A great northern diver at Blåvand !

Observation : 

Under the Blåvand sun, there’s no more sign of fog at the moment… and the sunrise brings its own share of enchantment…

Today was truly a beautiful day.
We spotted over 3,000 common scoters [sortand] migrating north, which really marks the start of the migration season – much to our delight.
Through our binoculars, we were also able to spot more than a dozen sandwich terns [splitterne], some velvet scoters [fløjsand] and a great northern diver [islom] resting on the waves.

Then, in the afternoon, during the count of resting birds, there was a massive number of herring gulls – over 800 of them – lying on the beach !

Todays observations can be seen here.


Ringing : 



Tomorrow will already be Mathilde’s last day... so tonight we’re planning to watch a documentary that’s sure to interest quite a few of you – it’s about birds nesting in the French Southern Antarctic Lands!
You can found it here in free-access : 
Le peuple des tempêtes - Les ailes du courage - Regarder le documentaire complet | ARTE
[it's in french but with english subtitles - enjoy the show!] 

At the station: Clara Delahaye, Mathilde Lundt Larsen and Hanelie Sidhu