Brilleand!!! and more Gulls

Yesterday evening we planned to go out to the beach in the morning to do some seawatching. So we had set out alarms for four.

But I must have turned off my alarm and fell asleep again in the morning. So I got woken up by Jeppe who told me that Andrew, who actually went out to the beach, had found a Surfscoter (Brilleand) resting together with Common Scoters. And earlier he also had a Manx Shearwater (Almindelig Skråpe) passing by.

So I got up immediately and headed out to Grenen, hoping to see the Surf Scoter (Brilleand),  which I have not seen before.Luckily it was still resting out there when I arrived there and we got some nice views on it.

When we came back to the station Hanelie already prepared the ringing equipment because we wanted to try to ring some Gull chicks in the harbour. Out at the harbour we found a roof with many Herring Gull (Sølvmåge) and also some Lesser Black-backed Gull (Sildemåge) chicks on it. We asked some people if we could go up there and they allowed us. 

So we went up there and rang a Herring Gull (Sølvmåge) chick. But later someone else came by and told us to come down again. So unfortunately we could not ring more than one Gull. 

After that we birdet  a bit around in the harbour and read some Gull Rings.

In the evening we had a nice dinner together with our guests. During dinner a Hummingbird Hawk Moth (Duehale) came into our kitchen. A very  nice visit! 

Hummingbird Hawk Moth (Duehale)

In the end of the day we had a nice trip to Råbjerg Mile with a lot of sand and wind.

 Walking against the wind at Råbjerg Mile

Ringing Skagen Havn:

Sølvmåge 1

Highlight of the observations:

Surf Scoter (Brilleand) 1 

Manx Shearwater (Almindelig Skråpe) 1

Today’s observations in Dofbasen from observers in the area

People: Cora Köberle, Hanelie Sidhu, Andrew Jacobs, Pauline Nähring and our guests Jeppe and Linda