This autumn, we have signed up to work at the observatory at Gedser, Denmark.
The following text is mainly from http://www.visitlolland-falster.com/ln-int/a-z/6241/2951#a-z-item-2951
Denmark is made up of the mainland peninsula called Jutland and over 400 scattered islands. The largest of Denmark’s islands, Sealand, is the site of the capital city Copenhagen.
Denmark is part of Scandinavia and shares a similar geography with the south of Sweden, to which it is attached via the Oresund Bridge, and Germany, with which it shares a land border. Gedser is, on the Baltic coast, the most southerly point of Denmark and Scandinavia.
Apart from the 68km-long border (42 miles) with Germany to the south, Denmark is surrounded entirely by water. The furthest you can be from the coast at any point in Denmark is only 52km (32 miles). At its West Coast, it touches The North Sea and this coastline is dominated by long, windswept stretches of sand and dunes. The North Coast runs up into the Kattegat and Skagerrak seas and is also a dynamic coast, with some of Northern Europe’s biggest shifting sand dunes. To the east, you’ll find a more sheltered coast and the calm waters of the Baltic Sea.
Around 80 of Denmark’s 391 islands are populated. Falster is one of Denmark's main islands.
We travelled by car via Holland, where we visited AvA - one of the Dutch contingent that we worked with in Georgia 2014, and Germany.
The route was Harwich to Hook of Holland via ferry, then across country, via Andre's to Rostock, Germany where we took another ferry to Gedser, Falster.
We were ashore in no time, took a brief turn around the town, then headed to the fuglestation where we met Craig who will be here until the end of the month. It didn't take long to settle in - and we even took time to notice the birds flitting around the garden and those out around the coast.
Weather looks good for ringing tomorrow - easterly winds!
Our first view of Denmark
and there's the ringers' house next to the lighthouse
The following text is mainly from http://www.visitlolland-falster.com/ln-int/a-z/6241/2951#a-z-item-2951
Denmark is made up of the mainland peninsula called Jutland and over 400 scattered islands. The largest of Denmark’s islands, Sealand, is the site of the capital city Copenhagen.
Denmark is part of Scandinavia and shares a similar geography with the south of Sweden, to which it is attached via the Oresund Bridge, and Germany, with which it shares a land border. Gedser is, on the Baltic coast, the most southerly point of Denmark and Scandinavia.
Apart from the 68km-long border (42 miles) with Germany to the south, Denmark is surrounded entirely by water. The furthest you can be from the coast at any point in Denmark is only 52km (32 miles). At its West Coast, it touches The North Sea and this coastline is dominated by long, windswept stretches of sand and dunes. The North Coast runs up into the Kattegat and Skagerrak seas and is also a dynamic coast, with some of Northern Europe’s biggest shifting sand dunes. To the east, you’ll find a more sheltered coast and the calm waters of the Baltic Sea.
Around 80 of Denmark’s 391 islands are populated. Falster is one of Denmark's main islands.
We travelled by car via Holland, where we visited AvA - one of the Dutch contingent that we worked with in Georgia 2014, and Germany.
The route was Harwich to Hook of Holland via ferry, then across country, via Andre's to Rostock, Germany where we took another ferry to Gedser, Falster.
We were ashore in no time, took a brief turn around the town, then headed to the fuglestation where we met Craig who will be here until the end of the month. It didn't take long to settle in - and we even took time to notice the birds flitting around the garden and those out around the coast.
Weather looks good for ringing tomorrow - easterly winds!