Niceland Gull

This morning, I went to the obs with Ragnar. The wind was cold and the birds were quiet. We saw a few flocks of auks and scoters migrating. We also saw some Kittiwake (Ride) flying by. However, there weren’t many birds migrating. However, around 9 AM, a Yellow-billed Diver (Hvidnæbbet Lom) flew over us. Another good thing was the large flock of resting Gulls, right in front of us. So we scanned it to find some rare gulls. There were some Caspian Gulls (Kaspisk Måge), a total of nine birds (for all the morning). Then someone found an Iceland Gull (Hvidvinget Måge) hiding behind some other gulls. It was very difficult to see it because it was facing us. It stayed like this for a while. Unfortunately, some people with dogs flushed the gulls. We tried to find it again, without success.

Iceland Gull (Hvidvinget Måge), 3k

The rest of the day was also quiet. Ragnar went for a walk around Word’s end III. He saw one Stonechat (Sortstrubet Bynkefugl), some Reed Bunting (Rørspurv) and Yellowhammer (Gulspurv). I also walked around the spot and I found a Shore Lark (Bjerglærke). At the end, Mara join us at the observation to try to find the Iceland Gull (Hvidvinget Måge), but it had already disappeared. After the obs, Ragnar went to gulling. He counted 955 Hearing Gulls (Sølvmåge), 645 Great Black-backed Gulls (Svartbag) and some of the nine Caspian Gulls (Kaspisk Måge).

For the ringers it was also a slow morning with 10 birds ringed and 12 recaptures. As yesterday, there were many Blackbirds (Solsort), 5 in total. In the next days, the ringers plan to put GPS track on the Blackbirds (Solsort) to see where they travel.

Thomas with the thermal camera

In the afternoon we enjoyed the cake that Mara cooked. Then, Thomas and I went to try catching some birds. We tried to catch the Sanderlings (Sandløber) but they flew away. We didn’t find any Purple Sandpipers (Sortgrå Ryle). We tried to catch the Shore Lark (Bjerglærke) at Word’s end II, but it also flew away. We returned at the lighthouse, a little bit wet and without any birds.

Highlights from observations:
Yellow-billed Diver (Hvidnæbbet Lom) – 1
Iceland Gull – 1
Shore Lark - 1

Ringing (Kabeltromlen)

Blåmejse - 2
Fuglekonge - 1
Vindrossel - 1
Solsort - 5
Rødhals – 1
Total: 10

People at the station: Thomas Weston, Emma Fabre, Ragnar Smith, Mara Glane, Simon Sigaard Christiansen, Lars & Lone; Jorgen

Link to today's observations from observers in the area