Luck is stronger than the weather forecast

As strong winds were forecast for this morning, no ringing was carried out and most of us stayed at the Station to sleep in. Just Lucas and I went out to do the migration count. We were pleasantly surprised when we went out to Grenen. The wind was not as strong as expected. So we decided to do the migration count from World’s end 1 today, hoping for some passerines.   

It actually became a really good morning. We could find two Arctic Skuas  (Almindelig Kjove), three Fulmars (Mallemuk) and three Scaups (Bjergand) migrating over the sea. There were also many Sandwich Terns (Splitterne) migrating. I counted at least 80. And there were also some Fieldfares moving today. To Lucas' delight, some of them just landed in front of us.

After a while our guest came by. We were just about to tell her about our counting methods when suddenly a Jack Snipe (Enkeltbekkasin) flew by. It flew really close past our counting spot, so we could see it really nicely. A new lifer for me!              

Pallid Harrier (Steppehøg)

Not much later Lucas spotted an incoming raptor, which was mobbed by a Gull. It was a Pallid Harrier (Steppehøg), again a beautiful adult male. We could watch it very nicely flying over the dune and going back in the direction of Nordstrand.        But that wasn't all yet. Later we were able to see two Ring Ouzels (Ringdrossel), which came by, attempting to migrate and disappeared into a bush behind us.

Later at two PM we went downstairs to visit the vernissage of the new exhibition “Vingeslag”. It has become a very beautiful exhibition that is definitely worth a visit.     

Later we said goodbye to Aske, who went back home. 

Highlights from the observations:

Jack Snipe (Enkeltbekkasin) - 1

Pallid Harrier (Steppehøg) - 1

Ring Ouzel (Ringdrossel) - 2

Arctic Skua (Almindelig Kjove) - 2

Today’s observations in Dofbasen from observers in the area

People: Rasmus Matthiesen-Juhl,  Cora Köberle, Christopher Moser-Purdy, Tue Baaner, Simon Sigaard Christiansen, Aske Salling Guldberg and Lucas Corneliussen.