I made my second visit to Yeyahu (known as Wild Duck Lake) on Wednesday. Fantastic day – almost no wind early morning and fantastic blue skies. Highlights were undoubtedly the raptors – 2 Great Spotted Eagles that came from the east, circled a bit and then wet back east, clearly not liking what they saw… also, 2 Short-toed Eagles, a Peregrine, at least 12 japonicus Common Buzzards, 3 Hen Harriers, 2 Japanese Sparrowhawks, 4 Eurasian Sparrowhawks, 3 Goshawks, 2 Hobby and a Kestrel. Other sightings included c50 Bean Geese, a cracking adult male Yellow-throated Bunting, 100s of Little Buntings (I lost count when I reached 3 figures but there were clearly several hundred on site), c20 Buff-bellied Pipits, several Greater Short-toed Lark and a possible Asian Short-toed Lark (looked short-tailed and pale but not clinched).
Not too much wildfowl around – a few Spot-billed Duck, a couple of Ruddy Shelduck, some Common Teal, a few Gadwall, Mallard and Wigeon but no sign of any Baikal Teal.
Meanwhile, in the garden, one Red-flanked Bluetail remained with at least 6 Pallas’s Warblers, a single Daurian Redstart and half a dozen Yellow-bellied Tits.




Hi Terry
Love your new blog. I have some experiences from China, including an early September stay on Happy Island, and several good trips with Jesper Hornskov, so it is really a pleasure to see (read) you keeping up the good work you started in Copenhagen.
Cheers, Andreas
Thanks Andreas! I know that my year here will fly by very quickly, so I am trying to take every opportunity to get out and about. Hope Copenhagen is producing some good birds this autumn.. Terry