Slow morning great birds!

Morgen observation:

I started the morning watch at 6:30 in “the hole,” where I had really good shelter from the rather strong SE wind, which was blowing at around 10 m/s. I didn’t have high expectations for the day’s observation, which only made the outcome even more enjoyable – because today, a good number of birds and a wide variety of species showed up.

In fact, there was so much going on that at times I found it a bit difficult to keep up – both with writing things down and trying to spot birds moving in all directions. It’s been a long time since I’ve had that feeling on an obs, so it was super exciting.

Especially all the different wader species and the very large flocks of Eurasian Wigeon were a real treat. With 58 wigeons passing in two flocks in one short period, there was definitely plenty to look at.

On top of that, a couple of Red-throated Divers also passed by – which is always a highlight to see.

So, with 12 different species of waders and everything else, it turned out to be a fantastic day. The 12 wader species were:

• 118 Oystercatchers
• 34 Common Ringed Plovers
• 2 Golden Plovers
• 7 Grey Plovers
• 82 Red knots
• 85 Sanderlings
• 5 Dunlins
• 17 Bar-tailed Godwits
• 1 Curlew
• 5 Common Redshanks
• 2 Greenshanks
• and 13 Turnstones

With a total of 371 waders, 5 Arctic Skuas, and a beautiful 1st calendar-year Marsh Harrier trying to migrate, it turned into a really good southeasterly wind day.

THK

Ringmærkning

With the weather warnings predicting high winds and some rain, it was a pleasant surprise to have this breathtaking sunrise to start another work day!

After that the morning went by quite slowly, which gave us a good opportunity to have a detailed identification and aging session with the few birds we did get!

Lise getting very confident at telling Chiffchaffs from Willow Warblers apart, which is something that can be challenging at times! We also got a beautiful lesser whitethroat, one of my personal favorite warblers!

Since the morning conditions were not the best and this evening seems more promising, we will be night trapping and hopefully be able to update you in the morning with something diffrent!

-Lua Koplin 

Folk på stationen: Lua Koplin, Lise Mastrup, Thomas Kristensen