The first Marsh Harrier "Rørhøg" and new volunteers at the station!

Hello everybody!

Today was really an eventful day. Knud is back from his skiing vacation and we were at Verdens Ende 3 today since sunrise. It was again very good to have an experienced observer at my side. So you see much more birds and do not have to concentrate on so many different species. It was very sunny but also very windy and the observing was a very sandy affair. But it was worth it, we saw an adult female Marsh Harrier "Rørhøg", it looks like it was the first one this year, and it is really quite early for it. There was also a White-tailed Eagle "Havørn" and several Buzzards "Musvåge", one of them very tuff so it even migrated across the sea. There were also Lapwings "Vibe" - and, the month started and ended with a young Iceland Gull "Hvidvinget Måge".

Returning to the station, I met Robbe, who had arrived late at night yesterday due to problems with the train and therefore was not with us at sunrise. He comes from Ghent in Belgium and will work at the bird station for three months. He was on his way to a Corona test in town and so I had time for a few words with Simon and Karin. Simon had a lot of office work to do today, but hopefully, the result of his work will be a new thermal binocular and a new assistant, who will take some of his tasks, so that Simon can be more at the station. Karin went to Skagen and for a walk in the surrounding of Det Grå Fyr. Robbe and I also took a little walk to Grenen and I taught Robbe how to sew nets in the attic afterwards. When we looked down again Simon had just picked up Marion, who will stay here for two months. She is from Nice and had a long journey from France, two different planes plus train and bus. And then we went to the first real evening Meeting in 2022! After the meeting, Simon left and we four, Marion, Robbe, Karin, and me were cooking together, Flammkuchen today. And it was very nice to have a full table with lots of conversation and nice company.

The team is growing: Hanelie, Robbe, and Marion

Tomorrow, there will be a Fulmar "Mallemuk" survey and we are looking forward to welcoming the fourth volunteer in 2022!

Today’s observations in Dofbasen from observers in the area

See you tomorrow, from now on, there will be Blog articles for every day.

Take care,

Hanelie

People: Marion L´Huiller-Hunsinger, Robbe Cool, Simon S. Christiansen, Knud Pedersen, Hanelie Sidhu and Karin