A nice Tit

Today, I went to the obs with Knud and Jørgen. When we arrived, there were around 20 seals at the tip roosting together with a flock of gulls. Among this flock, we had two Caspian Gulls (Kaspisk Måge), resting.

Otherwise, it was a slow morning, with few auks, Kittiwakes (Ride) and Ganets (Sule). But during the first hour, a Great Skua (Storkjove) came from the sea and flew around the tip. Then, two Fulmar (Mallemuk) arrived and fed far away for a few minutes. We also saw a Red-necked Grebe (Gråstrubet Lappedykker) flying to the southeast and one Slavorian Grebe (Nordisk Lappedykker) resting close to the shore.

The sea with two Common Scoter (Sortand)

Later, during 30 min, sevral large flock of Golden Plover came from the sea on flew over us. In total, we had 377 birds. One of the flocks landed in front of us for 20 minutes. During the last hour Knud and Jørgen left to read some Gull rings. I continued to count the migration. Then, the ringers called me... so I left the migration to saw a nice bird which I wanted to see for a long time.

For the ringers, the wind was strong. They caught only 11 birds. But they had some nice species! They ringed a Yellohamer (Gulspurv), a Bullfinch (Dompap) and the bird which I want to see, a male Bearded Tit (Skægmejse)! After seeing the Tit, I returned to the migration count, Thomas and Mara closed the nets because of the wind.

  Bearded Tit (Skægmejse)

Highlights from the observatory:
Great Skua (Storkjove) – 1
Golden plover (Hjejle) – 377 SE

Ringing (Kabeltromlen)
Gulspurv - 1
Solsort - 1
Gærdesmutte - 3
Rødhals - 2
Skægmejse - 1
Dompap - 1
Fuglekonge - 2

Total: 11

Today’s observations on Dofbasen from observers in the area

People: Thomas Weston, Mara Glane, Emma Fabré, Søren Wilhelsen and Knud Pedersen, Jorgen Hulbaek