Hope for sun at the end of the tunnel

Today we went out to do our morning count for the first time in the last three days. It was not longer foggy as the wind had blown all the fog away. On the breakfast table we talked about the east wind and all the species it could bring. Especially Mara was looking forward, she was very happy to be back at Skagen. Motivated and with the cleaned bikes we headed to world´s end three. When we arrived, there was almost none passerine migration, however, the seabird migration was alright. We had hoped to see the sun today, but it was cloudy and as a result quite dark.

After an hour of counting it started to rain- but it was not too harsh, therefore we stayed outside. Later, the rain changed to snow-rain and there were almost no migrating birds. For this reason, we stopped the count. When we came back, we made some hot chocolate to get warm again. This was followed by a relaxed time with reading, compass usage and data analysis for the year report.

Our plan was to cut new lanes for the nets. At 1 o´clock it was still raining. Therefore, we decided to not fix the net lanes today. After lunch we played some matches of table tennis. That was very funny.

Table tennis is a nice occupation for rainy days

We had enough time to create a searching picture for rainy days. On this picture the nice weather of today is obvious. The sun was shining very nicely and some of today’s species are on there. You can find 11 animals on it, it is a good task for rainy days.

It was almost this sunny- searching picture with 11 animals

In the afternoon we went out for a small walk. It was still raining, not as much as in the morning though. We walked through swampy areas, watched some resting whooper swans (sangsvane) and looked at the plants that were growing there.

After the evening meal it was time for another table tennis tournament and later on for a danish quiz we found in the living room.

Highlights from today

• 1 long-tailed-duck (havlit)
• 1 stonechat (sortstrubet bynkefugl)
• 6 resting whooper swans (sangsvane)
• table tennis

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, Mara Glane, Knud Pedersen