Smew and Rain

Since it was way to windy to go ringing, we all went to Nordstrand to count the seabirds, which appeare now with the easterly winds. In total there were not very many birds, but soon some nice birds appeared. Four beautiful Long-tailed ducks (Havlit) passed by, of which three males had the name-giving long tail-feathers. Then six probably young Smews (Lille Skalleslugger) flew East, a very good species here. Also one young Black Guillemot (Tejst) showed up well. After the first hour Knud had to leave, because he found a rare Vandskade in his house. ;-) But we also had to stop the count after the second hour, because strong rain joined the already quite strong wind. The way back was tough due to the headwind, but after that we were finally able to enjoy the warmth from our appartment.

The rest of the day we spent with several indoor activities. We had naps at several places, ate much, spent time in the lighthouse shop (because it is their last day this year) and finally played Wingspan - that was fun!

Then the alarm from our lighthouse had a mistake and since the wind blew out a window, the entrance got a bit wet. We fixed that as good as possible and hope, that the weather will get better soon, that we can do more birding. More birding!!!

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

People: Hayley Land, Gustav Nyberg, Simon Kiesé, Thomas Weston, Knud Pedersen, Lars and Lone.