Topskarver, Klitplasterbiller og mere

Today started bright, you can really feel that the days are getting longer now. So we went out to do the morning observations. There could have been some more migration, but still it was very nice to enjoy the morninghours from Worlds End 1. The highlight of the morning was a flog of three Shags (Topskarv), flying together with one Cormorant (Skarv). This flog was also very nice to observe! In total we saw six Shags (Topskarv) this morning. 

And there was another highlight this morning - Magnus found an Klitplasterbille in the Dunes near Worlds End 1 again! Some of us birders went to see it afterwards, where we even found two more indiviuals. The Klitplasterbille has been seen for the last time in 2020 in Danmark, until Magnus and I saw it in the dunes near Nordstrand some days ago. 

Klitplasterbille (Apalus bimaculatus), found in the dunes near Worlds End 1 today 

In the meantime Simon and Isis headed to Skarvsøen, to finish the Novana-Count there. On their way they spotted an adder (Hugorm), you can see in the picture below. 

In the afternoon we were happy to have Magnus grandma with a friend as guests at the station. We all had a lovely "kaffe og kage" together. 

Afterwards we went out to enjoy the sunny wheater. Some of us went around Grenen and some of us took the bikes towards town. There we were actually able to spot (at least for us) the first Skovfirben of the year, soaking in the last sun rays of the day at a wall. 

When all of us met at the station in the evening, we had a nice dinner together. What a beautiful day! 

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

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