Red-footed falcon invasion

Today began with me, Hebe and Joakim heading to North Strand, and Dante to Grenen. It was a fairly quiet morning, with just a few Hobbys (Larkefalk) and Snipe (dobbeltbekkasin), so Hebe and I decided to head to Grenen to see how the raptors were there. We were rewarded with spectacular views of a female Red-footed falcon (Aftenfalk). Joakim (after a bit of mad cycling) also got to see her. We even got to see an incredible moment where the Red-footed falcon decided to steal prey from a passing Kestral (Tårnfalk)! After more views of other incredible raptors, such as two juvenile Pallid harrier (Steppehøg), we headed back to the observatory.

Simon spent the morning discussing the Friends of the Lighthouse, until we joined him for the daily data sort. The cloudy day meant it was a quiet day, until we got the call about two female red-footed falcons just on the road outside the observatory! We headed out and had even more beautiful views! I spent the rest of the evening watching our resident male Redstart (Rødstjert). I love you Skagen.

Folk: Joakim Matthiesen, Dante Shepard, Anna Moulin, Simon S Christiansen, Hebe Denny, Nids Ereksen, Søren Skov, Lene Kappelborg, Hans og Birthe Christophersen.