An All-day Blizzard

Today we awoke to a blizzard, the snow had been falling for most of the night, and it was forecast to remain snowing for the rest of the day. You could say it was a winter wonderland, but with the wind from the north it whipped and blew the snow everywhere, through the closed doors and even in through the windows too! As a result, we decided to clean the observatory and guest apartment ahead of our departure on Sunday.

Picture 1: Lighthouse in the snow

With the weather not easing after lunch, we braved the snow suits and headed out for a walk. It was cold and damp for sure, visibility was poor, and you could only see about 100m out to sea! In amongst the gloom a few passing Herring Gulls (Sølvmåge), Great Black-Backed Gulls (Svartbag) and a Common Gull (Stormmåge) were the only birds of note as we walked the road towards Ellekrattet in search of some shelter.

Picture 2: Ellekrattet in the snow

In the woods we saw a Great Tit (Musvit), Blue Tit (Blåmejse) and a Blackbird (Solsort). The snow on the ground brightened the place a little from the floor, but we could not find any other species here. We made the decision to walk back towards the beach and then follow the coast back to the lighthouse as conditions deteriorated further. On route, we found a very cold looking Rock Pipit (Skærpiber) and saw a flyby female Common Scoter (Sortand), plus a couple of Cormorant (Skarv) too. It seems like we saw everything moving out of the area or feeding up yesterday ahead of the cold and snow!

An evening of admin tasks, picture sorting, packing, dinner and a few games are the plan.

Highlights:

-  No specific highlights today

Link to Dofbasen here.

Observers: Thomas Weston & Eleanor Harris