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Slow and sweet day
onsdag 25. marts 2026
This day started out rather slow and cozily because of the bad weather which was quite rainy and windy, too much to go out ringing or to the migration count. János was kind enough to make morning pancakes for everyone, and we all enjoyed them very much!
Later in the morning Simon came by the station and shared a presentation about moult strategies in passerine birds which was very informative and I'm looking forward to applying the new things I learned today in the field.
Volunteers focused on making a moult card as an exercise after the moult presentationAfter some lunch, János, Alvin and Dylan went out to Grenen to do a little afternoon migration count as the weather had cleared up enough for it to be possible and even enjoyable! They enjoyed two hours of count with the sun in their backs, with some nice numbers of Auks (Alk), Black-legged Kittiwakes (Ride), some Sandwich terns (Splitterne), a Bar-tailed Godwit (Lille Kobbersneppe) and even a Little Gull (Dærgmåge) spotted by János. These strong westerly winds pushed a lot of the birds towards the land, and it was interesting to see what species would be present.
Julian spent some time working on a beautiful painting of a Glaucous Gull (Gråmage) in honor of the recently found individual at Grenen, then took a little trip to the center of Skagen and found a nice Sandwich tern (Splitterne) around the harbor.
Sandwich cubes (Splitterne)As for myself, after some lunch I decided to go on a walk around the lighthouse area with the thermal camera to try and find Jack Snipes (Enkeltbekassin), but with no luck unfortunately. The walk was beautiful and sunny nonetheless, and I even enjoyed a short nap in a sunny and sheltered little hill. On the way I had a look at the various mosses and lichens I encountered, which are quite fascinating to me because of how different the species are from the ones I get to see in the south of France where I come from.
Lichen in the Cladonia genus, rather difficult to identify more specifically without further analysisWhen everyone was back home Alvin made a big batch of banana bread, which will hopefully last us longer than a few hours like the normal sized banana bread usually do! We did realize we were missing butter for the recipe halfway through it though, and he had to go on a very quick and physically demanding bike trip to the nearest shop to get some. The banana bread turned out very nice in the end, so his efforts were not in vain!
Alvin and his amazing banana breadIn the meantime Dylan went on a walk with the thermal as well and found one Jack Snipe (Enkeltbekassin) and a little Water Vole (Mosegris) around the ponds.
For dinner we enjoyed a fantastic sweet potato risotto made by Dylan, and of course some banana bread!
Highlights of today:
1 Little Gull (Dærgmåge)
1 Jack Snipe (Single-shot)
1 Bar-tailed godwit (Lille Kobbersneppe)
8 Sandwich cubes (Splitterne)
People: Alvin Johansson, János Schadl, Alix Bortolussi, Julian Helbig, Dylan Daunt, Simon S. Christiansen, Lars Bo, Oluf Lou.
