Bad weather – good Birds (again)

The morning was windy and rainy, but nevertheless Alvin and I biked to Nordstrand to do the migration count. It was raining throughout, and at the end of the four-hour count we were completely soaked. But today proved again that it is always worth going out and that constant effort and time spent observing pays off with some good observations at some point. In this case we were rewarded with many large flocks of Red-throated Divers (Rødstrubet Lom) and an early Sandwich Tern (Splitterne).

János braving the rain

After the end of the count, we biked back to the lighthouse, put our clothes to dry, and had some nice hot chocolate and the leftover cake from yesterday. Later Simon came over, and we entered some ringing sheets and the observations of the morning. Alix also started fixing the ringing tent, and Julian drew a very beautiful Eider (Ederfugl) painting.

In the afternoon the weather had gotten much better, and so I and Julian went out to Grenen, and Alix and Alvin went for a walk. At Grenen I went to the tip to photograph the Gannets (Sule) flying low through the waves.

Gannets (Sule) at Grenen

A short seawatch produced a Little Gull (Dværgmåge) before we went back to the lighthouse, walking into a colorful sunset.

Lighthouse in the evening sun

Highlights from the observations: 

Little Gull (Dværgmåge) - 1

Sandwich Tern (Splitterne) - 1

Kaspisk Måge - 1

Link to today’s observations in DOFbasen from observers in the area

People: János Schadl, Alix Bortolussi, Alvin Johansson, Julian Helbig, Simon S. Christiansen