Rainy Gull day

After waking up in the morning and checking the weather forecast, we decided not to do either the migration count or the ringing this morning due to the rain coming in. Some of us went back to sleep and others finished some tasks that needed doing. Around nine am there was a gap in the rain and Alix, Julian and I went out to do some migration counting for two hours. It turned out pretty successful. Even though we had poor visibility, there were many Guillemots (Lomvie) migrating close to the beach. Suddenly the Glaucous Gull (Gråmåge) that has been hanging around the area for some days appeared out of the fog and made a flyby along the beach and we got some nice views. We also saw Sandwich Terns (Splitterne) and a Turnstone (Stenvender) which was nice. 

A flock of Pink-footed geese migrating 

When walking back from Grenen we took a detour to try to get a better look at the Glaucous Gull (Gråmåge) further west, but the gull search only gave us a third calendar year, Caspian gull (Kaspisk Måge), which was very nice to be fair. It also started raining again, so when we got back to the lighthouse, we were pretty soaked.

Third calendar year, Caspian Gull (Kaspisk Måge) on the beach

Me and Alix walking in the rain 

In the afternoon János and Dylan also made an attempt to see the Glaucous Gull (Gråmåge) again but that was also unsuccessful.

Highlights of today:
Glaucous gull (Gråmåge) - 1
Caspian gull (Kaspisk Måge) - 1
Sandwich tern (splitterne) - 2
Turnstone (Stenvender) - 1

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

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