More migrants

Saturday morning was spent at Sydvestpynten, Kongelunden hoping for some visible migration. The weather has been very good here and settled for the last few days so there isn't a mass of birds flowing through as would be expected if there had been a period of bad weather. A few rainy days can lead to a build up of migrants to the south and then, on the first good day, good numbers can be seen flowing through. Alas, with the past week or so of fine weather, there is no big build up and the migration is more of a trickle. Nevertheless, it was a good morning with the highlight being a second calendar year White-tailed Eagle. The supporting cast wasn't bad including an adult male Merlin, my first Lesser Whitethroat of the year, my first two Little Terns, 8 Arctic Terns, a single male Common Scoter, a Tree Pipit, several Willow Warblers, a few Common Buzzards and a drake Garganey. There were good numbers of Goldeneye and Red-breasted Mergansers offshore with a single Goosander and 8 Common Eider amongst them. Avocets and Redshank are back and the local Bearded Tits are getting restless, with several small groups making forays out to sea before realising that actually the reedbed they just left is quite attractive after all.. (their wings are so small, they look like wind up toys with their very weak flight on whirring wings). The weather is forecast to stay fine and settled for the next few days which isn't so good for seeing numbers of migrants but is great for the tourists. Nyhavn is now well into summer mode with tables and chairs outside and swarms of people sitting on the wooden harbour sipping the cans of beer they bought from the local Netto store (at about one fifth of the price of the Nyhavn bars). As I write I can hear Michael Jackson blasting out from a small boat full of revellers... Get down... yeah... Ow!

Photos: Bearded Tits; a flock of sinensis Cormorants (don't ask); and a spring male Linnet (a much underrated bird!)