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Dead or alive
Once again, the wind was too strong, so no ringing at Kabeltromlen today. But at Jennes Sø it was enough shelter for Michael to be out ringing. He caught in total 42 birds, among them a feisty Jay (Skovskade).
While Miles, Gabriel, and I went to the observation count, Esben, Sarah, and Amira went on a Fulmar Walk. This means that they walked about 10 km along the north beach in search of dead Fulmars (Mallemuk). These are collected for a project studying the amount of plastic in the environment. However, they only found two dead Guillemots (Lomvie) and, as a highlight, a fully alive Purple sandpiper (Sortgrå Ryle)! This bird was so cute and so round! You just have to love these guys! After this fantastic sighting and a few more alive Sanderlings (Sandløber), the fulmar walk ended at Grenen, where we all met again at World’s End III.

Dead Guillemot (Lomvie)
In the meantime, we had counted not as many birds as we hoped, but got still some good sightings. An Arctic Skua (Almindelig Kjove) and a Horned Lark (Bjerglærke) were nice to see! As the activity gradually slowed down, we decided to celebrate also the common species more, which was really funny! Why not just call out a Teal (Krikand) or a Red-throated Diver (Rødstrubet Lom), as if you had just found a first record for the country?
A rainbow appeared in the sky, but it announced an approaching rain cloud. Fortunately, we were largely spared, and the last hour even brought a few more birds, including a arriving flock of Common Crossbills (Lille Korsnæb) and the first 33 Barnacle Geese (Bramgås) for us this season and 75 Pink-footed Geese (Kortnæbbet Gås) flying directly overhead!

Flock of Pink-footed Geese (Kortnæbbet Gås) flying over us
In the afternoon, some entered a lot of data, went for a swim, or searched for rare warblers. The latter, however, was unsuccessful. More successful will be the night catching hopefully! Gabriel, Esben and Lars Bo have just headed off.
Ringing (Jennes Sø):
People: Gabriel Axelsson, Florian Hatt, Sarah Partridge, Amira Nuseibeh, Miles Scheuering, Knud Pedersen, Simon S. Christiansen, Lars Bo Jacobsen och Esben Hansen