Some happy children

A little start due to persistent drizzle and strong South-westerly winds, saw Michael, Jeppe and Lauren heading to World’s End 1 around midday. They had a short but successful observation and the highlights included one adult, male Pallid Harrier (Steppehøg), one Black Kite (Sort Glente) and three female-type Marsh Harriers (Rørhøg). They were joined by a visiting class of school children who seemed to really enjoy using the binoculars and scopes to see some migrating Sparrowhawks (Spurvehøg) up close as well as have a go with the clicker-counters.

Adult, male Pallid Harrier from Nordstrand. Photo: Alex Sand Frich.

Yehonatan, with the journalism students in tow, headed out to World’s End 3 to spend the afternoon with the team from Aarhus University investigating the flight height of migrating birds. We all headed back to the observatory in the afternoon to finish our Phylloscopus identification and Chiffchaff ageing lecture which was dramatically interrupted yesterday by the resting Pallid Harrier (Steppehøg) right outside the lighthouse! The ringers among us got the chance to fill out some moult cards and ended with a quiz which Lauren was very proud of winning.

A full list of today's observations can be found here.

Today's raptor summary can be found here.

Skagen Fuglestation: Yehonatan Ben aroia, Michael Colley, Jeppe Madsen, Lauren Evans & Dante Shepherd.