Sankt Hans Aften

János was the only one of us to wake up early, he went out birding at Grenen and had several different waders there such as a Whimbrel (Småspove), Curlews (Storspove), a Grey Plover (Strandhjejle), Temminck’s Stints (Temmincksryle), Greenshanks (Hvidklire) and Redshanks (Rødben). He came back at six and made a fantastic blueberry cake which I woke up to. Togehter, we released the poor pigeon which has recovered a lot since we caught it in the lighthouse garden, after having prepared water and food nearby. We will observe its behaviour closely in the next days and hope that it will do well.

The pigeon is finally out again :)

At eleven, Simon came by and held us a little presentation about his trip to Iceland, and the field projects going on there. Søren Leth-Nissen and co. are in town again at the moment, and also came to listen to Simon’s presentation. Thank you for all the cake, Søren! :) Simon showed us some fantastic pictures, and talked about the highly interesting activities, especially the water bird ringing and tagging. Now we’re all inspired take a trip to Iceland ourselves one day. Later on my little lunchtime walk, I noticed how the weather has changed a bit: It’s still very warm, perhaps even warmer than before, but the air feels pleasantly fresh and less heavy.
After János woke up from his nap, he and I visited Maj Lou’s great exhibition at Skagen Fyr which she hosts together with a fellow local artist. We were greeted with wine by Maj and Oluf, and looked at all the beautiful pieces arranged on the different floors of the landmark. Then we moved further into town to have some ice cream together and wait for Alix and Alvin to join us for pizza on the beach. On the very same beach, the big and famous Sankt Hans fire was lit sending the witch to Blocksbjerg and delighting the huge crowd watching this special event.

Pizza on the beach.

Big fire, big crowd.

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