The first Skua for the autumn migration

In the morning, we all left for the migration count at Word’s End III. The weather was calm. We started with a slow movement of Scoters (Sortand). Then migration activity picked up a bit, with some Sandwich (Splitterne) and Common Terns (Fjordtern) on the move. We also saw a nice flock of Greylag Geese (Grågås). Inland migration was happening as well, with several flocks of Swifts (Mursejler) heading northeast.

Sunrise at World's End III

Knud and Erik joined us for the count. We also recorded some Kittiwakes (Rie). The highlight of the morning was an Arctic Skua (Almindelig Kjove) spotted by Erik — a light morph. It passed close to the beach, then quickly flew northwest and disappeared. Erik also detected a Bar-tailed Godwit (Lille Kobbersneppe). After that, he and Knud went down from the dune to the beach to read some gull rings. Then the migration slow down, but we had a nice flock of Velvet Scoters (Fløjlsand).

The team counting birds

After four hours of counting, we returned to the lighthouse. In the afternoon, we started installing the nets to prepare them for sewing. We managed to finish two nets. Then, while we were tidying up the nets, a man came to me and said there was a snake in the toilet!
We went to check and found a medium-sized Common Viper (Hugorm) near the door. Pauline put on her gloves and Hanelie grabbed a butterfly net — together they managed to catch it. We then released it in the grass behind the lighthouse.

While we were outside, we saw a Great Egret (Sølvhejre) flying over the sea near the beach — a beautiful bird.

Commom Vipera-Hugorm

Highlight :
Arctic Skua - Almindelig Kjove
Great Egret - Sølvhejre
Common Viper - Hugorm

People: Pauline Nähring, Hanelie Sidhu, Emma Fabre, Rosemary, Simon Sigaard Christiansen, Knud Pedersen, Erik Christophersen, Karen and Frank Andersen