more Helgoland

This was the first time ever we missed the boat; the highway was closed off after a severe accident in Bremerhaven and caused a delay of 2 hours. So we stayed a night at Cuxhaven and saw the Kingfisher and a few Firecrests. We could not clinch a rarity during the remaining 3 days on Helgoland but there were plenty of Yellow-browed Warblers to enjoy (20). Furthermore there were Short-eared Owl, Shore Lark, Firecrests, Ring Ouzels, Jack Snipe, Peregrine, Black Guillemot, late Tree Pipits, and spectacular migration on monday (mainly Thrushes).

Ring Ouzel @Mittelland

Yellow-browed Warbler @Grosse Treppe

Yellow-browed Warbler @Grosse Treppe

Yellow-browed Warbler @Grosse Treppe

Yellow-browed Warbler @Grosse Treppe

Yellow-browed Warbler @Grosse Treppe

Coal Tit @Nordostgelande

same bird

Chiffchaff @Kringel

not an Isabelline Wheatear @Dune

Northern Wheatear @Kringel

annoying model plane (like a huge distant horse-fly) @Kringel, measuring windspeeds at height for windfarms

Dune has suffered from erosion; the airstrip ends in the sea now!

Helgoland Goldcrests

There were many, they even outnumbered the Yellow-browed Warblers! More of those later.

New Holland tractor with kelp flies, the perfect feeding habitat @Kringel