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| (Original image via Google) |
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| Fanø Island, off Esbjerg |
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| Dawn at Ebeltoft |
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| Ebeltoft llamas |
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| Randomness on the beach at Esbjerg |
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| The beach at Esbjerg |
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| Ebeltoft fields |
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| Beach at Ebeltoft |
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| Ebeltoft field |
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| Small lake near Ebeltoft |
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| That's how I roll |
The last two weeks have seen me leave the
vineyard at Guldbaek (just south of Aalborg), spend several days on Denmark’s
west coast at Esbjerg, then move to a llama farm (!) at Ebeltoft, which juts (!) eastward from the Jutland peninsula.
At
Guldbaek there were plenty of interesting woodland and countryside birds about,
notable being good views of a normally skiddish Hooded Crow, a European Greenfinch
with an apparently deformed bill, and several Dunnock posing on the tips of young spruce
trees, just like they’re supposed to. I finally got a decent look at some Long-tailed Tits around Guldbaek,
which appeared to be intermediate between the black-headed form found further south, and northern white-headed
caudatus form.
Most
notable in the hilly fields around Ebeltoft have been large (100-300 of each species)
mixed flocks of Northern Lapwing, Common Starling, and Black-headed Gull resting
in the fields or flying overhead, with smaller numbers (30-80) of European Golden
Plover sprinkled in. Also seen in and
around Ebeltoft were: a single Northern Wheatear perching on a pile of
haystacks, apparently on its way south; loose groups of Meadow Pipits and
Linnets rippling overhead fairly regularly; six Grey Partridge flushing close
to a road and landing nearby; a Great Grey Shrike keeping vigil from a dead
tree next to the llama farm; and a Common Ringed Plover pacing the nearby beach.
Next stop: Sønderborg, on the German border.
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