More wind and some Terns

Because we came home late after staying a little longer at Jerup Strand and it was too windy to open the nets, we used the opportunity to sleep in today. 

Lucas had the idea to go swimming to get really awake so we quickly went into the sea. It was very refreshing and much colder than the last time.

We started our day with some cleaning and Tue went to Skagen to meet a friend. 

Later the rest of us went out birding a bit in the wind. We first went to Ellekrattet the little “forest”. There we heard some Crested Tits. Afterwards we went out to the beach, where we saw some Common Ringed Plovers (Stor Præstekrave). We also looked if we could find any Plover chicks but we couldn't find any. There was also a big flock of Common Terns (Fjordterne) resting on the beach and we could get really close to them. That was nice.

 Common Terns (Fjordterne) 

On our way back to the station we saw a Honey Buzzard (Hvipsevåge) which was flying directly over our heads.

 Honey Buzzard (Hvipsevåge)

Out on our walk we also saw many caterpillars for some of them of the Dark Tussock (Hedenonne). Hanelie also caught an imago of this species. It is quite  interesting that you can see the imago and the caterpillar at once.

Dark Tussock (Hedenonne) Caterpillar

Dark Tussock (Hedenonne) imago

Later Hanelie cooked us a very nice dinner. And we are looking forward to doing some nice seawatching tomorrow to see which birds get blown over in this wind.

Highlights from the observations:

Honey Buzzard (Hvipsevåge) 

very close Common Terns (Fjordterne) 

Today’s observations in Dofbasen from observers in the area

People: Lucas Corneliussen, Cora Köberle, Tue Baaner, Hanelie Sidhu, Andrew Jacobs and our guests Anne and Jesper.