A windy day with little larids

Today had high winds so with ringing cancelled we all went to world’s end 3 for the observations to get a better look at the seabirds up close. As is typical on a windy day there were many Northern Fulmars (Mallemuk) flying offshore, however today there were quite a few Common Terns (Fjordterne) and Black-legged Kittiwakes (Ride) moving inshore. There were two Arctic Skua (Almindelig Kjove) a light morph and a dark morph, possibly the birds that seem to have been passing the tip every day for about a week now. A male Eurasian Wigeon (Pibeand) flew past us which was nice as a species we haven’t seen in awhile now. At the end of the observation period we saw a Long-eared Owl (Skovhornugle) out over the ocean in the gull flock as it flew inland past the lighthouse towards ellekrattet.

Common Tern (Fjordterne) photo Andrew Jacobs

After the observations Rasmus packed up and we said our goodbyes as he headed out from the station for the season.

Simon received a call of two Northern Fulmars  (Mallemuker) to be collected from the beach so in the afternoon Cora and I headed out to retrieve them for the Northern Fulmar (Mallemuk) project, they were easy to find but were rapidly being buried by the sand. While we were out we also tried to look for some gull rings however couldn’t get close enough to read them, although a nice Black-legged Kittiwake (Ride) flew right over them over land. There was a large flock of Common Terns (Fjordterne)  ripping around just offshore providing good views. Some of the terns flew over land up the sandworm track with a nice Little Tern (Dværgterne) with them.  Another bird we hadn’t seen for a little while was a Western Yellow Wagtail (Gul Vipstjert) with the White Wagtails (Hvid Vipsjert) at the beach entrance to the sandworm track.

European Herring Gull (Sølvmåge) photo Andrew Jacobs

Black-legged Kittiwake (Ride) photo Andrew Jacobs

When we got back to the station Tue got back from his trip and we prepared for the coming days.

Highlights:

Little Tern 1 (Dværgterne)

Long-eared Owl 1 (Skovhornugle)

Eurasian Wigeon 1 (Pibeand)

Observations from the area on DOFbasen today

People: Lucas Corneliussen, Cora Köberle, Andrew Jacobs, Tue Baaner, Rasmus Matthiesen-Juhl, Simon S. Christiansen, Anders Rasmussen.