Rainy day and a Golden Plover Excursion

Today ringing got canceled due to bad weather, so we only went out for a quick observation session at Worlds End before we rushed home before the rain storm hit Grenen, the highlights of that were probably an Arctic Skua (Almindelig Kjove) and a Curlew Sandpiper (Krumnæbed Ryle). On our way back home we made a quick stop at Elle Krattet to look for some Passerines that might have gone to shelter there.

Golden Plover (Hjele) near Råbjerg Kirke

After a little break we headed out to Råbjerg Kirke during a rain break there we found a White-tailed Eagle (Havørne) and a Golden Plover (Hjeile) that looked very long leged! So we set up our scopes and tried to see if it could be a Pacific Golden Plover (Sibirsk Tundra Hjeile), wich it unfortunately wasn’t so after around forty-five minutes we headed back home to eat lunch. After lunch we got some leftover cake ad sandwiches gifted from the SKAF Board meeting this morning, thank you for that!

Inspecting the Golden Plover (Hjeile) during the bad weather

In the afternoon I went out to Grenen with Ragnar, Rosa and Frederick to look for some rare warblers in the bushes but unfortunately weren’t successful with that. After that we relaxed a bit at home and I went out for a beautiful sunset walk around the lighthouse were I found two skylarks (Sanglærke). After that Rosa made delicious Pizza for dinner and we went to bed a bit earlier than usual to be prepared for a promising day tomorrow!

The lighthouse with a rainbow at sunset

Link to todays observations in Skagen

People at the station: Ragnar Smith, Rosa Hicks, Simon Sigaard Christiansen, Augustin Sticksel, Frederik Johansen, Mara Glane