Almost the weekend . .

The wind was too strong to open the nets so I put the trap down for an hour, but as I expected I didn’t get much interest from the one bird I saw in the garden. I occupied myself with writing the previous days diaries and entering DofBasen records that I’d forgotten to enter the night before. Michael Ancher came round for a chat and we discussed the bird activity over the past few days as the temperature had dropped significantly. I took a walk around ElleKrattet and the beach, there wasn’t much around, the highlight being a male velvet scoter.

I made a trip into town for some needed shopping, (in the sleet) and then proceeded to wash some sheets, so that there’s enough bedding when the next volunteer arrives. Got to use the new tumble drier which was a luxury I wasn’t used to a bird observatory! After the centre closed, I took advantage of the quiet to hoover the stairs, so much sand gets tracked in during the week. 

I continued doing some computer work into the evening, before dinner. I’m going to try for some thrushes tomorrow morning, so I need to be up early.

Male velvet scoter (fløjlsand) just off the shore from the observatory