Roman's Goodbye

Today we were up early and arrived at world's end 3, 15 minutes before sunrise. It was a very clear day and the sunrise was beautiful (again)! So we saw the sun rise and the moon set in beautiful light.  The passerines passed in much larger numbers than the past few days. One species that passed in large numbers vaandaag was Jackdaw (Allike), as many as 1900 in the first hour. During the count, many saw imresionantly large groups of Jackdaws (Allike) and we saw more than 3000 in total. There was good migration of waterfowl so we saw many Whooper swans (Sangsvane), pink footed geese (Kortnæbbet gås) and a few Bewick's swans (Pibesvane). The adult male Kingeider (Kongeedderfugl) again gave a good show today. And that made it another very nice count!

A nice morning count!

In the afternoon, we went on a mission to Kabeltromlen. Where we went to cut open new netlanes in the swamp. We gathered saws, cutters and headed to Kabeltromlen. Along the way an Adder, Bearded reedlings (Skægmejse) and a Waxwing (Silkehale). We walked through the reed swamp to make way for the nets at a new spot. We sawed and hacked among the willows and reeds until we had made room for 6 new nets. It was a fun physical chore and we enjoyed the sunny day. When we got back to the station, Christopher arrived at the bird station to join us for a month. Unfortunately for me, time is merciless so this is unfortunately my last blog as I have to leave here tomorrow. On Tuesday, I will be back in class in my hometown of Ghent. If I find a gap somewhere in my schedule, I will hopefully come back again this spring;) But tonight we look forward to tomorrow's count and hope for another great migration watch.

Making new net lanes!

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 and Rasmus Matthiesen-Juhl, Christopher Moser-Purdy