Fulmar Frenzy!!!!

Today’s adventure actually began the night before when Sarah, Rosemary, Mio, and I went out night netting around Grenen. Although attemps were made on Common Sandpipers (mudderklire), Little Terns (dværgterne), Common Terns (fjordterne), and a Common Ringed Plover (stor præstekrave), we were unsuccessful. However, it was still an awesome trip. We also spotted two young Harbour Seals (spættet sæl) resting on the beach. Just before calling it a night, did manage to catch a young House Sparrow (gråspurv) right in front of the lighthouse. At around 1AM, we woe Simon so the bird could be ringed. It was totally worth it!

House Sparrow (Gråspurv).

Early the next morning, at 04:30, Marcus, Hanelie, Simon, and Mio were up for the morning observations at worlds end III. Here they saw loads of birds including 3 artic skuas (almindelig kjove), 1 Little Stint (dværgryle), 1 Red Knot (islandsk ryle), and 140 Fulmars (mallemuk)! At 08:30 Sarah, Rosemary, and I joined for the last hour of the count, and we stayed a bit longer for some extra action.

Arctic Skua (almindelig kjove). 

Afterwards, we went back to the lighthouse. Here we caught a Whitethroat (tornsanger). The bird was ringed while curious visitors watched and learned about the ringing process. The rest of the afternoon was spent on various tasks: mending bird bags, preparing for an upcoming presentation, adding the collected data into the database, and in my case, making pancakes for the team.

A giant stack of pancakes!

After dinner Marcus, Mio, Simon, Sarah, and I went birdwatching near World’s End III. Here we saw a bunch of Arctic Skuas (almindelig kjove), some Great Skua (stor kjove), and a Manx Shearwater (almindelig skråpe). Straight after that tour Marcus, Mio, Simon, Sarah, and Rosemary went night netting, rounding off a full and fantastic day.

The sunset from Grenen.

Click here for today's observations on DOFbasen. 

Highlihghts:

Arctic Skua (Almindelig Kjove)
Fulmar (Mallemuk)
Manx Shearwater (almindelig skråpe)

Ringing at the lighthouse:

1 House Sparrow (gråspurv)

1 Whitethroat (tornsanger)

At the station: Sarah Partridge, Mio Brix, Louise Buksti-Ladefoged, Hanelie Sidhu, Markus Kemp Clément, Rosemary Fricke, Simon Kiesé, and Simon S. Christiansen