A Rarity From The East

With more high winds we were unable to open the nets this morning, which appears the case again tomorrow. Angela and George joined me at Kattegat Bunker for some windswept observations. Being far away from World’s End we felt we were missing some of the migration action so moved after two hours, but we were quickly reminded why we weren’t at World’s End 3 to start after we struggled to steady our scopes in the consistent strong gusts.

We headed back to the station to begin our tasks and begin our cleaning day. Just as I sat down to eat Simon rang to say a Pallas’ leaf warbler (FugleKongersanger) had been seen at World’s End 1 by Rolf. After a quick bike ride and a faster walk, I was met by a few local birders staring at bushes below, Simon and Lisa joined shortly after. We only had to wait for a few minutes before the bird began to show again and we were all treated with amazing views. Erik Christophersen managed to get some shots that perfectly demonstrate the beauty of this Eastern rarity.

Credit: Erik Christophersen 

Whilst far from being the first record for Denmark -fingers crossed for the Brown Booby (Brun Sule) – The species is far from a common sighting, with only 16 records for Skagen since its first sighting back in 1981. The last individual was caught on the 15th October 2020 at Jennes Sø, perhaps we can get a repeat on Monday.

Credit: Erik Christophersen 

Folk: Simon S. Christiansen, Lisa Vergin, Rosalina Sø Leth-Nissen, Robbie Lawler, Angela Di Pumpo, Justine Costa, Georges Dieres Monplaisir and Rolf Christensen.

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