More Passerine Migration and some nice Gulls

We planned to go to the bunker for the migration count because of all the wind. But when we came there we decided to go to Worlds End1 to have a better view on the migration birds. That was a really good decision!

There were more passerines migrating today. Five Parrot Crossbills (Stor Korsnæb)and Lucas also saw some Waxwings (Silkehale). There were also more than 2000 Jackdaws (Allike) migrating today. We also had some Bean Geese (Tajgasædgås/Tundrasædgås) and one Blackthroated Diver (Sortstrubet Lom). There were also more raptors migrating today. It was a really nice migration count this morning.

Walking back to the Lighthouse

Later in the afternoon Simon picked us up and we went to the Harbour to feed the Gulls. There we found two colour ringed Herrring Gulls (Sølvmåge) which were ringed in Norway. And a reallynice Viking Gull which is a hybrid  between Herring Gull (Sølvmåge) and Glaucous Gull (Gråmåge).

Viking Gull (Gråmåge x Sølvmåge) in the harbour 

We also found four Caspian Gulls (Kaspik Måge). It was really nice to have so many Gulls so near by.

Having fun with feeding the Gulls

After feeding the Gulls we went to the mole. On the way there we saw some more Gulls hanging around on the ground. We stopped to take a closer look at them and found a beautiful 3k Glaucous Gull (Gråmåge) which unfortunately flew away with some other Gulls but we found it again just a few meters further.

It was really windy at the Mole but Roman found a Long Tailed Duck (Havlit) which was a decent final bird for this trip.

Hightligts from the observations:

   Parrot Crossbills (Stor Korsnæb) 5

  Bean Geese (Tajgasædgås/Tundrasædgås) 10

  Waxwings (Silkehale) 7

 Black Throated Diver (Sortstrubet Lom) 1

 Glaucous Gull (Gråmåge) 1 3k

 Vikinggull (Gråmåge x Sølvmåge) 1 2k

Link to today's observations in Dofbasen in the Skagen area

Sum of the Raptors in the area based on observations typed into Dofbasen.

People: Lucas Corneliussen, Simon Sigaard Christiansen, Cora Köberle, Janna Ouedraogo, Roman Spilldooren.