Romo Nature Park Denmark
In the Vesterhavet, the eastern part of the Waddensee, lie a series of islands from the northernmost, Fano, south to the German island of Sylt. One of the central islands in the chain is Romo, a large and still-growing sandbank, linked to the mainland by a causeway. The western side of the island has a wide open sandy beach and the east has coastal meadows, often flooded, with extensive reedbeds, Lakolk Lake and small areas of pine plantation.
Breeding birds include Red-necked Grebe and Great Bittern, harriers and Short-eared Owl, Pied Avocet, Black-tailed Godwit and Ruff, small numbers of Kentish Plover also breed and sometimes Gull-billed Tern. During migration periods the mudflats attract large numbers of waterfowl including scoter, Northern Pintail and Northern Shoveler, and waders such as Spotted Redshank, Whimbrel and Bar-tailed Godwit. Pied Avocet can occur in flocks of several thousand in autumn. Hen Harrier, Rough-legged Buzzard, Merlin and Peregrine Falcon hunt over the island in winter.
Access is unrestricted and the park is reached from Skaerbaek. Many birds can be seen from the causeway when the mudflats are exposed.
Birds
Birds you can see here include:
Little Grebe, Red-necked Grebe, Great Bittern, Pink-footed Goose, Barnacle Goose, Dark-bellied Brent Goose, Eurasian Wigeon, Common Teal, Mallard, Northern Pintail, Northern Shoveler, Common Eider, Common Scoter, Velvet Scoter, Common Goldeneye, Marsh Harrier, Hen Harrier, Montagu's Harrier, Rough-legged Buzzard, Merlin, Peregrine Falcon, Water Rail, Spotted Crake, Oystercatcher, Pied Avocet, Ringed Plover, Kentish Plover, Golden Plover, Grey Plover, Northern Lapwing, Red Knot, Sanderling, Little Stint, Curlew Sandpiper, Dunlin, Ruff, Common Snipe, Black-tailed Godwit, Bar-tailed Godwit, Whimbrel, Eurasian Curlew, Spotted Redshank, Common Redshank, Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Gull-billed Tern, Sandwich Tern, Common Tern, Arctic Tern, Little Tern, Little Owl, Crested Lark, Horned Lark, Grasshopper Warbler, Reed Warbler, Firecrest, Bearded Tit, Willow Tit, Penduline Tit, Northern Raven, Lesser Redpoll, Twite, Lapland Bunting, Snow Bunting
Content and images originally posted by Steve
