Skagen goes international

Hej!

The sunrise starts later and later and as Rosa and I were cycling out to Kabeltromlen it was still quite dark. After opening the nets sadly there weren't many birds around and we only caught a few in the first rounds. Soon we were visited by Simon guiding a tour with people from the Länsstyrelsen Västra Götaland in Sweden. The next international visit was from Ireland, as Seán came by to visit the station for one day. He is now cooking a nice dinner for us as he spontanously decided to stay the night, by the way. And another visit from a different country was a Blue Tit/Blåmejse that got caught in our nets with a ring from Norway! Looking forward to hear when and where it was ringed.

Blue Tit/Blåmejse with a norwegian ring

The tour from sweden also visited Ragnar, Thomas, Rasmus and Carl at the migration count at World's End 3. Just in time to see an Arctic Skua/Almindelig Kjove. The observers also had a nice sight on some Shovelers/Skeand flying over. On their way back they luckily saw and heard a Lapland Bunting/Lapværling.

Back at the station, the people from Länsstyrelsen Västra Götaland had a meeting with a presentation by Egon Østergaard, Birdlife Danmarks Chairman.

The afternoon we waited for the rain to come and pass so we could go out again. The rain somehow never showed up so Ragnar and Rasmus were the first to leave the station to look for the wierd bunting they had earlier. Rosa, Thomas and I followed later. We all were able to find the two Crested Larks/Toplærke again, running around between the grass and dunes, but the bunting was nowhere to be found.

Rain finally arrived on our way back to the lighthouse

Highlights of the observation:

Arctic Skua/Almindelig Kjove

Great Egret/Sølvhejre

Black Throated Diver/Sortstrubet Lom

Caspian Gull/Kaspisk Måge

Lapland Bunting/Lapværling

Ringing (Kabeltromlen):

Gransanger - 1

Fuglekonge - 2

Blåmejse - 1

Rørspurv - 1

Munk - 1

Jernspurv - 1

Rødhals - 1

Gærdesmutte - 4

Ringing (Jennes Sø - Michael Ancher):

Gærdesmutte - 1

Munk - 1

Gransanger - 1

Fuglekonge - 2

Blåmejse - 1

Musvit - 1

Nordlig Træløber - 1

Lille Gråsisken - 2

Rørspurv - 2

Ringing (Nordstjernevej - Michael Ancher):

Musvit - 1

Total = 25

Today’s observations on Dofbasen from observers in the area

People: Thomas Weston, Ragnar Smith, Mara Glane, Rasmus Matthiesen, Carl, Simon Sigaard Christiansen, Michael Ancher, Seán Walsh