Today we have some exciting belated news to share with you!

On 10th of August this year, Simon Kiesé spotted an interesting tern at Grenen. After extensive analysis, it is now clear that it was a Roseate tern (Rosenterne)! Here you can find photos und a video of this beauty. 

Furthermore, we can announce that a Citrine Wagtail (Citronvipstjert) showed up at Grenen yesterday! We have updated yesterday's blog, so you can find more details about the bird there.

Enough about the past, let's talk about today.
Janna, Gabriel and I were stationed at Verdens Ende III again, where Knud joined us shortly after our arrival. Today we counted nice numbers of migrating Teals (Krikand) and Wigeons (Pibeand) and got good views on a flock of Light-bellied Brent Geese (ssp. hrota) (Lysbuget Knortegås). This subspecies was actually a lifer for me! But it shouldn't be the only one today. Stay tuned!


Flock of Light-bellied Brent Geese (Lysbuget Knortegås)

In fantastic light, we saw a big flock of Gannets (Sule) foraging. We counted 581 resting individuals today! 


Huge flock of Gannets (Sule) in magic light

As in the days before we managed to spot some Arctic skuas (Almindelig Kjove). But one far distant bird looked a bit different. Thanks to the many years of experience Knud has, we were able to identify the bird as a Long-tailed skua (Lille Kjove)! But things only got better today. It didn't take long before Knud said: “Sooty shearwater flying northwest!” Sodfarvet Skråpe would be the next lifer for me and for Janna too! And indeed: we all saw the shearwater surfing through the waves. They are fantastic flyers and just amazing birds! As if that weren't enough, a short time later Janna spotted a small falcon flying out to sea. Even through the binoculars we could clearly see: It's a juvenile Red-footed falcon (Aftenfalk)! We were able to follow the little fellow for a long time as he flew further and further out until we finally lost sight of him in the far distance.


Juvenile Red-footed falcon (Aftenfalk) migrating out to the sea

As a little treat on the way back, we saw a White-tailed eagle (Havørn). The ringers at Kabeltromlen were even able to watch two individuals performing some acrobatics in the air.

The ringing was also quite successful today with lots of birds, especially in the first round. The highlight was a handful of Pied flycatchers (Broget fluesnapper) today!

After lunch, Simon gave us a lesson on the moulting strategies of passerines. For some of us, it was more of a repetition, but for me, there is still much to learn.
While working comfortably indoors in the afternoon, we were able to enjoy the sight of a triple rainbow!


Only barely visible in the photo: the triple rainbow

To round off the day, we enjoyed a delicious dinner of tarte flambée, which Janna had made for us!

Ringing (Kabeltromlen)

Gærdesmutte 1
Sortmejse 9
Løvsanger 3
Rødhals 4
Rørsanger 1
Jernspurv 1
Broget fluesnapper 5
Rødstjert 5
Munk 10
Blåmejse 2
Gransanger 4
Lille Dompap 1

Total: 46

Highlights from World’s End 3

Lille Kjove

Sodfarvet Skråpe

Aftenfalk

Today’s observations in Dofbasen from observers in the area

People: Gabriel Axelsson, Florian Hatt, Selina Veng, Janna Ouedraogo, Sarah Partridge, Óscar Pachá Guerras, Knud Pedersen, Simon Christiansen.

This morning was raining when we woke up to leave for work, so we all got to sleep for another hour or so and then spent a pleasant morning drinking coffee together around the table and chatting. When it cleared up a bit, I went to World’s End III with Janna and Florian for the last two hours of the standardized count. We had a nice time looking at many migrating scoters (Sortand), plenty of shorebirds on the beach (Sandløber, Stor præstekrave, Islandsk ryle), and one very cute Dværgryle. We also saw three types of auks (Lomvie, Alk, and Tjest), which was very nice, as well as two arctic skuas (Almindelig Kjove), one of which was a very fine adult light morph that was close to shore and flying slowly in the wind so we got a good look at it. Florian also spotted a strange wagtail from which he got some low-quality photos and recordings of. Back home we realised it could be an Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Østlig Gul Vipstjert)! He went back out this evening to find it again and in Florian fashion found it immediately and took nice photos and recordings. It turned out that the bird was a Citrine wagtail (Citronvipstjert)! What a nice rarity and not often seen in autumn!


A collage of photos of the citrine wagtail taken in the evening


Clean sound recording from the evening

We stayed a little bit after the count to seawatch some more, and then I went down onto the beach to read some gull colour rings.

Meanwhile, Selina, Gabriel and Oscar met Simon at Kabeltromlen for ringing. It was very slow and they considered closing the nets when they found a Wryneck (Vendehals) in the net, the first of the year and probably the last. Lisa, Janna and Florian heeded the Zello call, which I missed, but luckily I decided to stop by anyway to see if they caught anything, so we all met at Kabeltromlen and got to see this absolutely stunning bird. We also got to see it twisting its neck in the way that originally got the bird its English name! Also a colloquial term for Torticollis (a human medical condition), “Wryneck” means a neck that is bent, twisted, or distorted at an odd angle. “Wry” as an adjective was used in the 16^th century when the bird was first described in English, coming from the Middle English “wrien,” Old English “wrigian,” from the Proto-Germanic root “wrig” meaning to turn, bend, twist, go. The verb form of the word is long since obsolete, and the adjective is not often used, but the word remains in the name of the bird and the human neck condition. The name of the genus, Jynx, comes from the ancient Greek Iynx, which was the name for Wryneck that came from a mythological story. Iynx was a nymph who attempted to charm Zeus himself with magic, and for this crime Hera turned her into a bird (Iynx/Wryneck). The bird became a symbol of passionate and restless love, and iunx wheels, ceramic discs decorated with Wrynecks, were sold as magical love charms (or possibly as children’s toys).

Now back to the bird. A relative of woodpeckers, Wrynecks are most well known for their tendency to twist the neck and hiss when threatened, thought to be an imitation of a snake to scare potential predators. These sensual symbols of love enjoy feasting on insects that they capture with their sticky tongues. As a long-distance migrant, this lonely lover will be on its way to Africa for winter, and it has already cultivated plenty of fat for the journey. Good luck my little friend.

Ringing KAB

Munk 6
Sortmejse 5
Jernspurv 1
Rørsanger 1
Vendehals 1

Total: 14

Highlights from observation:

Citronvipstjert, Almindelig Kjove, Sandløber, Stor præstekrave, Islandsk ryle, Dværgryle

People: Gabriel Axelsson, Florian Hatt, Selina Veng, Janna Ouedraogo, Sarah Partridge, Óscar Pachá Guerras, Knud Pedersen, Lisa Vergin, Simon Christiansen.

Today’s observations in Dofbasen from observers in the area can be found here.

Today the waves were blown up high by the winds and the birds had obviously struggle to resist the gusts. Because of the strong winds there was no ringing today. Therefore, we were all out together at obs what was pretty nice. We seeked for some windshelter in the dunes and started our count around sunrise. When the sun came up the sky appeared in many different shades of pink, light blue and orange.

For Gabriel today was the first migration count at Skagen- the other days he had been at the ringing. But he did lots of migration counts in Sweden so that was no problems. For Oscar it was his first day at the station and he started with a good migration day. Besides Common Scoters (Sortand), the ducks appeared in high numbers. Especially the Velvet Scoters (Flojlsand) were, compared to the Common Sortand, highly abundant. Sarah, who counted the Flojlsand, was very pleased about that. Most birds appeared in good light and we were happy to see a flock of Pintails (Spidsand) with one Wigeon (Pibeand) directly above our heads.

A flock of Spidsand with one Pibeand inbetween

After some time, four Divers were coming in. One of them was a Black-Throated-Diver (Sortstrubet Lom) and we could compare it very well with the three Red-Throated-Divers (Rødstrubet Lom) flying close. We also saw some nice waders as Ruff (Brushane) or Grey Plover (Strandhjejle).

All together at morning obs

When the count was finished, we headed out to check Ellekrattet for some passerines. We could not see that much, but on our way back through the heath we were surprised by a Cuckoo (Gøg). Furthermore, there were some Wheatears (Stenpikker) resting and I am always very happy, when I see some. I looked out for a Mursejler, but unfortunately no one showed up. So maybe we have already seen our last ones for this season.

After a small break at the lighthouse, we went into town to eat some Danish cake at the bakery. That was very delicious. We sat in the garden, enjoyed the warm sunbeams and played some card games. As a big fan of card games, I really enjoyed that. After heading over to Selinas location and playing some more rounds, it was time to go back to the station. There Sarah, Flo and I jumped into the ocean. The waves were still high and we had a good time in the surge. After a productive afternoon with typing in data, it was time for some nice dinner.

Relaxing with card games and coffee

No ringing today

Highlight from todays observation

Spidsand 14

Sortstrubet Lom 3

Gøg 1

Many migrating Lomvie compared to the last days

People: Gabriel Axelsson, Florian Hatt, Selina Veng, Janna Ouedraogo, Sarah Partridge, Óscar Pachá Guerras

Today’s observations in Dofbasen from observers in the area.

Today, we sadly had to say farewell to Barbara who is going back to the Faroe Islands after a stay at Skagen Fuglestation that felt way too short. We very much enjoyed observing and ringing with her, and hearing about birding on the Faroe Islands (in an Australian accent!).

But with endings come new beginnings, and we are now very excited to welcome Oscar to the station!

At ringing at Kabeltromlen, Gabriel, Sarah, Barbara and I were again joined by Morten, who was part of the team that opened Skagen Fuglestation back in 2017. It was a pleasure to ring with him and fun to hear some stories from the old days of the station.

The highligts in the ringing included another Common Snipe (Dobbeltbekkasin) and no less than 18 Blackcaps (Munk).

Dobbeltbekkasin

Look at that beautiful tail (Dobbeltbekkasin)

Janna and Florian had a good morning doing migration count at Worlds End 3 with Arctic Skua (Almindelig Kjove) in dark morph, female-coloured Hen Harrier (Blå Kærhøg), Merlin (Dværgfalk), Black-throated Diver (Sortstrubet Lom) and Black guillemot (Tejst). An interesting sight was a Cuckoo (Gøg) that flew with the gulls and headed out for the sea, but then changed its mind in the last second and went back inland.
The observers stayed out an extra hour to see if they could spot other cool species and actually heard a Wood Sandpiper (Tinksmed)!

Janna and Florian scanning the waves at World’s End 3

Back at the station Janna prepared a lovely lunch for us, and just as we finished eating, we heard the message on Zello: There is a Hoopoe (Hærfugl) in town, not far from us! Gabriel and Florian went out to look for it with some of the locals, but unfortunately it wasn’t spotted again. Fingers crossed it heads our way tomorrow.

Tomorrow looks too windy for ringing, so we’re looking forward to spending the morning doing migration counts together.

Ciao!

Ringing totals Kabeltromlen

Munk: 18
Rødhals: 7
Gransanger: 7
Sortmejse: 4
Gærdesanger: 3
Rødstjert: 3
Jernspurv: 2
Dobbeltbekkasin: 1
Rørspurv: 1
Tornsanger: 1
Blåmejse: 1
Kærsanger: 1
Løvsanger: 1
Total: 50

Highlights from World’s End 3:

Almindelig Kjove
Blå Kærhøg
Dværgfalk
Sortstrubet Lom
Tejst
Gøg

Obervations from the area can be found here.

People: Oscar, Barbara Leone, Gabriel Axelsson, Florian Hatt, Selina Veng, Janna Ouedraogo, Sarah Partridge, Morten Jenrich Hansen.

After helping to set up the storm petrel nets in the evening before today, I went to bed, hoping to be woken as often as possible from the others to see some exciting birds they caught. After a few hours Sarah came into the room and shouted: „Wake up, we caught a Nightjar!“ We immediately got up and went down to the Lab where this fascinating bird was waiting for us. I'd never held a bird in my hands before, so this Nightjar (Natravn) was the first one for me! When we let him go again, he said goodbye by first flying into Selina's face but then disappearing behind the lighthouse.

The beautiful nightjar (natravn) for which we all got up to see.

In the morning I went out with Sarah to Worlds End III for another morning of migration count. Knud was back today and was a great help with the count. The migration was rather slow, so Knud also kept an eye out for Caspian gulls (Kaspisk Måge). After two hours, he went down to the beach to read some of the gulls' rings. Then Barbara came to relieve Sarah, who went to her well-deserved sleep. The migration picked up speed again, a dark morph Arctic/Long-tailed skua (Almindelige/Lille Kjove) moved to northwest and a Merlin (Dværgfalk) flew in from the sea at high speed. To round things off, a small raptor, most likely Marsh harrier (Rørhøg) came in from the sea.

In the meantime, Lisa, Janna, Gabriel and Selina had ringed some nice birds, for example a Common Snipe (Dobbeltbekkasin), a Great spotted woodpecker (Stor Flagspætte) and many Blackcaps (Munk). Barbara and I also came along for the last round so that I could gain some more experience with handling birds.

After a quick lunch, Barbara, Selina, Gabriel and I got in the car to see the reported pair of Black-Winged Kites (Blå Gente) in Midtjylland. I took a short nap in the car and also used the journey to write this blog. It's my first one, by the way, and I'm also the first volunteer from Switzerland at the Skagen Fuglestation and really looking forward to stay here for the next three months until the end of the season. But back to the Black-winged Kites. We got some distant but still very nice views of the pair that was carrying nesting material from time to time. In my opinion it‘s one of the most beautiful raptors existing out there!

In the meantime Janna tried to do our second twitch of the day. A Red-breasted Flycatcher (Lille Fluesnapper) had been called out on Zello. But unfortunately the bird didn't show up again.

In the evening we went up the lighthouse to make our third twitch today. After some minutes waiting, we saw what we had hoped to see: the blood moon! What a nice way to end this day!

Nice blood moon seen from the lighthouse

Ringing totals:

Ringing KAB
Dobbeltbekkasin 1
Stor flagspætte 1
Musvit 1
Rødstjert 4
Sivsanger 1
Rødhals 10
Gærdesanger 1
Gærdesmutte 1
Jernspurv 1
Broget fluesnapper 2
Rørsanger 1
Sortmejse 3
Munk 17
Tornsanger 1
Blåmejse 1
Gransanger 2
Fuglekonge 2
Træløber 1
Total 51

Ringing Fyr 
Natravn 1

Highlights from World's End III
Arctic/Long-tailed Skua (Almindelig/Lille Kjove)
Merlin (Dværgfalk)
Caspian gulls (Kaspisk Måge)
Red-breasted Merganser (Toppet Skallesluger)

Obervations from the area can be found here. 

People:
Barbara Leone, Gabriel Axelsson, Florian Hatt, Selina Veng, Janna Ouedraogo, Sarah Partridge, Simon S. Christiansen, Lisa Vergin, Knud Pedersen.

I joined the ringing team this morning and got my first proper lesson in the artful skill of ringing a bird. The day started at 5am, riding our bikes down to Kabeltromlen and putting up the nets. Walking the so-called “rounds” from net to net to check for birds, wearing waders as the sun was rising, was a really lovely way to start the day and get to know the people on the team. One of the ringers morning-routines is also to call out a number of how many birds will be caught on the day and todays guesses varied from high 40’s to 60. The skilled and patient supervisor Lisa showed me how to get birds out of the nets, how to handle the delicate and tiny little birds, and how to ring, sex and age them while making it look easy, which is it not! The sun rose and the nets got busy. Coal Tits (Sortmejse) were the main act with 21 captures, but the best finds were a Tree Pipit (Skovpiber) and a Common Redpoll (Stor Gråsisken) and also known as Mealy Redpoll and both were new species for me. The day ended with exactly 50 birds, which meant that Selina won the daily comp! Congratulations.

One of the many captured Coal Tits (Sortmejse) from today.

Photo of the Common Redpoll (Stor Gråsisken) from today

While some of us were out ringing, the observers also had a pretty eventful morning at Worlds End III (Grenen). They saw Arctic Skua (Almindelig Kjove), Bar-tailed Godwits (Lille Kobbersneppe) and a Red-necked Grebe (Gråstrubet Lappedykker), but the biggest suprise came in the shape of yet another bat who flew in and landed on the dunes during the counting session. Florian was able to take pictures on the tracks of the bats, which pretty clearly show how it was crawling along the sand, which is pretty cool.

Tracks from the crawling bat. You can clearly see the marks that it's spur-like thumbs have left in the sand. 

This afternoon was spent cleaning back at Det Grå Fyr and with everyone helping, the place is now looking clean and (mostly) sand-free again.

Tonight marks a special night for the team (especially for our Storm Petrel lover, Sarah) as today is the last day that we will be trying to catch Storm Petrels (Stormsvaler) in the beach nets. The plan is to finish with a bang and leave the nets open until sunrise – let’s see if we get lucky.

The hopeful team putting up the last Storm Petrel net of the season.

Ringing totals:

Rødstjert 2
Løvsanger 1
Rødhals 2
Sortmejse 21
Jernspurv 1
Lille gråsisken 5
Stor gråsisken 1
Sivsanger 1
Rørsanger 1
Munk 7
Rørspurv 3
Skovpiber 1
Havesanger 1
Tornsanger 1
Blåmejse 1
Gransanger 1
Total 50

Highlights from World's End III
Arctic Skua (Almindelig Kjove)
Barre-tailed Godwits (Lille Kobbersneppe)
Red-necked Grebe (Gråstrubet Lappedykker)

Obervations from the area can be found here. 

People:
Barbara Leone, Gabriel Axelsson, Florian Hatt, Selina Veng, Janna Ouedraogo, Sarah Partridge, Simon S. Christiansen og Lisa.

Last night we put up the Stormsvale and Natravn nets, in the hopes of catching some late Lille stormsvale or Stor stormsvale. We put Florian and Gabriel to work straight away putting up the nets on the beach, and then I took the first half of the night shift. This was mostly uneventful, until I went to do one last round around 1.30 and saw there was not a Natravn but a Myotis bat trapped in the net. This was my first bat extraction and I was glad that  Jeppe was there to provide some company for the extraction, which was a bit long since I was wearing gardening gloves to avoid its rabid jaws. The bat was very agitated and loud and extremely cute. Jeppe and I admired it for a minute and then released it and I was sad I forgot to take a picture! But after I went to wake up Janna to take over the rounds, she immediately found another bat in the net, maybe the same poor soul trapped again! She was switched on enough to take a photo. Simon was glad he didn’t have to come over to extract the bat because he is afraid of them, yet another suspicious similarity with Batman.

In the morning I went with Barbara and Florian to go observing at World’s End III. It was a fantastic morning and Florian is superhumanly observant and very fun to seawatch with. Within about 30 seconds of arriving, he spotted an Arctic Loon (Sortstrubet Lom) and before I turned my scope to look at it he also spotted an Artcic skua (Almindelig Kjove), setting us up for an eventful morning. We also saw one bat flying over the sea, bringing the total number of bats I have seen in Skagen to 2. Sadly the observation was cut short by the rain, which reduced visibility a lot so we left after only three hours.

Janna, Selina, and Gabriel went ringing with Simon this morning, which was also very eventful before the rain. They trapped 26 sortmejse today, in the midst of a large sortmejse influx, which is not occurring every year. They also trapped one each of spotted and pied flycatcher (grå and broget fluesnapper), two rødstjerts, and two havesangers, among many others.

When we came home cold and wet, we smelled some delicious baking and saw that our guest Helle was cooking us a tasty treat of fresh bread! In the afternoon Janna and I went for a cold swim in the rain, and then Helle kindly drove us to the shop. After that I went for a nap, and Gabriel and Janna went birdwatching and saw the first Jack Snipe (enkeltbekkasin). After some data entry and office tasks, the crew are playing cards together and showing off magic tricks, a very cozy atmosphere in the lighthouse.

Ringing totals:

Rødstjert 2
Løvsanger 4
Grå fliesnapper 1
Sortmejse 26
Jernspurv 1
Broget fluesnapper 1
Dompap 1
Havesanger 2
Munk 8
Blåmejse 1
Gransanger 2
Total 49

Highlights from World's End III

Sortstrubet Lom, Almindelig Kjove, Fløjlsand, Dværgmåge, Hjejle, Tejst. 

Obervations from the area can be found here. 

People:
Barbara Leone, Gabriel Axelsson, Florian Hatt, Selina Veng, Janna Ouedraogo, Sarah Partridge, Simon S. Christiansen, Jeppe and our guests Helle and Johan.

My first blog post and my first time volunteering at Skagen Fuglestation!

It is great to be here and I have already met a lot of awesome people who are teaching me so much: Sarah, Janna, Simon, Simon Jr., and Youri. There is a lovely community, including our guests Helle and Johan, and local birders who often join and help out.

Not an hour goes by without learning something new about birds, moult limits, moths, handling nets, night catching etc. I am also learning that sleep is a smaller part of life here, but who wants to sleep when you can watch birds. I have ringed my first bird ever which was a strong young House Sparrow (Gråspurv)!

Today we woke up to some windy conditions which meant that we had to skip ringing. This gave us an extra hour of sleep before we went to do observations at World’s End 3, in front of a beautiful sunrise. It was my first time doing migration count, and Janna and Sarah were great in introducing me, and luckily we were joined by Knud (thanks for spotting birds and counting the many gulls!) and Ole as well.


Janna and Sarah counting Northern Gannets (Sule) and Common Scoters (Sortand) in the morning sun

A very exciting bird today was a Great Skua (Storkjove), the first one for me, and I even spotted it myself! Besides that, some honourable mentions from the day are Caspian Gull (Kaspisk Måge), Velvet Scoter (Fløjlsand), Black Guillemot (Tejst), Tufted Duck (Troldand), and Sandormen (the bus that takes people to Grenen) that almost got stuck in the sand. Two migrating Wood Pigeons (Ringdue) flying along the shore were a cute sight. We also enjoyed a couple of Swifts (Mursejler) who still haven’t moved south yet. Whenever we see swifts these days, Janna bids them farewell, wondering if these might be the last of the year. Maybe these two were.

People walking or taking Sandormen to the tip (when Sandormen gets stuck it is definitely faster to walk!)

In the afternoon, Florian and Gabriel moved in, and Barbara will arrive in the evening, so there’s a lot of activity at the station again!

We are going to try to catch Storm Petrels (Stormsvaler) tonight, and hopefully Gabriel, Florian, and Barbara brought some luck with them and we can make up for the empty nets a few nights ago.

But now the smell of Sarah’s cooking is filling the air - time for dinner!

Highlights from World’s End 3:

Storkjove

Kaspisk Måge

Fløjlsand

Tejst

Mursejler

Today’s observations in DOFbasen from observers in the area.

People:
Barbara Leone, Gabriel Axelsson, Florian Hatt, Selina Veng, Janna Ouedraogo, Sarah Partridge, Simon S. Christiansen, Knud Pedersen, Ole and our guests Helle and Johan.

Hallojsa and Juhuu- I am back at Skagen Fuglestation!! And it already started with many interesting activities. During the night we tried to catch Nightjars (Natravn) and Storm Petrels (Stormsvale).

Setting up the Stormsvale net

Luckily, there were no people on the beach when we started the Stormsvale playback. A canon of scary noises resounded over the beach, accompanied by red lights of the speaker. That is how aliens appear in movies. During the night, we kept the sky in sight- just in case. Through the scope we were able to spot Saturn and its rings. Later in the night polar lights appeared. When Sarah and I saw pictures, the others had made of the colourful sky, we first thought it would be a joke- in real life we had to look very closely to see them. Over the night they got stronger and we could see the bright lines on the sky. That was very impressive. Together with some shooting stars they created a perfect atmosphere.

Ideal conditions to stay awake

Regularly, we were checking the nets. Between the rounds we looked out for moths that came to the moth trap we built. There were some interesting ones and after rounds with no birds in the net it was nice to see some new moths. Our favourite one was an Ennomos (probably the Canary-Shouldered Thorn/ Elle-Tandmåler) and we accidentally brought in into the house. There it was very clingy, climbing on our fingers and trying to stay in the house. But Selina managed it to bring her new friend outside again.

Our little friend the Thorn

Because the nets stayed empty, Lille Simon and Youri went out to catch some birds with the net. They came back with a Skylark (Sanglærke). So, we had a bird to ring. When it got later, the others went to bed. Lille Simon and I stayed awake to check the nets. Driven by the believe to find a Stormsvale, I was not tired. Sadly, no bird appeared in the nets.

In the morning, we had to say goodbye to Simon (it was nice to see you again, we hope you had a nice travel back) so Sarah is the only one left from the former team. And as it is often when someone leaves, after that there was a cool bird found. They caught a Barred Warbler (Høgesanger) at Kabeltromlen. I counted in the morning with Knud from worlds end 3 and when we heard that, we headed out to see the bird. When we arrived at Kabeltromlen, the ringers were busy with many birds. Besides the Barred Warbler (Høgesanger) there had been around 15 birds in the nets this round. We were all very happy to see this beautiful bird so close. With two Barred Warblers (Høgesanger) caught, this season is pretty good for the species.

1cy. Barred Warbler (Høgesanger)

One Barred Warbler (Høgesanger) later, Knud and I arrived back at the beach. There Knud focused on the gulls and read some colour rings. The sea was very calm and there was not much migration going on. Around Kabeltromlen there were many passerines in the bushes. It was again a good day for Coal Tits (Sortmejse). 265 of them flew through the area and 12 of them got caught.

Around noon we were all back at the station. After some resting and Sarahs daily swim we entered some data. After that I went on a walk to look if some passerines had hidden in Ellekrattet. There were some birds around in the wake of the trees. In the evening we said goodbye to Youri (also have a good travel home :))

Now Selina is cooking some nice food. Let´s see what tomorrow will bring. The weather forecast looks inconvenient for ringing. But maybe there will be some more migration on the sea. Vi vil se.

Ringing (Kabeltromlen):

Høgesanger 1

Gulspurv 1

Rødhals 11

Løvsanger 1

Rørsanger 1

Sortmejse 12

Grå fluesnapper 1

Rødstjert 2

Gærdesanger 1

Tornsanger 1

Rørspurv 1

Munk 3

Lille dompap 1

Gransanger 3

Fuglekonge 1

Jernspurv 1

Total 42

Highlights from World’s End 3:

Rørhøg

Krikand

Islandsk ryle

Kaspisk måge 7

Gråstrubet Lappedykker

Today’s observations in Dofbasen from observers in the area.

People:

Selina Veng, Janna Ouedraogo, Sarah Partridge, Simon S. Christiansen, Youri Van der Horst, Simon Kiesé, Knud Pedersen, and our guests Helle and Johan.