We spotted some cool birds today!

Hello folks!

We started the day with a beautiful sunrise and some cool observations at Grenen. Already on our way in, Lucas spotted a male serin (Gulirisk)! And so this wonderful day began.

We (Lucas, Benjamin and I) started counting at 4:05 am and Asia joined us a bit later. There were many Kittiwake (Ride), some red-throated loons (Rødstrubet lom) and surprisingly few Northern Fulmars (Mallemuk) flying over today. It was lovely to see a bunch of foraging gannets (Sule) and also sandwich terns (Splitterne) were feasting on fish.

The usually present reed bunting (Rørspurv) was again singing loudly as well as a yellowhammer (Gulspurv). We counted for 2 hours and just before we were heading back to the station, we enjoyed the view of a Red-backed shrike (Rødrygget tornskade). 

Lucas continued to World ends 3 and spotted 3 arctic skuas (Almindelig kjove) who went along the beach to harass some terns. He also observed few black-throated divers (sortstrubede lom), a Common Rosefinch (Karmindompap) and the first long-tailed skua (lille kjove) of the autumn!

Photo: Knud Pedersen

What a great start of the day! In the afternoon we all took a little nap. Benjamin and I went to visit the exhibition and climbed up to see the view from the lighthouse.

Our lovely guests in the apartment, Jeppe and Linda, had a relaxing day at the beach before going grocery shopping. Then Benjamin showed them how to use the telescope and they got some good views of the common eider (Ederfugl) and common ringed plover (Stor præstekrave). Benjamin also tried to catch some butterflies but sadly it was too windy.

Right now, the house is smelling amazing as Jeppe and Linda cooked us a delicuous dinner. We prepared our equipment for ringing tomorrow morning and that’s a wrap for today!

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

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