The gannet`s day

Christian and Yehonatan was already looking forward to going out to the tip for observations. But due to rain in the morning, they had to wait inside for a while. Despite the storm they started at 7 am. The highlight was a Black-throated Diver (Sortstrubet Lom) and a really high number of Red-throated Divers (Rødstrubet Lom), in total 81.

In the meanwhile, I was sleeping a little bit longer to be fit for the ‘Gannets Day’. In this event Simon and I showed visitors the gannets at the tip and the guests got the opportunity to observe them with their binoculars and one scope. The tip in Grenen is one of the best places in Denmark to watch Gannets from such a short distance. They are seeking for fish in the turbulent sea where the two seas Kattegat and Skagerrak collide. Afterwards we showed a movie about plastic pollution and the risk of fishing nets for birds in general and especially for gannets. The event ended with a delicious ‘Gannet-Soup’ and a beer.

At noon Chris and I used the sunshine to go swimming in the sea. Unfortunately, we could not really feel the warmth of the sun because the wind was really strong and cold. But at least we managed going during the day and not in the evening with lower temperatures and much more wind. Nevertheless, we needed some hot tea and a warm blanket to get warm afterwards.

In the afternoon the ongoing storm with the record speed of 72 kilometre per hour kept us in the house. So Chris and I checked all the ringing data to avoid mistakes in the database and Chris welcomed our new guests in the apartment and showed around. Yehonatan was reading a book about ringing and rested a little bit to be fit again for making a delicious dinner for all of us.

People: Simon S. Christiansen, Yehonatan Ben Aroia, Christian Stolz, Judith Kloibhofer, Knud Pedersen, Pennille Roed, Athena V. Jensen, Lis Kragelund and Erik Brodersen