

Afterwards we all went out for walks in different directions.

On her walk out Sarah found a Great grey Shrike (Stor Tornskade) and a nice Rough-legged Buzzard (Fjeldvåge).

Mio and I went down the beach towards Grenen. The landscape out there changed a lot over night. The storm had flooded the whole beach and also the Sandormentrack is a gigantic paddle now.

Flooded beach at Grenen

There was not only a lot of water on the Beach but also many birds like around fifteen Water Pipits (Bjergpiber), some Snow Buntigs (Snespurv) and a Lapland Bunting (Lapværling).

There were also quite some birds flying over the sea, for example two Little Gulls (Dværgmåge) of which we got really nice views.

Little Gull (Dværgmåge) in the wind

When we were back at the station we got a short but very nice visit from Johanna and  Magnus, who were also out at Grenen in the morning. Out there they had seen a Great Northern Diver (Islom) and two Nutcrackers (Nøddekrige).

It was really nice to see them again after spending two weeks together at the station in August.

Birding at Nedermose

In the afternoon we all went out with Simon to go birding Nedermose. Out there we also met our guests Lone and Lars. 

When we came back I made some cinnamon rolls, which were quite yummy.

Now we are planning to go out night catching again, but currently it is raining again.But like Mio says rain is just liquid sunshine, so that should not stop us going out.

So hopefully we will catch some more Snipes tonight.

Highlights from the observations:

Nutcrackers (Nøddekrige) - 2

Great Northern Diver (Islom) - 1

Water Pipits (Bjergpiber) - 15

Link to today's observations in the Dofbasen from observers in the area.

People: Mio Brix, Cora Köberle, Jule Tappe, Simon S. Christiansen, Sarah Partridge, Louis-Marie Gourmelon, Johanna Ventjeer, Magnus Houen Lauritsen, Christina Liu,  Lars og Lone

As we woke up this morning, we noticed that there might be some rain in the morning and that it was also quite windy outside. Sarah and Jule agreed that the weather was too bad for ringing but still good enough for the count. This meant that we could all go to the count together! Because of the strong southeasterly wind, we all went to Nordstrand to get more shelter at the observation spot that Knud created there.

When we arrived at the count, Knud and Alex were already there and had started counting. All in all, there were far fewer Razorbills (Alk) than yesterday, but more Guillemots (Lomvie). This meant that we could spend some time observing the differences between these two species very clearly!

Observing at Nordstrand. Photo by Alex Sand Frich

During the second hour, we spotted a flock of four Orcas (Spækhugger), consisting of one male with a very large fin and three females or young individuals. They came quite close to the shore today, so everyone could enjoy watching them.

Bad picture of our great observation of one of the Orcas (Spækhugger) by Mio Brix

And that wasn't the only highlight of the count! A little later, we spotted two large divers that came quite close to us. After observing them for a while, we were sure that one of them was an adult Great Northern Diver (Islom), still in its breeding plumage, while the other was an immature, probably a third-calendar-year (3CY) White-billed Diver (Hvidnæbbet Lom)! So, not only great marine mammals but also some amazing birds!

After we had all cycled back against the strong wind, we rested for a bit and briefly met Jule's parents, who will pick her up tomorrow because, sadly, her time at the station has come to an end.

This is quite hard for me to realise, as I have been here the whole time since July with her, and we have had so many great experiences up here. I will definitely miss her here!

In the afternoon, we followed our daily afternoon routine and had our evening meeting. Simon told us a very interesting story about a bird tag on a Short-eared Owl (Mosehornugle), which you can read about in a few days on our social media channels (Facebook and Instagram).

After the meeting, we all really enjoyed the pancakes that Cora made for dinner. They gave Cora and me the motivation to go night-catching behind Ellekrattet again, and annnd we succeeded once more! This time, we caught another Woodcock (Skovsneppe) and a Jack Snipe (Enkeltbekkasin)!

Jule ringing her last bird for her stay: The Jack Snipe (Enkeltbekkasin). Picture by Mio Brix

And the Jack Snipe (Enkeltbekkasin) from above! Picture by Sarah Partridge.

After we ringed the birds, we welcomed Christina, who will stay here at the station until Dezember!

Highlights of the observation:

White-billed Diver (Hvidnæbbet Lom)-1

Great Northern Diver (Islom)-1

Orcas (Spækhugger)-4

No ringing at Kabeltromlen today due to the wind and rain

Ringing fields behind Ellekrattet:

Woodcock (Skovsneppe)-1

Jack Snipe (Enkeltbekkasin)-1

People: Mio Brix, Cora Köberle, Luis-Marie Gourmelon, Sarah Partridge, Jule Tappe, Christina Liu, Simon S. Christiansen, Knud Pedersen, Alex Sand Frich, Lars and Lone