Welcome Prescillia !

Hi everyone!

We weren’t ringing today and unfortunately the weather was also too wet and foggy to do the morning observation. So we spend the morning painting, playing Wingspan and enjoying our time together. We also cleaned up our flat. These beautiful paintings are from Diana:

In the afternoon all of us decided to go birding in different places. I went to Stokmilen and the forest around the “Tilsandede Kirke”. I was amazed by a Crested Tit (Topmejse) I spotted on a branch and I also saw some Coal Tits (Sortmejse), two Great Spotted Woodpeckers (Stor Flagspætte), an Eurasian Jay (Skovskade) and some other common birds. Furthermore I saw some Sanderlings (Sandløber) and a Ringed Plover (Stor Præstekrave) on the beach.

Diana went to the Cormorant Lake where she saw two Grey Plovers (Strandhjejle), Ringed Plovers (Stor Præstekrave), Ruffs (Brushane) and some other species as well while Solenn went to the tip where she saw for example Eiders (Ederfugl), Cormorants (Skarv), Razor Bills (Alk), Red Knots (Islandsk Ryle ; see below) and a Golden Plover (Hjejle). Hanelie went to the Harbour but there were not so many birds today, apart from a Rock Pipit (Skærpiper) and some Eiders (Ederfugl).

In the evening we were happy to meet our new french volunteer Prescillia, who will stay at the bird observatory until December. Welcome to the team !

People at the station: Diana Sciandra, Hanelie Sidhu, Solenn Boucher, Johanna Veentjer, Prescillia Lemesle