Gulls, terns, and waders on a windy day

Hello everyone!

Today I was on observation duties, so early in the morning I biked out to World’s End 3 to look for anything interesting that was around the tip of Denmark. For the first hour of observation, I was alone, but after an hour Knut Peterson joined me to look for seabirds. In the first hour I spotted two Little Terns (Dværgterne) foraging along the coast, a solid bird for the Skagen area. As he arrived, Knut informed me of a Ruff (Brushane) and two Temmink’s Stints (Temmincksryle) in a nearby pond. I temporarily left my post to observe these shorebirds and I encountered a Curlew Sandpiper (Krumnæbbet ryle) and a Red Knot (Islandsk ryle ) as well. Returning to World’s End 3 we were met with not many migrants as the winds were quite strong today with a Caspian Gull (Kaspisk någe) being the highlight of the final few hours. At the end of our count, we were able to read a few color rings on Lesser Black-backed Gull (Sildemåge) and Great Black-backed Gull (Svartbag).

Today the ringers were back at Kabeltromlen after ringing at the CES site the day before. It was a windy day, but the ringing still commenced. A total of 9 birds were rung, and it was a good day for Chiffchaffs (Gransanger) as 6 were caught. A couple other birds including a Common Whitethroat (Tornsanger) and a Lesser Whitethroat (Gærdesanger) ended up in the nets as well. In a few days the winds are expected to calm down and hopefully this means we will get more birds!

Ringing (Kabeltromlen)

Chiffchaff (Gransanger) – 6

Reed Warber (Rørsanger) – 1

Lesser Whitethroat (Gærdesanger) – 1

Common Whitethroat (Tornsanger) - 1

Willow Warbler (Løvsanger) - 1

Total: 10

People: Rosa Hicks, Asia Kane, Joe Zeno, Simon S. Christiansen, Lucas Cornelliussen

Link to today's observations from observers in the area