A great diversity of observations !

Observations :

What a wonderful variety of sightings today! And to top it all off, we were blessed with glorious sunshine and surrounded by lovely people. Without further ado, here are the highlights and photos from the day!

Highlights of the day : 
sandwich terns [splitterne] - 20 (migration) + 15 (roosting)
common terns [fjordterne] - 10 (migration)
little terns [dværgterne] - 9 (migration) + 10 (roosting)
barnacle goose [bramgås] - 150
bar-tailed godwit [lille Kobbersneppe] - 28 
egyptian goose [nilgås] - 2
avocet [klyde] - 1
white-tailed eagle [havørn] - 1
marsh harrier [rørhøg] - 1
barn swallow [landsvale] - 2
porpoise whale [marsvin] - 1

Todays observations can be seen here. 



Black-legged kittiwake adult by David Manstrup


Black-legged kittiwake flying by David Manstrup


Ringing :

Today Lise and Mathilde followed us on some rounds. It was a rather slow morning, but they chose the early rounds, which had some birds. Because later in the morning it became very slow.

Moths:

Although it was very calm in the morning, it was quite windy during the night. Nevertheless, I had the light on in both moths traps. There was not much but it was worth it, as I caught the first Emperor Moth/ Lille natpåfugleøje – Saturnia pavonia of the season!

Emperor Moth/ Lille natpåfugleøje – Saturnia pavonia

While Lise and Mathilde stayed at Blåvands Huk until they needed to leave back to Aarhus, Morten went on a walk to Tipmosen and saw a beautiful White-tailed Eagle “Havørn” on the top of a tree.



White-tailed Eagle/ Havørn, picture by David Manstrup

White-tailed Eagle/ Havørn, picture by Morten Mastrup

Mathilde, Morten and Lise left during the morning and the whole team would like to say thanks for the pizzas that they treated us yesterday evening.

Later in the morning, David and Thomas found the first Bluethroat “Blåhals” of the season out here in the bog.

Bluethroat "Blåhals". Picture by David Manstrup.

Clara and I were out too later, but unfortunately we did not hear or see it. But I saw my first Little Terns “Dværgterne” of the season on the beach and also my first Wheatear “Stenpikker” of the season at Blåvands Huk in the bog.


Medicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalis, in Hanelie's hands, picture by Clara

Hanelie thought she was picking up some sort of snake near the pond, but it turned out to be a leech !

At the station: Clara Delahaye, Rosemary Frikke, Thomas Kristiansen, David Manstrup, Hanelie Sidhu, Mathilde Lundt Larsen, Lise Mastrup, Morten Mastrup