Festival Program

*Please note that all talks and presentations are in Danish, but you are always welcome to participate.

10 AM: Opening of the Festival at The Grey Lighthouse
Festival opening speech, after which the Danish Nature Agency offers a bite of bread and a cup of hot coffee.

1 – 1:30 PM: Monitoring and Status of The Church Owls in Denmark - with Lars Bo Jacobsen
Listen to Lars Bo talk about his experiences with church owls, and how ringing and transmitters give deeper insight into the church owls' behavior.

2 – 2:30 PM: Insect Life at Skagen Odde - with Magnus Houen Lauritsen
Magnus was an assistant at the bird station last year, and an avid insect enthusiast. Listen to him talk about Skagen Odde's unique insect life, which often goes unnoticed by most people. The focus will primarily be on special and rare species.

*Please note that all talks and presentations are in Danish, but you are always welcome to participate.

1 – 1:30 PM: Monitoring Bird Migration at Skagen with Radar and Range-Finder - with Thomas Kjær, Aarhus University
Aarhus University and The Skagen Bird Observatory have in recent years monitored the migration of birds of prey and other larger birds on Grenen with radar and altitude measurements. Listen to Thomas talk about the results and the work to gain knowledge about the birds that migrate across the sea.

2 – 2:30 PM: European Monitoring of Breeding Small Birds Through Ringing - with Henning Ettrup
Henning talks about how The Skagen Bird Observatory, together with many other ringing groups in Europe, monitors the population development of small birds through a standardized method called Constant Effort Site (CES).

*Please note that all talks and presentations are in Danish, but you are always welcome to participate.

1 – 1:30 PM: Disease Surveillance in Birds - with Simon Sigaard Christiansen
The director of Skagen Bird Observatory talks about the monitoring and how diseases spread in wild birds, including the work on contact tracing of parrot disease.

From 5 PM: Open Grill and After-Birding at The Grey Lighthouse
The festival officially ends with a cozy barbecue evening at the lighthouse. We turn on the grill at 5 PM. Bring your own food to grill and drinks to enjoy.