what the wind brings

As the weather forecast only predicted rain and storms for the morning, we were able to sleep in again. After a small breakfast the rain stopped and we could all go together to World's End 3 to count the migratory birds for at least two hours. Due to the rain, visibility was very limited, but that didn't stop Thomas from spotting a Sooty Shearwater (Sulfarvet Skråpe). How cool! Finally we all saw the cool species here and could cross "Sooty - wanted" (in the form of a poster of a bounty hunter) off the daily task board. In addition, three Arctic Skuas (Almindelig Kjove) especially delighted us.

Midday was filled with various activities. One was shopping and preparing food, another was taking down the tent at Kabeltromlen as the risk of it blowing away in tonight's storm is too high. Then Hayley and I went up the lighthouse with a spotting scope and were delighted at how much you can see from here. Even the Kittiwakes (Ride) off Grenen can be seen from here.

In the evening Thomas and I went seawatching again. The wind shifted a bit to the west and now 9 Fulmars (Mallemuk) were flying around in better visibility. We also saw two more Arctic Skuas (Almindeig Kjove). On our way back we found a Convolvulus Hawkmoth (Snerlesværmer). As a migrating moth it was also exhausted by the strong winds.

People: Hayley Land, Gustav Nyberg, Simon Kiesé, Thomas Weston, Søren Wilhelmsen.

A link to today's observations from volunteers and local observers.