A Very Wild Day

Picture 1 - A Room with a View

After a very stormy night we woke up to a wet day. The snow has visibly started to melt, and you could hear the wind whistling through the building, and waves crashing against the shore. A real change from the thick snow of the last few days. Since we arrived nearly a week ago, we have been unable to see grass or vegetation but today this is all changing!!

Picture 2 - Net Sewing

With the weather in mind, we set about making an indoor plan for the day. One of the major tasks which could be completed was net sewing which needs to be done before the spiring team arrive. We quickly found this was a very challenging task to complete indoors due to space and length of nets. After many failed attempts we tackled one net. I took the lead on the sewing with Thomas assisting by holding open sections. More to complete in the next few days but one down out of ten.

A well-earned break, some lunch plus some hot drinks was needed. Whilst eating lunch we saw a small feeding frenzy of birds consisting a few Eiders (Ederfugl) and some gulls (Måge) but not much else. Today has been very quiet on the bird front.

We decided that we needed some fresh air so walked into Skagen to get some food to stock up for the next few days. It was horribly wet, and we got rather drenched. In the UK you would say: ‘It was raining cats and dogs’ which it certainly was today! On the way we saw a brief glimpse of a Common Buzzard (Musvåge) but nothing else.

Picture 3 – The Lighthouse drenched in Fog

When we got back, we took off our rather wet snow suits and dried off. The plan for the evening is to have a quiet one and wait till the storm has passed. Hopefully tomorrow will be a calmer day, fingers crossed!

Link to Dofbasen: https://dofbasen.dk/search/result.php?design=table&soeg=soeg&periode=dato&dato=13-01-2026&omraade=stor&stor=588&obstype=observationer&species=alle&summering=yes&sortering=dato

Observers: Eleanor Harris, Thomas Weston