Razorbills, redpolls and an eventful afternoon

The cold winds, strangely enough, have also brought some brave tourists who walk along the beach and visit the Northern tip of Denmark. This is also why this week there has been plenty of activities organised by the Lighthouse, such as guided tours and the opening of our freezer. If you are wondering what that is, you can get a glimpse by looking at the picture but I can also tell you that it is an exiciting opportunity to look at different birds up close, as it happened today when Simon showed and explained the distinctive features of different birds.

As for us, the morning went by very quickly. I opened the nets with Rosalina and Justine, Simon and Robbie joined for the first round. The conditions were not the best, but we still got a good amount of birds, mostly redpolls (Gråsisken). Augustin on the other hand went observing with Knud at World´s End 3 and they saw 5000 razorbills (Alk), one Slavonian grebe (Nordisk lappedykker) and 15 resting eals. He also set up a woosh net trying to catch Snow buntings (Snespurv) but unfortunately he was not successful, because the strong wind made the net tangled up. But we will try again in the next days, so if you are walking along the beach and you are curious about what that is, just stop by and ask us!

In the afternoon, after the opening the freezer, Simon showed u show to repair nets and tonight more activities are to come. Rosalina is going on a night tour with Niels to show families birds and seals on the beach through a thermal camera and we are also going night catching, after a lovely dinner with our guests.

Last but not least, today Gustav arrived and he will stay with us until Tuesday. He is highly motivated to discover more in depth the observations and the ringing, so he is definitely in the good place!

Ringmærkning - Det Grå Fyr

Blåmejse 2

Bogfinke 1

Dompap, lille 2

Dompap 1

Fuglekonge 5

Gærdesmutte 4

Gråsisken 10

Rødhals 6

Sangdrossel 1

Træløber 1

Vindrossel           2

Total – 35

Folk på stationen: Simon S. Christiansen, Augustin Sticksel, Rosalina Sø Leth-Nissen, Robbie Lawler, Angela Di Pumpo, Justine Costa, Gustav Nyberg, Ebbe og Dorthe.

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