We have defeated the Buckthorn

For the morningobs Rasmus,Tue and I went to World’s End 1 to see more of the passerine migration. When we arrived there at sunrise we could already hear some local birds singing. The numbers of Finches were a bit lower today. But five Ring Ouzels (Ringrossel) came around. Our first ones of the season and my first ones ever. We also found one of the King Eiders (Kongederfugel) again.                        The migration on the sea was also going on again. Rasmus counted at least 350 Red-Throated Divers (Rødstrubbet Lom) and we had four Shags (Topskarv).

In the fourth hour the migration slowed down. So Tue went to Kabeltrommlen to start cutting Buckthorn to improve the view. Later Rasmus and I joined him, we cleared the whole area successfully from Buckthorn. 

Fighting againsnt the Buckthorn

Ringing went much better today than yesterday. They catched sixteen birds in total. Apart from ringing the ringers found a resting Corn Bunting (Bomlaerke), which is quite rare here in Skagen. And they also flushed a Jacksnipe (Enkeltbekkasin), which was a lifer for Lucas and Chris.

In the afternoon we went to Skagen to get some Ice Cream. After that we said goodbye to Isabel who went back to Aarhus in the afternoon.

happy volunteers eating ice cream

Later Rasmus went out for a walk and found a Great Gray Shrike (Stor Tornskade). We others had a chilled afternoon.

When it gets dark later we go out and try to catch a Bittern. Let's see if we are successful.

Highlights of the observations:

Ring Ouzel (Ringdrossel)  5

King Eider (Kongederfugl) 1

Shag (Topskarv) 4

Ringing (Kabeltromlen):

Gærdesmutte - 4

Rødhals - 1

Gransanger - 4

Musvit - 1

Solsort - 4 

Rørspurv - 1

Jernspurv - 1

Total: 16

Today’s observations in Dofbasen from observers in the area

People: Cora Köberle, Rasmus Matthiesen-Juhl, Christopher Moser-Purdy, Tue Baaner, Isabel Hunter, Lucas Corneliussen and Simon S Christiansen