Finally Shags again

Today Julian and I biked to the migration count, which worked fine when we had the wind in our backs in the morning, but the way back was rather exhausting. It was a morning of clear sky and warming sun, which are the perfect conditions for Shags (Topskarv) and we also saw two of them in the third hour. They were flying together with a Cormorant (Skarv) which made for a nice comparison.

Sunrise at Grenen.

We also had good numbers of Guillemots (Lomvie) and two White-tailed Eagels (Havørn). One of them was tagged, so we can hopefully find out more about it.

Tagged White-tailed Eagle (Havørn).

The ringing team had a busy morning ringing 55 birds. They also recaught the partially leucistic Bluetit (Blåmejse) we ringed a few days ago. As Simon is still in the Netherlands, we were joined by Oluf Lou in the ringing, so thanks again for the help!

Alvin at the nets.

After a short lunch break, we headed out for a long walk to try and find the Glaucous Gull (Gråmåge) again. We walked to Grenen and over the beach to Nordstrand. On the way back we split up, and I and Julian counted the Cormorant colonie while the others went back the most direct way. They also saw a Rough-legged Buzzard (Fjeldvåge) which was a lifer for Dylan.

We arrived at the same time at the lighthouse and were pleasantly surprised by the opening ceremony of the new exhibition in the lighthouse building. We enjoyed free champagne and cake and had a look at the exhibition.

Drinking champagne in the proper way.

Total: 55

Link to today's observations in the DOF base from observers in the area

Summary of today's raptor migration in DOFbasen

People: Alvin Johansson, János Schadl, Alix Bortolussi, Julian Helbig, Dylan Daunt, Lars Bo, Knud Pedersen