Storm Petrels, Please!

Hellow!

It was raining early this morning so we all slept in and took it easy. After breakfast I went for a nice walk to Grenen and North Beach when the sun was out. And guess what I encountered on the beach? A dead harbour porpoise!

Dead harbour porpoise on the beach.

In the afternoon I worked on the photo archive and so did Simon. Few days ago we have put a webcam on the nightjar nest and they are still doing good. We can see the female sitting on the nest, even though some branches fell down in front of the camera... Hopefully the chicks hatch soon! In this video you can see how the male replaces the female on the nest.

Knud Pedersen notified us about a Sandwich Tern (Splitterne) that was ringed at Agger Tange on the west coast of Denmark in 2020.This winter (february 2024) it was observed in Namibia! And now read again here at Grenen a few days ago! That's pretty damn cool, isn't it?

Matte and Sean are joining us tonight when we try catch storm petrels (Lille stormsvale) on the beach, so exciting! We had a lovely dinner together with Mette and the apartment guests (Mark & co) and then opened nets on the beach as well as the nightjar nests across the road.

Now we are eagerly waiting for storm petrels and nightjars in the nets while having a beer and watching football.

Let's all pray for storm petrels now!

Bye!

People at SKAF: Lucas Corneliussen, Benjamin Bech, Asia Kane, Myrthe Van Brempt, Simon S. Christiansen, Mette Christensen, Seán Walsh, Ragnar Smith, Sakari Kauppinen, Nicolai Jeppesen, Mark Desholm & co :)

Link to today's observations from observers in the area