The beach at night (15 and 16/2/12)

15th
On the 15th the mum of my host family took me to the beach at around 17:30. When we arrived I had a good look over the sea. There was not much to be seen but then suddenly two goosander flow past and landed on the sea. If I can remember correctly they were both males. I also saw some Eiders and thousands of gulls floughting on the sea. There were also a few unIDable birds but it was to dark to see anything by the end of the walk.
16th
On the 16th the mother took me again to a nature reserve this time. Because it was getting dark and it was raining it was hard to see anything let alone ID it. but by the end I saw c.100 Goldeneye, c.100 Scoters ( unIDable most likly common) and about 20 Eiders.

At the beach (12/2/12)

Today I went down to the beach with my exchange family. I was not expecting to see much but as soon as we arrived on the beach I saw 12 Red-breasted Merganser fly past. Then I looked over into a bay were I saw some Goldeneye and some possible scaups but I was to far away to tell. Later I saw some more Red-breasted Merganser and some Eiders. Over the half hour I was there I managed to see at least 100 Eiders male and female. Behind the Eiders a lot further away I saw some Common Scoters. I saw lots of gulls aswell but nothing new with them. As I was looking at an unIDable bird 5 Long-tailed Ducks flow in and landed on the water. A bit later I saw another 2 Long-tailed Ducks swimming around which brought my count to 7 (oh yes). I managed to take some notes on the bird I couldn't ID and hopfully I will have a sulotion Solution by tomorrow of what it was. I also hope I will go again tomorrow because I have a free day off of school tomorrow.

Morning surprise (13/2/12)

This morning after I had said goodbye to my perents I looked outside and saw a lot of Tree Sparrows some were sitting on a nest and so this means I could have a pair of Tree Sparrows nesting in the garden.

The Tree Sparrows did get close but I was behind a window which was annoying

My first day

My first day in Eckernförde. First I went to a circus which was performed by the school it was really good and fun to watch. I didn't see anything of note other than a cormerant.

My exchange

For my exchange I went to Germany. In Germany I went to a small village called Waabs which was close to Eckernförde. I made another blog for it and now I will be transferring the posts. The posts will began on the 1/4/12.