Leach’s Stormpetrel

Because of yesterday’s successful late night catching, the morning started slower for some of us who needed a bit more sleep. Sadly, no ringing could be done today as the wind is still too strong. But I am hoping for tomorrow!

For the daily morning observation, our two guests Isabel and Aksel joined Henrik and Jimmy in the morning. There was a northwesterly wind with speed up to 10 m/s. Today they went on the dunes and not the Sabines-Bunker, because the military was training again. The highlight was probably the Leach’s Stormpetrel (Stor Stormsvale), even though it was only seen by Henrik. Still, there were a lot of nice birds to be seen: a Purple Sandpiper (Sortgrå Ryle), a Pintail (Spidsand), some Razorbills (Alk), Arctic Skuas (Almindelig Kjove), Great Skuas (Storkjove), a Mediterranean Gull (Sorthovedet Måge) and one Little Bunting (Dværgværling). The birds with the most numbers today were over a thousand Common Gull (Stormmåge), around 400 Common Scoters (Sortand) and Black-headed Gulls (Hættemåge) and over a hundred Red-throated Divers (Rødstrubet Lom).

The rest of the day was used for food shopping and more birding around the area. Isabel and Aksel drove around a little and saw some passerines, but also a female Ruff (Brushane) and two Curlews (Storspove)! I have not seen the latter here in Denmark yet, so maybe I also have to look around a little bit.

Photo: Isabel Hunter

Right now, we are waiting for dinner to be ready. Joseph is the cook today and promised to also bake a cake, to celebrate yesterday’s Jack Snipe (Enkeltbekkasin) and Dunlins (Almindelig Ryle). It will be a “Streuselkuchen”, so I probably can almost feel at home as we eat that a lot in Germany.

People at the station: Anton, Joseph, Antonia, Jimmy, Aksel, Isabel, Henrik

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