Hot chocolate on a windy day – it’s autumn!

Let us start with a short review of yesterday’s evening! We spontaneously decided to go and watch the sunset at Nordstrand, as there were only a few clouds on the evening sky. It was nice to enjoy the peace and quiet on the beach, as there are hardly any people around at this time and only the calls of the gulls and the sound of the waves could be heard. The sunset was beautiful, and it was a good atmosphere to end the day (even if quite a few mosquitoes were there, but for this view we were happy to accept that).

Today we started the morning by going to the Migration Count, this time at World’s End 1. The counting included Hayley, Rebecca, Simon Jr. and I, whilst Gustav was guiding a tour of 27 people around the dunes and beach. He showed them how to distinguish different species of gulls, talked about migration and encouraged them to try out an activity, where they had to sit 5 minutes in silence and just listen to the sound of nature. They really liked it and were having a great time. 

The Migration Count was slow today, with mainly Common Scoters (Sortand) and many Velvet Scoters (Fløjlsand). At one point we could see a Great Skua (Storkjove), but other than that there wasn’t much going on. When we came home, Simon Jr. made hot chocolate for all of us and we started watching Sherlock, the BBC series, which was such a nice warm-up after this windy morning.

Rebecca went to do the Cormorant (Skarv) Count at the Harbor and had an interesting conversation about Skagen’s history with a local man spending his midday at the harbor.

The rest of the day we took care of usual stuff: Data entering, cleaning and shopping. Haley and Simon had a pleasant walk outside and discovered some Long-tailed tits (Halemejse). In a moment of great spontaneous motivation, we cleaned and sorted the entire fridge, which is indeed a pleasant sight every time we open the door now.

Simon Sr. and Lisa was leaving to Sweden today to go to the Island Stora Fjäderägg in the Bothnian Bay for some exciting birding. And as a late highlight of this day, our guests Ole and Birgitte prepared a delicious dinner during which we chatted and had a great time.

People: Hayley Land, Gustav Nyberg, Simon Kiesé, Rebecca Cheape, Antonia Greil, Simon S. Christiansen, Magnus Mygind, Ole and Birgitte.