A new seal friend !

Migration was quite slow on land and sea, but we appreciated the nice weather, we had a lot of sun and no wind.

When we arrived at the migration point we were surprised to see a seal (sæl) just a few meters away from the observation point, sleeping in the sun. He was surprised too but in the end stayed there a few hours next to us. Knud joined us after some time to help us count. Thanks to him we got to see a 3K Iceland Gull (Hvidvinget Måge).

 

 

We also got the surprise to see the Common Ringed Plovers (stor præstekrave) again. This time we saw their courtship, and mating.

Then jørgen and Igor arrived.

Clouds coming from the West slowly came towards us, and visibility became quite bad on our last hour. When the lighthouse was no more visible, and the sea completely covered we decided to stop.

We came back to the station and met Robbe who had decided to stay and rest this morning.

 

 

Then Robbe and I left the station for groceries shopping and also to pick up Sarah-Lou at the station.

She will be with us until Wednesday, she is very interested in pictures and movies, so she was delighted to learn about the beautiful sunrises we get to see every morning.

We walked back to the lighthouse and got to see a few buzzards (Musvåge) on the way.

Meanwhile Hanelie and Marion had eaten and rested.

Then robbe and Sarah-Lou went on a walk so that she could discover the beautiful landscape with which we are surrounded.

She actually had quite a long day, she woke up at 6 o'clock because she had to take the bus early. After four hours of train she arrived at skagen where met her.

 

 

Elin and Jens, our guests for the week, managed to fix their bike problem in the morning. And in the afternoon they went for a walk up to Grennen and Nordstrand. They had the delight to see a few different bird species.

Sarah-Lou cooked for us a nice meal, vegetables and lentils, we are sure to enjoy it !

Today’s observations in Dofbasen from observers in the area

Sum of the Raptors in the area based on observations typed into Dofbasen the same day