Vækkeuret ringede 03.45, og overraskende nok var jeg faktisk frisk og lynhurtigt ude af sengen. Jeg smurte en hurtig madpakke og kørte sammen med Lucas ud for at åbne nettene ved Kabeltromlen. På første runde fangede vi kun 1 fugl, så morgenen havde udsigt til at blive meget lang. Heldigvis kom der gang i løvsangerne, og det endte faktisk med at blive en okay ringmærkningsdag. Jeg nyder at være ude at ringmærke, da jeg desværre ikke får så meget tid til det, da obsen kalder:) Under ringmærkningen kom der en melding på Kejserørnen syd for byen, og Simon, min far og jeg drønede ned for at se om vi kunne se den. Det lykkedes desværre ikke, selvom vi forsøgte i flere timer på forskellige lokaliteter:(

Observations Holdet bestod i dag af Andrew og Cora. De havde en rigtig fin morgen med gode fugle. Andrew fandt bla. en sjælden Brilleand, som er den første i år! Desværre blev den aldrig genfundet, så vi andre så den ikke. Andrew og Cora slog også til med en Islom og to Sortgrå Ryler, sidstnævnte er lidt sjælden på den her tid af året! Mallemukkerne viste sig også frem igen i dag, hvor en mørk type trak forbi. Det er ikke så tit vi ser det, så det var ret nice. 

Min eftermiddag har stået på en masse Dofbasen arbejde, som jeg er blevet ved med at udskyde, og derfor må jeg sidde med det nu. Alle på stationen har også fået sig en lur i løbet af dagen, det var dælme tiltrængt! Vi har her til aften sat to fælder op ved stenene nedenfor fyret, i håb om at fange Stenpikkere, og indtil videre har vi fanget 4! To af dem var 2k hanner, som var sindssygt flotte! 

I morgen får jeg besøg af mine bedsteforældre, der er taget den lange vej fra Grenå. Det glæder jeg mig meget til! 

Det var alt for i dag!

Vi ses derude!

Ringmærkning: Kabeltromlen

Løvsanger (10)

Rødstjert (1)

Gærdesanger (1)

Bogfinke (2)

Gransanger (2)

Total: 16

Ringmærkning: Fyrhaven

Stenpikker (4) Indtil videre:)

Total: 2

Highlights fra Skagen

Brilleand

Islom (2)

Tredækker

Kejserørn

Today’s sightings from observers in the area on dofbasen

Today’s raptor summary from the Skagen area

Today I went out ringing where we had a nice weather day and a good number of birds. More females started to show up for species like European Pied Flycatcher (Broget Fluesnapper) and Common Redstart (Rødstjert) which was good to see. Two Sedge Warblers (Sivsanger) in the nets were another highlight if we can ring enough of them later years may be able to tell how old they can be from the recaptures as they undergo a complete moult and cannot be aged by plumage in the spring. As the day warmed up quite a few raptors started to come out towards the station where the Booted Eagle (Dværgørn) came in and did several passes directly over us which was quite the spectacle.

Sedge Warbler (Sivsanger)

Booted Eagle (Dværgørn)

We decided to go to Flagbakken to see if the Steppe Eagle (Steppeørn) from yesterday would come back around today. As we got there a trickle of raptors was going through with a few of each of the regular species coming past. The same Booted Eagle (Dværgørn) from earlier in the day came by and passed directly over us again in a second location for the day. We got a zello that the Steppe Eagle (Steppeørn) had been spotted to the south and then it seemed it had been spotted to the north and gotten past us. We manage to spot the Steppe Eagle (Steppeørn) far out to the north as it slowly came towards Flagbakken and flew very close by giving a great display. We hung around finishing a bit of work up between birds coming past and a White Stork (Hvid Stork) showed up doing a couple of passes.

Steppe Eagle (Steppeørn)

We then got a zello about a Citrine Wagtail (Citronvipstjert) which we went over to take a look for however it was down in the brush with a large flock of other wagtails. We then got a zello about an Eastern Imperial Eagle (Kejserørn) which was on the move and we set off after it as it was unlikely to hang around in one spot to go after later. We managed to catch up with the Eastern Imperial Eagle (Kejserørn) quite distantly at one spot then closer at the next spot as it travelled south west eventually disappearing behind the trees while being chased by a crow, but not before displaying its massive size and much different patterning than the other eagles we had seen.

Eastern Imperial Eagle (Kejserørn)

After all of the eagle excitement we got home and were having a meeting where at the end we got a zello about a European Bee-eater (Biæder) just outside at Ellekrattet so we ran out and this time we managed to spot it in the distance gliding above the forest, all in all a very good end to a very good day.

Today’s sightings from observers in the area on dofbasen https://dofbasen.dk/search/result.php?design=table&soeg=soeg&periode=dato&dato=12-05-2025&omraade=stor&stor=588&obstype=observationer&species=alle&sortering=dato

Ringmærkning: Kabeltromlen:
New
Broget Fluesnapper 2
Rødstjert 4
Løvsanger 5
Gærdesanger 9
Skovpiber 1
Sivsanger 2
Rødhals 2
Tornsanger 6
Munk 2
Bogfinke 2
Recaptures
Solsort 2
Gærdesanger 1
Tornsanger 1

Highlights from the observations:

Eastern Imperial Eagle (Kejserørn)
Steppe Eagle (Steppeørn)
Booted Eagle (Dværgørn)
Citrine Wagtail (Citronvipstjert)
European Bee-eater (Biæder)
White Stork (Hvid Stork)

Today’s raptor summary from the Skagen area

People: Cora Köberle, Simon Sigaard Christiansen, Lucas Corneliussen, Andrew Jacobs, Anders and Dorte Østerby.

It was really hard to get up this morning after our amazing and really long day yesterday. Lucas and Andrew went out to Kabeltromelen at four AM to open the nets. So I could sleep an hour longer. We didn't catch any birds on our first round. But in the second round there was a very nice Gray Wagtail (Bjergvipstjert) in the net. In the end we just caught seven birds  in total today. Among them a Sedge Warbler (Sivesanger) and a Gardenwarbler (Havesanger). The Garden Warbler was the first I saw this year. While waiting between our rounds we were able to see at least two Great Northern Divers (Islom) passing by.  

Gray Wagtail (Bjergvipstjert)

Back at the station we went back to bed to get some more sleep. Later we did some data work. Later Andrew went out to see if he could see the Steppe Eagle (Steppeørn). He could not see it but we hope that it will come again. Same for the other cool Eagles, a Booted Eagle (Dværgørn),and Lesser Spotted Eagle (Lille Skrigeørn), which were seen in Skagen today. The Booted Eagle (Dværgørn) was found by Mikkel Høgh from Pælebakke Klit. It is the second one for Skagen this spring. 

Booted Eagle (Dværgørn) photographed by Mikkel Høgh

Unfortunately we also missed some Bee-eaters (Biæder). But we are sure that we will get another chance to see them this spring. 

While Andrew was out Lucas and I received a message about a Red-footed Falcon (Aftenfalk) which was seen close to the lighthouse. So we rushed out and got a brief look of it flying away over the heath.

Later we cleaned the station and met our new guests Anders and Dorte Østerby  which will stay here for the next week.

Ringmærkning: Kabeltromlen

Gransanger 1 

Rødstjert 1

Sivesanger 1

Gærdesanger 1

Løvsanger 1

Havesanger 1

Bjergvipstjert 1

Total: 7

Highlights from Skagen: 

Great Northern Diver (Islom) 5

Lesser Spotted Eagle (Lille Skrigeørn)

Steppe Eagle (Steppeørn) 1

Booted Eagle (Dværgørn) 1

Red-footed Falcon (Aftenfalk) 1

Bee-eater (Biæder) 3

Today’s observations in Dofbasen from observers in the area

Today’s raptor summary from the Skagen area

People: Cora Köberle, Simon Sigaard Christiansen, Lucas Corneliussen, Andrew Jacobs, Anders and Dorte Østerby.

The day we have been planning and waiting for! Today, May 10th, is the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's International Big Day and we at SKAF used this as an excuse to choose the day to run a fundraising campaign for the station. Starting a week ahead of time, we meticulously planned and scouted to ensure we could see as man species as on the day. 

Before I begin to discuss the breakdown of the day, we at SKAF would like to graciously thank our generous donors for supporting our efforts to fundraise for the station. We are pleased to announce we have raised over 8000 kroner and will be used to purchase necessary materials and supplies to assist in our ongoing monitoring efforts, both in observations and in ringing. The Spring 2025 SKAF team hopes that this can become a yearly event to help the place we have all come to love.

And now to breakdown the day!

This years team consisted of four people (Tue, Cora, Andrew and I) with the addition of Simon for parts of the day. Our rule was that in order for a species to count for our list, 2 or more people must see or hear a species. Throughout the entire day, we only had one ‘dirty’ bird, Sanderling/Sandløber, which was seen only by me at Grenen. The other 142, were seen by minimum 2 people.

At 01.45 AM, our alarms went off to be out the door by 2:15. We got all of our gear, food and supplies and headed for the car. Our first stop Gylvemarkerne. We were hoping to find the continuing Tawny Owl and the pair of Spotted Crakes. We unfortunately, were not able to find the crakes, but after our first bird of the day, Common Teal/Krikand, we were happy to find the Tawny Owls singing away! We were also happy to find a Short-eared Owl, cruising over the wetland. A nice way to start the day.

From there, we headed to Batteriskov, to try and hear our first passerines of the day but without much success. Cutting our time short, we headed back to the lighthouse and picked up the ringing gear and the rest of our equipment for the morning at Grenen. But first we stopped at Elle Krattet for the first time where we got our first passerine of the day, a singing Reed Bunting/Rørspurv and later a roosting Long-eared Owl/Skovhornugle. The ringers (Tue and Cora) then left to go open the nets and Andrew and I took some time to pick up some our first passerines as the dawn chorus started. Walking slowly down the Sandormentrak towards Kabeltromlen, our only Redwing/Vindrossel and Sedge Warbler/Sivsanger of the day stole the show. Arriving at Verdens Ende at 04:40, we were delighted to get several waders migrating predawn including Green Sandpiper/Svaleklire, Little Ringed Plover/Lille Præstekrave and Dunlin/Almindelig Ryle. As the sun came up, we were starting to get our first influxes of Fulmar/Mallemuk and the first Red-throated Divers/Rødstrubet Lømm migrating into Kattegat.

While Andrew and I were busy at Grenen, Cora and Tue caught the first Wheatear/Stenpikker of the day and our only Dunnock/Jernspurv of the day. They had a nice morning of ringing and caught some nice birds until about 09:00. 

While the others were ringing, Andrew and I got lots of the ‘one off’ birds (birds that were not seen elsewhere), including Arctic Skua (Almindelig Kjove), Greenshank (Hvidklire), Brambling (Kværkefinke) and surprisingly the only Common Redstart/Rødstjert of the day. By 08:00 we were closing in on 90 total species and we decided to head elsewhere. 

Having heard about a European Golden Oriole/Pirol, Marsh Warbler/Kærsanger, and Garden Warbler/Havesanger in Elle Krattet we decided to head to Elle Krattet to try and track them down, but were only able to locate the latter two. Fortunately, we were able to find our only Spotted Flycatcher/Grå Fluesnapper and Pied Flycatcher/Broget Fluesnapper of the day along with our 100th bird of the day: European Goldfinch/Stillits. 

Andrew and Vigo looking at bird #100

After about 45 minutes, we headed back to the station to recoup and meet up with the ringers. Fortunately we were able to see the only Rough-legged Buzzard/Fjeldvåge of the day from the parking lot. We then met up with Cora and Tue and headed to Batteriskov in hopes of finding a Wood Warbler/Skovsanger. No luck. But we did find a nice Crested Tit/Topmejse and the first Coal Tit/Sortmejse of the day. From there we headed to Stald Grenen hoping to find a roosting Ring Ouzel. Once again, no success, but we did find our only Icterine Warbler/Gulbug of the day.

We then headed to Drogden to look for Black Redstart/Husrødstjert, without any success but did lead us to find Eurasian Tree Sparrow/Skovspurv and a Whinchat/Bynkefugl. We then started to get word that the raptor were starting to move so we quickly ran down to Gylvestein to pick up any last forest birds before the morning hours came to a close, but alas we were not able to get anything other than a Mistel Thrush/Misteldrossel. 

We then headed to Pælebakken Klit to try and spend a few hours during the middle of the day searching for raptors. We were able to get our first Eurasian Hobby/Lærkefalk, a nice 2k male Pallid Harrier/Steppehøg and a White Stork/Hvid Stork for the day but unfortunately missed Osprey/Fiskeørn, Peregrine Falcon/Vandrefalk and Monatgu’s Harrier/Hedehøg to name a few. By 13:40, we decided it was time to head south to Trold Kær to try and find Eurasian Curlew/Storspove and Crane/Trane both of which we were able to find but also able to find later at the next stop at Hulsig Hede along with our second Eurasian Goshawk/Duehøg of the day.

With only a few targets remaining we headed up to the nature agency forest near Skagen Havn with hopes of finding a Nuthatch/Spætmejse but after only a few minutes of searching, we got a call about two Lesser Spotted Eagles/Lille Skrigørn at Flagbakken. Fortunately, we were close by so we headed to Gylvemarkerne and had the pair flying directly over our heads at fairly low altitude, absolutely stunning.

Lille Skrigørn

Shortly thereafter, we decided to try once again for Black Redstart/Husrødstjert, and after about 10 minutes we were able to locate one. Then it was time to pick up out first Stonechat of the day at Højen Fyr.

The evening then took us to Nordstrand where we picked up the continuing Glaucous Gull/Gråmåge before heading to Skarvsøen where we got our 140th species: Garganey/Atlingand. From there we made one small stop at Stald Grenen once again to check for Ring Ouzel/Ringdrossel without success before heading back to the station to quickly eat our premade dinner before heading back out to finish the day. With the sun setting we went up to Sandbunker at Grenen to try and see if we could find any migrating Lomvie or Fiskeørn without much success, but with the sun started to get low in the sky, Simon called us and told us he had a Ring Ouzel/Ringdrossel in Storsig. We went out and saw it for our 141st species.

The crew after seeing #141 Ring Ouzel

With just 20 minutes of light remaining we headed to the Black summerhouse at Nordstrand to try and see if we could find a singing grasshopper warbler/græshoppesanger without success so we headed to Sandmillen to try and get out final bird of the day: Eurasian Nightjar. At 22:30, we found one singing, our 142nd bird. A great final new bird of the day. We then made two quick stops at Gylvemarkerne and Elle Krattet to see if we could turn anything else up without much luck. Our day ended at 11:30 PM after over 21 hours of birding and tons of birds later! 

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Personal comments: 150 species is definitely a realistic number with a bit more planning and slightly better conditions. Potentially waiting a week longer could be beneficial for waders and rarities and better chances at breeding birds as most of the wintering species have already left, hence balancing out the tradeoffs. We missed ~10 easy species which were seen elsewhere in Skagen on the day which hurt, but confirmed what I thought to be true above. Also, I do not think Trold Kær would be worth the time investment again unless absolutely necessary. Most everything can be found further north.

Special thanks to Simon for scouting for us during the day and finding two crucial species for us! Much appreciated. And also to Helene Overby for allowing us to borrow her car for the day so we could do this bird race! We sincerely appreciate the generosity. 

And so, another day passes at Skagen fuglestation. What will tomorrow bring? We will have to wait and see!

Highlights:

• Lesser Spotted Eagle/Lille Skrigørn
• White Stork/Hvid Stork
• 800 Barnacle Geese/Bramgås
• Glaucous Gull/Gråmåge

Ringing: Kabeltromelen

Stenpikker 1

Solsort 1

Sjagger 1

Rødhals 2

Gærdesmutte 1

Jernspurv 1

Gærdesanger 1

Skovpiber 1

Tornsanger 2

Gransanger 1

Total: 19

Summary of Raptors in Skagen from todat

People: Lucas Corneliussen, Tue Baaner, Cora Köberle, Andrew Jacobs, Simon Sigaard Christiansen, Rasmus Matthiesen-Juhl, Hans Christophersen, Lars Grøn

Before I start this Blog I want to let you know that we are going to do a Bird race tomorrow!!!

Which means that we try to find as many species as possible by birding 24 hours nonstop in the Skagen Community Area! In combnation with this bird race, we started a fundraiser for needed materials and supplies for our station. 

The way it works: For each bird the team finds, a patron pledges a set amount per bird or a set amount total to support Skagen Fuglestation! We will later send each patron our MobilePay after the final tally has been counted!

Link to the fundraise 

Today Rasmus and I went out to Worlds End 3 to do the obs. On our way biking out there we saw around ten Weathears (Stenpikker). There must have been many of them migrating tonight. It was very cold this morning so it was a good idea to bring the warm suits. Rasmus' father and his friends Jan and Carsten joined us, which was very hyggeligt. Bird Number wise there was not too much going on out there. But we had two nice Great Northern Divers (Islom) and an Arctic Skua (Almindelig Kjove) passing by. Also the Little Tern (Dværgterne) was there again searching for food.

female Weathear (Stenpikker)

The ringers had a good morning today. They did not catch so many birds but they had 11 different species in total. Among them was a beautiful female Weathear (Stenpikker), the first we caught this year. They also caught a Wood Warbler (Skovsanger) and a Garden Warbler (Havesanger),  also first of the season. It was the first time Tue saw a Garden Warbler (Havesanger) so it became species number 800 on his Worldlist!

Wood Warbler (Skovsanger)

In the afternoon we went out to do some scouting for our Birdrace tomorrow, which we all are really looking forward to. We checked some places around Skagen. Like some horsefields where we met some friendly horses and more Weathears (Stenpikker).

We ended up at Skarvsøen. On our way there we heard two calls which sounded really good for Hoopoe (Hærfugl). Unfortunately it didn't say more so we cant be hundred percent sure but maybe someone can find it tomorrow again.

Now we are preparing some food for tomorrow and going to bed early to be well prepared for our Birdrace.

Ringmærkning: Kabeltromlen

Gransanger 2 

Rødstjert 1

Skovsanger 1

Gærdesanger 2

Løvsanger 3

Tornsanger 2

Havesanger 1

Stenpikker 1

Dompap 1

Bogfink 1

Rørspurv 1

Total: 16

Highlights from the observations: 

Great Northern Diver (Islom) 2

Arctic Skua (Almindelig Kjove) 1

Little Tern (Dværgterne) 1

many Weathears (Stenpikker)

first Montagu's Harrier (Hedehøg) of the season

 Raptor migration in Skagen today

Today’s observations in Dofbasen from observers in the area

People: Tue Baaner, Cora Köberle, Simon Sigaard Christiansen, Lucas Corneliussen, Andrew Jacobs, Rasmus Matthiesen-Juhl, Viggo Larsen,  Anders Rasmussen, Jan and Carsten.

Cora og Tue klarede det hårde arbejde tidligt i morges, så jeg kunne sove en time ekstra og møde op til første netrunde ved Kabeltromlen 05.15. Vi havde et godt flow med fugle igennem hele morgenen, hvor flotte arter som Rørspurve, Rødstjerter og en Sivsanger fandt vej til nettene:) Simon tog med ud på runden sammen med Cora og jeg, og gav os nogle tips og tricks, det var virkelig fedt! Ved Kabeltromlen fik vi igen i dag besøg af den tidligere frivillige Jeppe Overgaard, og det er altid en fornøjelse at se ham! Derudover havde vi besøg af Holger, som havde fået fri fra skole af sin far, for at se ringmærkning. Respekt!

Trækket blev i dag dækket af Andrew og Lucas, der i dagens anledning havde fået fri fra ringmærkningen. De fik et par fede Islommer, og årets første Dværgterne! Det var ikke en dag for de store antal, men med en god diversitet af arter. Da obsen var slut, kom de ned til Kabeltromlen og hjalp os med at lukke nettene, hvilket var virkelig dejligt:)

Jeg havde et opkald med mit (forhåbentlige) kommende arbejde ved 15.00 tiden, og besluttede mig for at tage det ude i naturen. Lidt i 15.00 bliver der dog meldt Blå Glente på Grenen! Da jeg befandt mig på KapGadagung, blev jeg der. Jeg kunne desværre ikke finde den derfra, så da opkaldet var færdigt, gik jeg i raskt trav ud på Grenen hvor vi så den virkelig godt! Jeg mødte Tue og Cora derude, som også virkelig nød fuglen:)

Foto af Tue:)

I dag starter FÆL (Fasan Æder Ligaen) weekenden, og det har jeg glædet mig meget til! Jeg er derfor ikke fysisk at finde på stationen de næste par dage, men vil bo i et sommerhus på Strandklit:) Jeg vil dog stadig tage mig af den standardiserede morgenobs, og være i felten:)

Vi ses derude!

Ringmærkning: Kabeltromlen

Gransanger (2)

Løvsanger (15)

Gærdesanger (11)

Rødstjert (4)

Rødhals (1)

Sivsanger (1)

Tornsanger (5)

Rørspurv (3)

Munk (1)

Bogfinke (1)

Highlights fra Skagen:

Amerikansk Sortand

Blå Glente

Dværgterne (ankomst)

Raptor migration in Skagen today

Today’s observations in Dofbasen from observers in the area

People: Lucas Corneliussen, Cora Köberle, Tue Baaner, Simon Sigaard Christiansen, Andrew Jacobs, Rasmus Matthiesen-Juhl, Viggo Larsen, Jeppe Overgaard

Today we woke up to the first calm day in a while, heading out to do observations at world’s end 3. Today had some new migrants like our first Common Cuckoo (Gøg) for the season. In the mixed Scoter raft today there was a third species; the Black Scoter (Amerikansk Sortand) from North America. There were several species of wader and a good push of migrating pipits and wagtails. One of the European Shags (Topskarv) landed and was feeding offshore briefly giving glimpses between dives.

A distant Black Scoter (Amerikansk Sortand) - Note the large bright yellow knob on the bill. Photo Andrew Jacobs

There was a call about a Black-shouldered Kite (Blå Glente) flying over, however from where we were at obs the heat shimmer was immense and we couldn’t pick out the proper bird, luckily a little later the team at ringing got to see it fly over. The ringers today had a school class that they demonstrated the research procedures that we follow to.

We decided to go to Flagbakken as the day seemed good for raptors and we had a good turnout of birds including a Lesser Spotted Eagle (Lille Skirgeørn) and a Golden Eagle (Kongeørn) mixed in with the other raptors on the move.

After having been at Flagbakken for awhile we got yet another call of an interesting bird; this one of the easter egg painted by Cora, a Woodchat Shrike (Rødhovedet Tornskade). With the shrike’sannouncement we rushed off to Damsted where we saw the shrike bathed in a hazy heat shimmer in the distance, even so the colouration was very bright and bold and we got good looks at the bird as it came a little closer for some attempts of photos through the shimmer, a very nice cooperative bird.

Woodchat Shrike (Rødhovedet Tornskade) - Hanging out in the heat shimmer of the afternoon.  Photo Andrew Jacobs

After the shrike we headed back to Flagbakken for a little while before heading back to the lighthouse, we stopped on the way back at the shrike but it seemed to have already gone to bed, we’ll see if it migrates tonight and what migrants will come in for tomorrow.

Ringing (Kabeltromlen):
To be added

Highlights from the observations:
Woodchat Shrike (Rødhovedet Tornskade)
Black-shouldered Kite (Blå Glente)
Lesser Spotted Eagle (Lille Skirgeørn)
Black Scoter (Amerikansk Sortand)
Golden Eagle (Kongeørn)
European Shag (Topskarv)- 2
Common Cuckoo (Gøg) - first of the season

Raptor migration in Skagen today

People: Lucas Corneliussen, Cora Köberle, Tue Baaner, Simon Sigaard Christiansen, Andrew Jacobs, Rasmus Matthiesen-Juhl, Vigo Larsen, Hans, Jeppe Overgaard and Jørgen Hulbæk

Hejsa folkens.

I dag tog Cora, Rasmus, Viggo og jeg afsted på træk optælling og Andrew og Lucas ringmærkede. I ringmærkningen skete der desværre ikke det helt store. Faktisk fangede de kun en enkelt fugl, som var en lille gransanger. De endte også med at lukke nettene en smule tidligere grundet kraftig vind og få fugle. Vi regner heldigvis med, at det bliver bedre igen i morgen. 

På træk optællingen stod det heldigvis lidt bedre til. Vi havde kraftigt vind, hvilket gjorde det en smule koldt, men heldigvis så vi en masse fugle, som gjorde op for det. Højdepunktet var helt klart da en Stor Kjove fløj forbi, tæt nok på til at vi virkelig kunne få et godt kig, på den efterhånden ret sjældne fugl. Engang var det en art, der ellers havde stor forekomst her i Skagen, men over det seneste år er de desværre blevet mere og mere fåtallige. Derfor var det virkelig dejligt at se en i dag, som for os også var den første i denne sæson. Vi krydser selvfølgelig fingre for, at der kommer flere, og at denne fantastiske art klarer den store nedgang som den oplever. Derudover havde vi også en flot islom, som kom trækkende tæt ved land i det flotte morgenlys. De sidste par dage har budt på mange Mallemukker, og det var også tilfældet i dag. Rasmus, som stod for optællingen, endte på hele 453 individer. Vi oplever især mange af netop disse fugle, når vi har længere perioder med hård vind, som vi har haft det sidste stykke tid. Vinden blæser fuglene længere ind mod land, hvilket gør det muligt for os at se dem, så selv det dårlige vejr bringer ofte gode fugle med sig.

Henover eftermiddagen tog Cora, Rasmus og Simon ned for at handle, på vej hjem kiggede det også lige forbi hestemarkerne, hvor de fandt en fin Sortrygget Hvid Vipstjert. En underart af Hvid Vipstjert, der ellers normalt findes i England og Irland, så det var en super fin observation at slutte dagen af på. 

Rasmus og Cora er netop nu taget ud på en lille aften spadseretur, vi krydser fingre for at de finder noget fedt. 

Vi takker af for i dag, og glæder os til i morgen, vi ses derude!  

Ringing (Kabeltromlen)

Gransanger 1

Total: 1

Observation Highlights

Stor Kjove 1

Islom 1 

Mallemuk 453

Today’s observations in Dofbasen from observers in the area

Today’s raptor summary from the Skagen area

People: Lucas Corneliussen, Cora Köberle, Tue Baaner, Simon Sigaard Christiansen, Andrew Jacobs,  Rasmus Matthiesen-Juhl, Vigo Larsen.

Today started off as days usually do in Skagen. Cora and I blasted off early to open the nets at Kabeltromelen and later Tue joined us. Soon thereafter, the observers headed out to Worlds End 3 with high hopes of finding a migrating shearwater (skråpe sp.) but they did not have much luck. 

The observers were fortunate enough to have good luck with several Great Northern Divers (Islom).They didn’t see all the much else despite lots of effort other than a few Fulmars (Mallemuk). 

At the ringing site, we were joined by a French film crew which were filming a travel program about Skagen. It was not the busiest day, but we still managed to catch 16 birds. Among them were two Hawfinch (Kernebider). They were both caught right at the last round of the day and the female had a brood patch! Hopefully they will breed nearby!

In the afternoon we were supposed to go to Aalborg with Jørgen Hulbæk to go try and see the Dotterels (Pomeransfugl) that were found the day before. Unfortunately, they were not found again today so we decided that it was best that we not go. Fortunately! At 4 PM we got a message that one had been found in Jerup by Eric Christophersen. Jørgen immediately came over and picked Cora, Rasmus and I up and we bolted down there to see it. It was standing only 50 meters from the road! The rest of the team joined shortly thereafter. A fantastic bird to end a nice day.

And so, another day passes at Skagen Fuglestation. What will tomorrow bring? We will have to wait and see. 

Highlights:

Kernebirder 2

Pomeransfugl 1

Islom 3

Ringing:

Vandriske 1

Gærdesanger 5

Broget Fluesnapper 1

Gærdesmutte 1

Munk 2

Rørspurv 1

Tornsanger 1

Total: 16

Today’s observations in Dofbasen from observers in the area

Today’s raptor summary from the Skagen area

People: Lucas Corneliussen, Cora Köberle, Tue Baaner, Simon Sigaard Christiansen, Andrew Jacobs,  Rasmus Matthiesen-Juhl, Vigo Larsen and Jørgen Hulbæk

Today was a day we at the station have been waiting for. The Battle of the Towers. A semi-formal competition between the different Scandinavian bird observatories to do a “big sit” every year on May 3rd. The observers headed out to Worlds End 1 earlier than normal to meet Simon and Lars for the 5:00 AM start time. Meanwhile, Tue and I decided that the first hour of ringing would be too windy to justify having the nets open, so we opted to wait an hour. 

The Battle of the Tours commenced at precisely 5 AM with the first bird being a singing Reed Bunting (Rørspurv). Over the next 8 hours the observers tallied 81 species. While this is not a high count by any means, it was quite an impressive count given the extreme westerly winds. The best species of the day were Black Redstart (Husrødstjert), Peregrine Falcon (Vandrefalk) and many Fulmars (Mallemuk). 

During the ringing, Tue and I had a nice relatively productive morning with decent numbers of Willow Warblers (Løvsanger) and a nice male European Bullfinch (Dompap). We were also joined by a tour group of the local college professors which Simon brought over to us. 

 After the ringing was complete at the nets closed, Tue and I wandered up to Worlds End to get some of the Kanelstang that Jørgen Hulbæk brought us. Thank you once again Uncle Jørgen!

Shortly thereafter; Simon, Tue and I made a quick trip down to the Sandworm track ams relocated the Flavissima Yellow Wagtail. A very nice look which got some nice looks. 

Between 5am. - 1 pm a total of 81 species were seen by the team at The Battle of the Towers. Will hopefully be enough to be in top of the competition in Denmark at least.

In the afternoon, the wind picked up drastically beyond what it was in the morning. We spent the afternoon cleaning and completing data for the last several days.

Tomorrow will be very windy and we will not be able to ring, but we look forward to our observations! You never know what you’re going to find. 

And so, another day passes at Skagen Fuglestation. What will tomorrow bring? We will have to wait and see!

Highlights:

Flavissima Yellow Wagtail 1 (Gulvipstjert)

Battle of the Tours! 

Ringing:

Kabeltromelen:

Rødstjert 1

Løvsanger 9

Munk 5

Dompap 1

Tornsanger 2

Total: 18

Raptor Migration in Skagen Today

Today’s observations in Dofbasen from observers in the area

People: Lucas Corneliussen, Tue Baaner, Cora Köberle, Andrew Jacobs, Olli Lilja, Simon Sigaard Christiansen, Lars Grøn, Gunnar Simonsen, Jørgen Hulbæk Christensen, Anton Kvarnbäck.