New Volunteers!

After arriving a day or two ago, Lisa and I had our first proper day, starting with a trip to Nordstrand with Knud and onto Cormorant lake and Grenen. At Nordstrand we had a quick look at the sea revealing 12 Velvet Scotor, 500 Common Scotor, 4 harbor porpoises and 7 migrating Wigeon. We then walked to Cormorant Lake, which had no Cormorants! However, did have Water Rail- a new bird for Lisa, 5 Snipe and 20 Teal. We then trekked through the dunes to Grenen where we managed to read colour rings for 17 gulls- a new record for Knud! When we arrived back at the station, we met Simon who showed us the ropes and gave us a quick tour before sending us off to rescue a sick Gannet on the beach- that we handed over to animal rescue! In the evening, Simon showed us the ringing site at Grenen ready for ringing early Tuesday morning and introduced us to the infamous Skagen Fuglestation Shuffle Ball! Then we took a quick late night look for Natterjack Toads, which was successful, what a brilliant day in Skagen and with lots more to come!

Lisa & Molly

People: Lisa Vergin, Molly Brown, Knud Pedersen, Simon S. Christiansen.