The New Volunteers Arrive

The day began with a bittersweet morning. Before the sun rose over Grenen; Simon, Sean, Myrthe and I headed out to Worlds End 1 (Grenen) for one last morning observation together. Unfortunately, 1 of the four bikes we have had a flat tire so Simon made the walk out to the point enjoying the area for the last time for the foreseeable future. 

We as a collective arrived a few minutes before 04:00 AM and began counting. The number of Northern Fulmars (Mallemuk) were decent within the first hour totalling close to 60 individuals. Small numbers of three species of auks flew by the point at various points of the morning and a beautiful, bright red, singing male Common Rosefinch (Karmindompap) sang atop a small tree. 

As Simon and Sean needed to be back at Det Grå Fyr to pack their remaining belongings and prepare for the southerly journeys, we made our way back to the Lighthouse. By 10:00 AM, the departure of our esteemed volunteers came and we said goodbye to Sean and Simon! We wish you both luck in Aalborg and Germany respectively! Ill miss you guys. The next few hours of the day consisted of preparing for the arrivals of the new volunteer crew and finalizing data from the spring season.

The afternoon arrived and so did Benjamin, our new 15 year old volunteer for Fyn who will be here for the next month as well as Asia, who arrived from the UK and will be here until the middle of August. 

Later in the afternoon, Simon led an introductory meeting and introduced us all to each other before beginning to review the necessary documents and Simons famous guidelines for working at Skagen Fuglestation.

Simon teaching his new disciples

Myrthe made a nice meal for dinner and Benjamin went out in the evening and found a nice Arctic Tern (Haveterne), Sortstrubet Lom (Black-throated Diver), and a pair of Arctic Skuas (Almindelig Kjove).

And so, another day passes at SKAF! Welcome to the new volunteers - lets find some good birds!

People: Lucas Corneliussen, Simon S. Christiansen, Simon Kiese, Sean Walsh, Myrthe Van Brempt, Asia Kane, Benjamin Bech, Jeppe & Linda

Link to today's observations from volunteers and local observers.