The winter is back

After the “warmer” temperatures with spring feelings in the last days, the winter reminded us today that he hasn’t left yet. Cold wind from north-west with rain and some snowflakes led to the fact, that we spent the most of the day in the warm and cozy apartment.

Nevertheless, a part of the team went out for the observing from World’s End 1 in the morning. It was a very slow morning, but they saw the second calender-year Glaucous Gull (Gråmåge), that is stationary at Grenen in the last days. Even though the songbird migration was slower due to the weather, the Guillemots (Lomvie) and Razorbill (Alk) seem to like this weather more, than the mist in the last days and migrated in higher numbers.

This weekend there is also the NOVANA-Seabird count for which we count the sea around Grenen and the Skarvsøn. This count concentrates on the resting birds, which were mostly Scoters (Sortand) and Eiders (Ederfugl). We are also hoping for a King Eider (Kongeederfugl) these days, but we could’t find one yet. Probably in the next weeks, we will definitely continue on checking all flocks of Eiders (Ederfugl) we see.

In the afternoon the wind got stronger and colder. After we entered the data from the day and checked some old ringing data, we spent the rest of the day in the warm living room, making some music and eating all the snacks we could find in the kitchen.

People: Johanna Veentjer, Isis Khalil, Magnus Houen Lauritsen, Simon Kiesé, Mira Kieckbusch

Today’s observations in Dofbasen from observers in the area

Sum of the Raptors in the area based on observations typed into Dofbasen the same day