RARE BIRDS IN DENMARK - JULY 2009

Hereby July 2009 Danish Bird News, July records include a late calling Ballion's Crake at Sneum Sluse,Vestjylland during 5th-15th. A Terek Sandpiper was at Margrethe Kog,Sønderjylland on 12th. A Whiskered Tern flew past Kongelunden, Copenhagen on 4th. A probably escaped, singing adult male Indigo xLazuli Bunting hybrid was ringed at Stenbjerg, Nordjylland during 4th-8th and found at nearby Gjersbøl on 14th. Other July reports include three Balearic Shearwaters during 20th-31st, two Black Storks, three drake Red-crested Pochards, one drake Ruddy Duck, four Pectoral Sandpipers, three adult Long-tailed Skuas, one Gull-billed Tern, five White-winged Black Terns, one Bee-eater, one Crested Lark remaining at Hirtshals, Nordjylland on 11th, one Tawny Pipit, one breeding pair of Stonechats at Melby near Copenhagen during 13th-15th, two River Warblers, four Savi's Warblers, one Greenish Warbler and 14 Nutcrackers including one Nordsjælland breeding. Source: DOFcall.dk, DOFbasen.dk