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Beautiful spring migration days in Skagen
Hei!
My name is Olli, and I come from Helsinki, Finland. I’m a biology master’s student and I’m currently on my exchange at the Aarhus University. I arrived at the Skagen bird observatory on Thursday and today was my second observing day here. The weather was good – sunshine most of the day and the sea was calm through the morning, which made it easier to look out for seabirds. It was exciting when I managed to spot the king eider (kongeedderfugl) from the sea, a lifer for me.
A beautiful glaucous gull on the beach. Photo by Olli.
Other cool species from the morning migration counts were 2 glaucous gulls (gråmåge), several shags (topskarv), merlin (dværgfalk), red kites (rød glente), jack snipe (enkeltbekkasin) and twite (bergirisk). We also spotted 4 hares running between the dunes and several seals resting on the beautiful beaches of Grenen.
We also met an interesting man from India, who came to us while we were doing the morning observation. He was interested on what we were doing and he told us that he came to Skagen because he’s a ship engine engineer and that he is waiting for his ship to arrive to Skagen and will leave later tonight and sail the ocean for 4 months. Making new friends, even in the unexpected situations, is always a good and valuable thing!
The ringing out at Kabeltromlen finally resulted in some nice birds - 14 in total. They caught some Reed Buntings (Rørspurv) and the first Blue Tit (Blåmejse) for this season.
Blue Tit (Blåmejse)
In the afternoon we biked together to the Damstederne and climbed on top of the beautiful dunes hoping to see migrating raptors from there. We spotted several buzzards (musvåge) and red kites (rød glente), sparrow hawks (spurvehøg), goshawks (duehøg), kestrels (tårnfalk) and merlin (dværgfalk). Although it was very windy, the sun was shining, and we enjoyed the afternoon there.
Enjoying the beautiful landscape of the Damstederne and observing raptors. Photo by Olli
After that we went to feed Simons chickens and had ice creams in town. When we came back to the station Janna and I went for an evening swim in the sea, which was a very refreshing after a long day.
What a day! I must say, I’m very fond of the Skagen bird observatory and the beautiful nature surrounding it. The last few days have been definitely one of the most amazing experiences of my exchange in Denmark so far.
Highlights of the observations:
Glaucous Gull (Gråmåge) - 2
King eider (Kongeedderfugl)
Merlin (Dværgfalk)
Ringing (Kabeltromlen):
Gærdesmutte - 1
Jernspurv - 2
Rødhals - 4
Solsort - 1
Gransanger - 1
Blåmejse - 1
Lille Dompap - 1
Rørspurv - 3
Total = 14
Ringing (Jennes Sø - Michael Ancher):
Gransanger - 1
Lille Gråsisken -1
Ringing (Nordstjernvej - Michael Ancher):
Gransanger - 1
Link to todays observations in Dofbasen from the Skagen area
People: Cora Köberle, Janna Ouedraogo, Mara Glane, Rasmus Matthiesen-Juhl, Christopher Moser-Purdy, Olli Lilja and Anders Rasmussen
"It is not only about the weather, it is also about the birds"
Today Mara said many philosophical things. For example, “a zero count is also a count”. Luckily, we did not have a zero count today. But the ringing team was pretty close, they had only a very low numbers of birds in the nets. Therefore, they had much time to eat cookies. When we joined them from the obs there were sadly almost no cookies left. The time between the rounds was used by the ringing team to cut a birch “with great personal effort” and watch all the migrating birds.
During the morning observation we were able to see the adult King Eider (Kongeedderfugl) and the Glaucous Gull (Gråmåge). In contrast to yesterday it was possible to see the sea during the whole count. We therefore saw some more birds on the water. The songbird migration started slow. Especially the Finch-numbers stayed low over the whole day, maybe the wind was too strong for them. After hours with several thousand Chaffinches (Bogfinke) in the last days, todays count with zero to 35 Chaffinches per hour felt very strange. In one hour, we even had a similar amount of Chaffinches and Twites (Bjergirisk). After some time, the Jackdaw and Wood Pigeon migration started. Thousands of them were migrating throughout the day. Anders, who had chosen to count exactly these species, was therefore busy. We others had a calmer count.
Morning observation in wind and sun
After counting and ringing, we went out to watch the raptor migration. Their numbers were already high during our count. There we were able to see many migrating Harriers (Kærhøg), Sparrowhawks (Spurvehøg), Red Kites (Rød Glente) and a young White-Tailed-Eagle (Havørn). Some of them came very close, so we were able to study them well. That continued later in the day. We saw approximately 250 Common Buzzards (Musvåge), a young Rough-Legged-Buzzard (Fjeldvåge) and a Peregrine Falcon (Vandrefalk). Another highlight were two Goshawks (Duehøg) flying close by, followed by a group of Crows.
After that, part of the team proceeded to count at Skarvsøen. The Cormorants breeding preparations are ongoing there. In total 97 Coromorants (Skarv) were at the lake, 88 adults and 9 young ones. The area was also crowded with Adders (Hugorm), at least 14 of them were bathing in the sun. The team could also find two Caspian Gulls (Kaspisk Måge) at the lake and later on a flying one at the lighthouse.
The afternoon was defined by relaxing, napping and reading. Chris and I went on the lighthouse. It was the first time for Chris to be on there and he found it very “nice and cute”. He enjoyed it to see all the places we have been at from above there.
Rasmus and Anders were doing a trip into town. After a stop at the Harbour with Black Guillemots (Tejst) they went into a Sushi all you can eat (“we did that”). While eating dinner we others were talking about our top birds. The favourite, best, funniest, strangest looking… Or the funniest bird sounds (Dusky Thrush, Cornkrake). We also checked tomorrows weather a lot. It looks very good for migration and we have some goals. After many wrong predicitions about the Steppe Eagle (Steppeørn), he will probably appear tomorrow. Maybe together with the Golden Eagle (Kongeørn).
We are looking forward to a great migration day tomorrow!
Link to todays observations in Dofbasen from the Skagen area
Highlights from the observation
- 1 male King Eider (Kongeedderfugl)
- 1 White-Tailed-Eagle (Havørn)
- 1 Glaucous Gull (Gråmåge)
- 9 Twites (Havørn)
- 1 Little Ringed Plover (Lille Præstekrave)
Ringing (Kabeltromlen)
- Rødhals- 1
- Solsort- 1
Ringing (Jennes Sø, Michael Ancher)
- Solsort- 1
- Gransanger- 1
- Blåmejse- 1
- Lille Gråsisken (ssp. cabaret)- 1
Ringing (Nordstjernevej, Michael Ancher)
- Rødhals- 1
People: Cora Köberle, Janna Ouedraogo, Mara Glane, Rasmus Matthiesen-Juhl, Christopher Moser-Purdy, Olli Lilja and Anders Rasmussen
5AM is Ørnhour
It was very cloudy when we went out to World’s End 3 this morning. We were just about to set up our scopes when Rasmus spotted a raptor coming in from the sea. It was an Osprey (Fiskeørn), the first one of the season. We could watch it really close flying down the beach towards Nordstrand. The passerine migration was a bit slower today and the finches were flying really high. We saw a Black-throated Diver (Sortstubet Lom) migrating and there were three Curlews resting at the tip.
In the second hour fog rolled in from the sea, the visibility became very bad and the migration on the sea slowed really down. We decided to continue the last two hours of migration count at Kabeltromeln because the seabird migration stopped and to join the ringers. But before we left we just found the adult King Eider (Kongederfugl) again hanging around in the fogg.
Today Mara and Chris ringed some more birds than yesterday eleven in total. They catched the first Songtrush (Sangdrossel) of the season. Unfortunately it didn't want to be photographed.
Goldcrests (Fuglkonge) are so cute!
In the afternoon we welcomed Olli, a new volunteer. He will stay at the station for some Days. Later we did the data entry and Mara backed a nice lemon cake. While doing that two random farmers came by who brought us a dead Red Kite which they found in a field.
braving the wind at Grenen
When the cake was ready we went out to Grenen to show Olli the area and to find a Pied Wagtail (Sortrygget Hvid Vipstjert). It was not hard to find it. A Pied Wagtail (Sortrygget Hvid Vipstjert) was just running around a puddle on our way. We also saw some Sanderlings (Sandløber) and Common Sandpipers (Stor Præstekrave). Maybe we will try to catch one of these cute colleagues tonight.
In the evening Anders Rasmussen, Rasmus' father arrived who will stay there for the weekend.
Highlights from the observations:
First Osprey (Fiskeørn) of the season
King Eider (Kongederfugl) 1
Black-throated Diver (Sortstrubet Lom) 1
Pied Wagtail (Sortrygget Hvid Vipstjert) 1
Ringing (Kabeltromlen):
Gransænger-1
Rødhals-1
Sangdrossel-1
Gædesmutte-2
Solsort-6
Fuglekonge-1
Total: 11
Today’s observations in Dofbasen from observers in the area
People: Cora Köberle, Janna Ouedraogo, Mara Glane, Rasmus Matthiesen-Juhl, Christopher Moser-Purdy, Olli Lilja and Anders Rasmussen
Bird Words
As the sun continues its cruel march toward an earlier sunrise every day, so too must we set our alarms earlier. Today, my alarm was set for 4:25 am but I know in a month or two that will seem like a sleep in. Mara and I headed out to the ringing site and opened the nets for 30 minutes before sunrise. We had a bit of a slower day but we caught our first Reed Bunting (Røspurv) of the season which was a nice treat.
A handsome boy - the Reed Bunting (Rørspurv)
Janna, Cora, and Rasmus headed out to observe birds at World’s End 3 a bit later than us. They had a good morning. Our good friends the King Eiders (Kongederfugl) continued their stay there - we hope they'll start paying rent soon. Our other good friend the Glaucous Gull (Gråmåge) also made an appearance right at the end, he's too loveable to pay rent. One Shag was seen (Topskarv) and a Pied Wagtail (Sortrygget Hvid Vipstjert) decided to come by as well.
Pied Wagtail a female- Sortrygget Hvid Vipstjert (Photo: Knud Pedersen)
In the afternoon, Rasmus, Janna, Kora, and I headed to Flagbakken in hopes of some good raptor migration. The raptors were fairly slow with nothing out of the ordinary but I did enjoy learning the different tit songs. We also heard a Chiffchaff (Gransanger) making the song of Spring.
Scoping out some raptors
I baked some cookies for everyone (we have a rule here that you have to make one baked treat per lifer you see, I used a loophole to bake 24 cookies - 1 per lifer). They turned out very flat (apparently that happens when your sugar ratio is too high, I've used this recipe tons of times though and never had this issue?? I'm blaming the oven) but were still enjoyable. The rest of the crew is about to head out for some pre-sunset raptor watching, everyone’s hoping to see the Steppe Eagle (Steppeørn) at some point.
Observation Highlights
Kongederfugl – 2
Topskarv – 1
Gråmåge – 1
Sortrygget Hvid Vipstjert – 1
Sildemåge – 1
Ringing
Fuglekonge – 1
Jernspurv – 1
Gærdesmutte – 1
Røspurv – 1
Solsort – 2
Total: 6
Today’s observations in Dofbasen from observers in the area
People: Cora Köberle, Janna Ouedraogo, Mara Glane, Rasmus Matthiesen-Juhl, Christopher Moser-Purdy, Knud Pedersen, Simon Sigaard Christiansen, Gunnar Simonsen
On the search for birds
Hej!
After my alarm clock woke me up today at 04:50 I immediatly checked the weather radar to see if the rainy forecast from yesterday evening was still up to date. It was and also a quick check outside the window by Chris confirmed that. So we went back to sleep for another hour in the hopes that the rain would stop eventually. It did, but only after 11 am. So this mornig we all stayed inside and rested. We of course also did some productive work for example the quality check of the DOF-Basen entries and the ringing data. Around noon Simon came by with some cake, so we had a nice and "healthy" lunch.
Nordjysk brunsviger
After that we went on a little sightseeing tour to some spots around Skagen to look for a Pied Wagtail (Sortrygget Hvidvipstjert). We found some normal White Wagtails (Hvidvipstjert), a Sparrowhawk (Spurvehøg) and some Mistle Thrushes (Misteldrossel). We also saw a flock of 35 Skylarks (Sanglærke), quite the number! On the Scoccer field we saw a huge flock of starlings (Stær) systematically foraging the field for snacks. On our way back we popped into a bakery to buy some nice fresh bread and had a quick stop at Simons house so we could look at his pet chickens.
Back to the car!
Once we got home we all sat together to have a proper lunch and ate almost all of the fresh bread we bought earlier. Janna gave some of us a lesson in Skat, Cora won - I think by accident - and now we are ready to loose some BirdLife Denmark funds in a game of Skat!
After our pizza dinner, Simon picked us up to try and cath some Woodcocks (Skovsneppe) on a horse field. The first challenge was to cross the electric fence, but that was no problem for us with a well excecuted secret-agent roll underneath. Our secret-agent skills apparently weren't enough to sneak up on the woodcocks because they flew away before we could reach them. Back to training school i guess, agent 007!
Highlights from the observation:
Sanglærke - 35
Ringing (Kabeltromlen):
no ringing due to rain
Link to todays observations in Dofbasen from the Skagen area
People: Cora Köberle, Janna Ouedraogo, Mara Glane, Rasmus Matthiesen-Juhl, Christopher Moser-Purdy, Simon Sigaard Christiansen
En svømmetur i Skarvsøen
Halløj derude
Jeg var igen til morgen en del af observationsholdet på Nordstrand, som i dag bestod af Cora, Janna, Knud og mig. Vi mødtes på Nordstrand klokken lidt i 06.00, og begyndte med det samme at tælle. Der var rigtig mange finker og siskener i luften, sortænder over havet og spurvehøge i klitrækkerne, så der var nok at gå i gang med. Dagens store overraskelser blev en mørk Alm. Kjove der kom tæt forbi mod øst og 19 topskarver, som vi kunne se fra Nordstrand, efter at Alex Sand Frich meldte dem fra Grenen
Efter en god morgen på Nordstrand, besluttede jeg mig for at tage en tur op på Kapgadagung, i håbet om store vingefang. Janna og Cora syntes også at det lød som en god ide, så de kom efter at de havde spist frokost. På Kapgadagung så vi over 100 musvåger, 2 fjeldvåger, havørn og meget mere, så det var godkendt:)
Der bliver talt musvåger på Kapgadagung
Ringmærkningen havde været god i dag, med omkring 20 fugle fanget. Der var en del dårlige runder, men også et par gode, med bla. 5 fuglekonger i et net. Årets første Dompap fandt også vej til nettet, til stor glæde for Mara og Christopher.
Klokken 15.00 blev vi hentet af Knud. Christopher, Cora og jeg, havde nemlig sagt ja til at hjælpe Knud med at skære tagrør og pilebuske ned, ude ved Skarvsøen, De er nemlig begyndt at tage alt udsynet ved de to udsigtspunkter. Vi blev hurtigt sat ind i opgaven, og alt gik da også forrygende, indtil min fod sidder fast i en gammel rod på bunden, og jeg laver en maveplasker ude i søen. Jeg fik omkring 2 liter vand ned i mine waders, og jeg var gennemblødt fra top til tå. Det hjalp dog på humøret at Knud havde taget en fanta med til os hver, som vi kunne nyde i solskinnet med udkig over Skarvsøen:)
Mine bukser efter en tur i Skarvsøen
I morgen bliver det regnvejr, men vi håber på at vi kan komme ud alligevel!
Nu skal vi spise aftensmad og jeg glæder mig!
Highlights from the observation:
Almindelig Kjove
Topskarv (19)
Atlingand (2)
Grønspætte
Bogfinke (7128)
Ringmærkning (Kabeltromlen):
Link to todays observations in Dofbasen from the Skagen area
People: Cora Köberle, Janna Ouedraogo, Mara Glane, Rasmus Matthiesen-Juhl, Christopher Moser-Purdy, Knud Pedersen
The storm before the quiet
Because of the windy weather, the ringing team decided to keep the nets closed today. With wind gusts up to 63 km/h the prospect for catching birds was very low. Nevertheless, the observation team headed motivated and with tailwind to Nordstrand. We chose this obs locality because we expected the strong eastwinds to push all the birds out to the west. However, we did not presume any passerine migration. This was already on our way to Nordstrand proved wrong- we saw several flocks with finches, fighting above our heads with the wind. Im contrast to the finches the geese and swans were intimidated by the wind and occurred in very low numbers.
The first hour went over with a high number of common scoters (sortand)- 1500 of them were migrating east. In general, the majority of todays birds was migrating east. Continuing yesterday’s trend we saw many goosanders (stor skallesluger). A highlight of the seabirds was a pair of garganeys (atlingand) migrating close to the shore. They were the first for the season and compared to other years very early. It was only the fourth March record for Skagen, the earliest one here is from the 17th of March 1973.
It was not that cold, but with the wind we were all happy that we brought handwarmers with us. During the count we also made some ten-second walks to warm our feet. Then the observation went on again. In general, we are here very exposed to the weather. Luckily it was often sunny during the last weeks. In today´s sun we could watch many of the birds very beautifully. One highlight were two hen harriers (blå kærhøg). We saw an adult and a young male flying around and showing up every now and then in the sun. Especially the adult, grey-black male was a sight for sore eyes.
Close above our heads- sometimes on eye level- there were finches over finches. It was impressive to see so many of them so close. The finches flew over in small flocks, however they added up to several thousand.
When we came back, Chris and Mara were waiting for us with hot cocoa. Lucas had meanwhile left. He is now for a week in the south, searching for wheatears and bustards. In the afternoon Mara, Cora and I went on a walk to overhaul the electricity fence around a radar tower. That was a nice walk and we were able to see a common snipe (dobbeltbekkasin) and several frogs.
At the radar tower
After sunset we tried to catch some plovers. Since the fox was already on the beach before us, the plovers were all well hidden. Therefore, we did not found any plover. It was still nice to be outside, listen to all the night noises and watch the stars.
Hope to catch a Snipe
Highlights from the observation
- 2 very early Garganeys (Aatlingand)
- 10 migrating Kestrels (Tårnfalk)
- 3300 Chaffinches (Bogifnke)
- 7 Red Crossbills (Lille Korsnæb)
- 2110 Siskins (Grønsisken)
Link to todays observations in Dofbasen from the Skagen area
People: Lucas Corneliussen, Cora Köberle, Janna Ouedraogo, Mara Glane, Rasmus Matthiesen-Juhl, Christopher Moser-Purdy, Knud Pedersen
Windy but nice
I woke up at 4:20 today and could hear the wind howling outside our room. I was doubtful we’d have a good morning ringing but Mara, Janna, and I went out and set up the nets. We could only set up 9 out of 22 due to the high winds. Despite this it ended up being a fairly good morning! We caught 10 birds including recaptures, the majority were Blackbirds (Solsort) and Robins (Rødhals). We also got our first Great Tits (Musvit) – a male/female pair that decided to take a romantic trip into the net together.
A wren getting his new jewelery
Lucas, Cora, and Rasmus headed to Nordstrand to do the morning migration count. The morning started out fairly busy and then petered out as the day continued on. They got some high passerine numbers - 6000 Chaffinches (Bogfinke), and a few hundred Brambling (Kvækerfinke). Also some interesting raptors with 3 Rough-legged Buzzards (Fjeldvåge) and a Peregrine Falcon (Vandrefalk).
In the afternoon I went on a walk to the beach and learned that there are starfish here!!!! That was very exciting. I came back and walked in on the Germans listening to 99 luftballoons on full blast, I’m assuming this is something that happens every day in Germany. We took the rest of the afternoon to clean the house and organize a few things.
Starfish!
The weather looks very windy for tomorrow so we aren’t expecting to do any ringing but hopefully the observations will be nice!
Observation Highlights
Chaffinches (Bogifnke) – 6000
Rough-legged Buzzard (Fjeldvåge) – 3
Peregrine Falcon (Vandrefalk) – 1
Ringing (Kabeltromlen)
Gærdesmutte – 1
Rødhals – 2
Solsort – 2
Gransanger – 1
Total – 6
People: Lucas Corneliussen, Cora Köberle, Janna Ouedraogo, Mara Glane, Rasmus Matthiesen-Juhl, Christopher Moser-Purdy, Henrik Møller Thompson
Link to todays observations in Dofbasen from the Skagen area
Hotdogs and Nugget
Today Mara and Christopher went out to Kabeltrommeln to open the nets at 5:10.It was frozen this night so they had to walk through the ice to open the nests. There was not so much going on at the ringing.
They ringed two Robins (Rødhals), a Wren (Gædesmutte) and a Goldcrest (Fuglekonge). A Highlight was the recapture of a Blackbird with a transmitter which was ringed last year they named it Nugget.
Blackbird "Nugget" with transmitter
The rest of us went out to World's End 3 early to start the migration count even before the sunrise.In the first hour there were many Gannets (Sule) migrating and we saw three Shags (Topskarv).
In the second hour the migration on the sea slowed down so more of us could observe the inland migration. There were many Chaffinches (Bogfinke) migrating today finally around 3600!
While the migration on sea was slow we found the two King Eiders (Kongederfugle) again hanging around together. We could even observe the adult male flying a few metres, that was really nice. Moreover we saw a resting Black-throated Diver (Sortstrubet Lom) and a Black-Guillemot (Tejst).
The numbers of raptors were not that high today but we saw again a beautiful adult male Hen Harrier (Blå Kerhøg), a Rough-legged Buzzard (Fjeldvåge) and the first Marsh Harrier (Rørhhøg) of the season.
On our way back to the station we saw six beautiful Bearded Reedlings (Skægmejse).
When we came back after the migration count Simon picked us up to take the bikes from the mechanic. But first we went to the harbour to check the Gulls. Then Simon bougt us some Hotdogs and a Kradser (Hotdog without sausage). Afterwards we picked up the bikes and Simon bought a nice new orange Mountain bike for the station.
Lucas's Hotdog
We had a chilled afternoon, we enjoyed the nice sun and took a little walk.
Tonight our guests Anne-Mette and Katrine cooked dinner for us. It was very delicious!
Highlights from the observations:
Shag (Topsarv) 3
King Eiders (Kongederfugle) 2
first Marsh Harrier (Rørhhøg) of the season.
Ringing (Kabeltromlen):
Gærdesmutte -1
Rødhals - 2
Fuglekonge - 1
Total: 4
Link to today's observations in Dofbasen in the Skagen area
Sum of the Raptors in the area based on observations typed into Dofbasen.
People: Lucas Corneliussen, Simon Sigaard Christiansen, Cora Köberle, Janna Ouedraogo, Mara Glane, Rasmus Matthiesen-Juhl, Christopher Moser-Purdy, Knud Pedersen Guests: Anne-Mette & Katrine
Almost two new Shag-cords and some ringing too
Hej!
The days with enough sleep have finally come to an end, because ringing at Kabeltromlen started again. Excited for today we set our alarms on 04:45 this morning so we could open the nets before sunrise. After opening all 22 nets we were rewarded with a nice sunrise over Kabeltromlen. The observers out of course had the same sunrise, promising a very good migration day.
Promising sunrise
The first bird in our nets at Kabeltromlen was a beautiful female Blackbird (Solsort) and it was followed by some Wrens (Gærdesmutte) and Robins (Rødhals). So this means, that Lucas won our little bet on whats the first bird of the season would be - my guess on Wren was pretty close though, we had them alsmost at the same time. While controlling the nets in the reed we stumbled across a pair of Bearded Reedlings that we could get pretty close to and observe very well. It's always nice to observe those cute little birds - hopes are high to catch some in the future.
Female Blackbird (Solsort) - first bird of KAB spring ringing season 2025
While ringing we were not aware of how busy the observers were out at World's End 3 until we heard an excited Rasmus calling out a flock of Shags (Topskarv) on Zello. Quickly we looked out to the sea and saw a huge flock of them migrating. 31 individuals in one flock - it's the biggest flock that was seen in Skagen and Denmark until now! In total 34 shags where found today by the observers, almost beating the record of 35 individuals in one day! In general migration was really good today, with 1060 Wigeons (Pibeand) and 178 Reed Buntings (Rørspurv) migrating in huge numbers among many others. In numbers 12725 individuals from 82 species were noted down by the observers today.
After lunch we went on a trip to the harbour to see an adult Iceland Gull (Hvidvinget Måge) that Simon found on his lunch break. It was a nice adult bird, sleeping amongst other gulls. After that Janna, Cora and Christopher were dropped of at Gammel Skagen to start the 10 km Fulmar (Mallemuk) survey, while Lucas, Rasmus and I went to the shop to buy some groceries. The fulmar survey did not result in any fulmars (or more shags) but they did find a dead Greater Black-backed Gull (Svartbag) and a gull with a norwegian colour ring. It was ringed last summer and sadly did not survive the winter.
Iceland Gull (Hvidvinget Måge)
Observing the Icelandic gull in the harbour
The evening was spent with the data entry of the very busy migration day, a "Kartoffelsalat" (Potatosalad) for dinner and fitting german music about said dinner. Now we are all looking forward for an even better migration day - especially for raptors - tomorrow.
Highlights from the observations:
Topskarv: 34 - A flock of 31 individuals was a new danish "flock record"
Hvidvinget Måge 1 ad. (at the harbour)
Gråmåge 1 3cy. - still hanging aroung the tip
Ringing (Kabeltromlen):
Gærdesmutte - 3
Jernspurv - 1
Rødhals - 2
Solsort - 4
Gransanger - 2
Fuglekonge - 2
Total: 14
Link to today's observations in Dofbasen in the Skagen area
Sum of the Raptors in the area based on observations typed into Dofbasen.
People: Lucas Corneliussen, Simon Sigaard Christiansen, Cora Köberle, Janna Ouedraogo, Mara Glane, Rasmus Matthiesen-Juhl, Christopher Moser-Purdy, Guests: Anne-Mette & Katrine