Now they come...

Long time since the last update. Heavy migration has went pass the cape the last days, e.g. 65 000 waterfowls were counted in tuesday. Unfortunately most birds had passed during the night since they counted 109 000 barnacles at Ottenby. During all night I could hear barnacles flying over...

My friend Jacob has arrived to help me with the counting. Hopefully he will get some really nice days at the cape.

Notes from the cape:

25/9

divers 359 (still not any really high numbers)

brent 2035

barnacle 12655

wigeon 5610

teal 181

pintail 315

shoveler 67

scaup 348

common scoter 900

velvet scoter 992

arctic skua 1 adult pale

24/9

GANNET 1 (sick view, 50-100 meters from the shore, 1st c.y.!)

divers 313

brent 5080

barnacle 15850

wigeon 8620

teal 271

pintail 760

shoveler 81

scaup 1685

long-tailed duck 4080

common scoter 4570

velvet scoter 1662

merganser 446

crane 2260

arctic skua 1 pale

skua sp.

kittiwake 1

23/9

divers 745

brent 17151

pale-bellied brent 1

black brant 1

barnacle 12235

wigeon 10706

teal 1238

pintail 1928

shoveler 273

scaup 1645

long-tailed duck 2195

common scoter 13293

velvet scoter 1375

crane 1465

dunlin 1402

arctic skua 15