A rainy day

Today was a chill day. The rain prevented us from doing any field tasks in the morning. We woke up later, enjoying some extra sleep.

Thomas went to Aalborg to meet Eleanor, his girlfriend. When he was leaving, he saw a pipit fling into the dunes. So Ragnar, came out to see what is it. It was a Water Pipit (Bjergpiber). We might try to catch it in the next days. Thomas and Eleanor returned to the station in the evening.In the afternoon, the rain stopped, allowing us to go outside. We went to check the gulls at World’s end III. Ragnar and Mara saw some Mistle Thrushes (Misteldrossel) along the way. There were many pools on the beach, with some Black-heded Gulls (Hættemåge) feeding in them. Some Sanderlings (Sandløber) and Snow Buntings (Snespurv) were moving around the pools.

Hundreds of gulls were resting close to the shore and in the pool. The flock was mostly constisted of Herring Gulls (Sølvmåge), Great Black-backed Gulls (Svartbag), Common Gulls (Stormmåge) and Black-headed Gulls (Hættemåge). We scanned the flock, hoping to find some rare gulls. We only saw five Caspian Gulls (Kaspisk Måge). Ragnar found a Viking Gull, it is a hybrid between a Glaucous Gull (Gråmåge) and a Herring Gull (Sølvmåge). We didn’t see any Iceland (Hvidvinget Måge) or Glaucous Gulls (Gråmåge), which was a little bit disappointing.

I walked to the lighthouse and continued my walk to the south before returning to the light house when the sun went down.

Highlights from observations:
Caspian Gulls (Kaspisk Måge)- 5
Viking Gull - 1

No ringing today due to the weather.

Link to today's observations from observers in the area

People at the station: Thomas Weston, Emma Fabre, Mara Glane, Ragnar Smith, Simon Sigaard Christiansen, Eleanor Harris.