Danish list rockets...150 up!

Moulting adult Black Tern (species 150 for me in Denmark)











Adult Arctic Tern





Waders are now passing through in large numbers with 100s of Knot and 1000s of Lapwing being logged at coastal sites. A Sunday evening visit to the lagoons at Kongelunden and Kofoeds Enge produced 17 species of wader including several new species for my Danish list. On the lagoons were 4 Avocets, 1 Whimbrel, 8 Redshank, 6 Spotted Redshank, 2 Greenshank, 5 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Wood Sandpiper (144) 36 Oystercatcher, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 14 Snipe, 12 Ringed Plover, 2 Little Ringed Plover (145), 9 Dunlin, 3 Curlew Sandpiper (146), 28 Knot (147) and 1 Turnstone (148). This lot were supported by a lone Stock Dove (149), a single Black Tern (150) and several Arctic Terns, including 2 juveniles. Not a bad evening. But not as good as the Swedish birders who on 8 July logged a Yellow-nosed Albatross off Malmo harbour - a stunning record (and almost 'scopable' from Copenhagen!). You can see a photo at:

http://www.netfugl.dk/pictures.php?id=showpicture&picture_id=17433

Amazingly this bird was last seen flying inland which is a bit odd but consistent with the UK sightings - in Somerset and Lincolnshire - in the days before this sighting.