Sandwich Terns and Brent Geese on a windy Easter Monday

Morning observations:

Morning Obs on a windy Easter Monday. Picture by Hanelie.

It was still a windy morning so we could not open the nets. Instead, we all went to do morning observations. Clara, Rose and I went to the spring spot and after some time, we were joined by Thomas. We did not get huge numbers of birds, but I especially enjoyed the 17 Sandwich Terns “Splitterne”, all going North. It is not many yet and as I am usually out in the ringing gardens, I did not get to see them yet. We also enjoyed some Velvet Scoters “Fløjsand”, many of them resting, but also a few migrating. Two Brent Geese “Knortegås”, that came quite close, were nice too. Unfortunately, the Arctic Scua “Almindelig Kjove”, was missing this morning, next time…

Todays observations can be seen here.

In the afternoon, we finished our Wingspan game, which Clara won.

Later, Jorn arrived at the station, he is a student from the Netherlands and will be here at the station the next two month. He will mainly help with the Little Tern “Dværgterne” project and enter some old ringing data.


Some lapwings [vannhuppe] enjoying the life in Denmark, by Clara  

At the station: Clara Delahaye, Rosemary Frikke, Thomas Kristiansen, Jorn De Jong, Hanelie Sidhu and Karin