Hello everyone!

Today we relaxed a lot: in the morning we decided to don’t open the nets because the weather (wind and rain) wasn’t good, so just Prescillia and Louis went out, observing with Knud at North Beach. They spotted a Horned Grebe (Nordisk lappedykker), a Great Northern Diver (Islom), some Goldeneyes (Hvinand), Razorbills (Alk) and Velvet scoters (Fløjlsand). There was less movement than the previous days, so Prescillia after 3 hours of observing decided to go to the Cormorant Lake, while Knud and Louis were still at the beach. She saw some ducks, like Teals (Krikand) and Mallards (Gråand), and some of the usual small passerines like Robins (Rødhals).

Meanwhile, at the Lighthouse, me and Aksel checked some old reported data with Simon and then we went out with him to do some birdwatching together and it was short but really nice because we saw a group of around 65 Waxwings (Silkehale, picture below). Then we drank a coffee at home with Hans Christophersen who just termined a beautiful guided tour in the area. Later, when Prescillia and Louis arrived we had lunch all together.

In the afternoon Louis went to the harbor and saw the European shag (Topskarv) that is in the area since some weeks. Aksel went with Sofie and Maria to the shop and when they came home we started the longest Wingspan match ever: we finished after 9 p.m.! Prescillia won, but it was really a fun and relaxing afternoon. Before we finished the match Esben arrived. For the dinner Aksel wanted to cook spaghetti alla carbonara (Danish version) but it had a problem so I helped him and finally we were all really happy to eat a very big portion of spaghetti.

Dagens observationer kan ses her

Folk på stationen: Aksel Munkholm, Esben Hansen, Louis Kristoffer Poulsen, Diana Sciandra, Hans Christophersen, Prescillia Lemesle, Knud Pedersen, Maria Schøyen, Sofie Andersen and our guests Britta and Lotte.

Hi everyone,

Last night was still and clear ; a good weather for many visitors to join Niels’ night tour at the tip (including our guests…). Appart from a sky full of stars, few birds occured on the beach at the same time Diana and Prescillia were watching with the thermal binoculars – although no mammals were seen, hopefully it was enough to engage the visitors !

Prescillia and I were ringing at Kabeltromlen this morning ; it was a sunny beautiful day and we hopped for good numbers and/or rare species, but we only caught 54 birds, most of which were blue tits Blåmejse ; our guests paid a little visit and the children were happy to release blue tits. We spent the end of the morning repairing and changing some nets. On the other hand, there were 280 redpolls Gråsisken caught at Jennes Sø !

At world Ende 3, the observation team (composed of Aksel, Diana, Louis and Knud) were luckier ; they saw the station’s first little auk Søkonge of the autumn, as well as horned larks Bjerglærke, goldeneye Hvinand, whooper swans Sangsvaner and pink-footed geese Kortnæbbet Gås. Although less than yesterday, there were still good numbers of migrating birds.

In the afternoon, after enjoying the cakes that our guest John brought us, Aksel went back outside to see 110 fieldfares Sjagger and some crested tits Sormejse, while Simon and Louis were checking datasheets and Prescillia started to cook delicious vegeterian lasagnas for tonight.

People at the station : Aksel Y. Munkholm, Louis Kristoffer Poulsen, Diana Sciandra, Solenn Boucher, Prescillia Lemesle, Simon S. Christiansen, Michael Ancher, Knud Pedersen, Niels Eriksen and our guests Brita, John, Maria and Sophia

Today's observation of the area in DOFBasen

Ringing Kabeltromle:

Gærdesmutte: 13

Rødhals: 2

Stor Gråsisken: 1

Lille Gråsisken: 1

Rørspurv: 1

Dompap: 1

Lille Dompap: 2

Blåmejse: 17

Bogfinke: 1

Musvit: 2

Sangdrossel: 1

Solsort: 3

Vindrossel: 4

Fuglekonge: 1

Nordlig Trælober: 1

Totals: 51

Ringing Jennes Sø:

Gærdesmutte: 10

Rødhals: 1

Solsort: 2

Munk: 2

Fuglekonge: 6

Halemejse, Nordlig (ssp. caudatus): 3

Blåmejse: 8

Musvit: 2

Træløber: 1

Grønsisken: 1

Nordlig Gråsisken: 48

Lille Gråsisken: 203

Gulspurv: 1

Totals: 288

Hej alle sammen!

For Dianna og jeg startede dagen med en fed havobs ved Verdens ende 3 med Knud og nogen af hans venner. Rigtig mange Alke trak forbi, mange af dem kom tæt på kysten, hvor de tydeligt kunne ses som lange skinnende belter i den kraftige sol. Også den sædvanlige Storkjove var på plads på stranden, vi så også Sangsvaner som Dianna var meget glad for at se og en flok på 41 Tundra sædgæs, Som er ret usædvanligt heroppe! Lidt i lukketid kom også pludselig en Sodfarvet skråpe forbi!

Storkjove

Aksel, Prescillia, Sollen og Simon ringmærkede ved kabeltromlen, hvor der også var mange fugle i nettene fordelt på rigtig mange arter, blandt andet Sjagger, Træløber, Sortmejse og LIlle korsnæb

Lille Korsnæb

Også ved Jennes sø var der i dag rekord med fugle, Michael fange blandt andet 259 Gråsiskener og en Stor Flagspætte!

Efter vi havde afsluttet morgenobsen gik der rygter om at der var fanget en Stor korsnæb i nettene, så Dianna, Jeg, knud og hans ven skyndte os til kabeltromlen, men nogen havde misforstået noget så det var altså en Lille Korsnæb der var fanget men den var også fed at se i hånden. Før vi tog hjem så vi en fed flok på 9 Silkehaler der satte sig i nærheden af kabeltromlen.

Efter frokost gik vi alle ud igen og kort efter blev en Hærfugl flyvende fra grenen mod fyret meldt ud på Zello, det var desværre for de andre kun Dianna og jeg der nåede at se den da vi løb op på en klit og så den komme flyvende lige mod os;)

Hærfugl

Efter splittede vi os op, Dianna, Prescillia og Solenn gik til grenen i håb om at se Lapværlingen som er blevet set der, mens Aksel og jeg gik syd på, i håb om at finde Hærfuglen igen, det gjorde vi ikke, men der blev nu meldt en Topskarv ud fra grenen som fløj mod syd, så vi skyndte os ud til kysten i håb om at se den, jeg havde heldigvis taget teleskop med og så den flyve mod havnen hvor den nu sikkert sidder , ny art for mig:)

Dianna lavede kødboller med tomatsauce og Niels som er kommet her idag for at være guide på mørke turen i aften, havde bagt kage og taget med som dessert:)

Ringmærkning (Kabeltromlen):

Træløber 4

Fuglekonge 8

Gærdesmutte 14

Rødhals 3

Lille Gråsisken 1

Sortmejse 1

Grønsisken 2

Munk 6

Blåmejse 9

Bogfinke 5

Kvækerfinke 1

Lille Dompap 3

Stor Dompap 1

Rørspurv 2

Musvit 9

Vindrossel 1

Solsort 3

Sjagger 1

Sangdrossel 1

Lille Korsnæb 1

Total: 83

Ringmærkning (Jennes Sø):

Stor Flagspætte 1

Blåmejse 3

Musvit 3

Fuglekonge 8

Gærdesmutte 13

Rødhals 3

Nordlig Gråsisken 58

Lille Gråsisken 201

Grønsisken 1

Rørspurv 1

Total: 293

I alt: 376 fugle

Observationer fra idag kan ses her

Folk på stationen: Aksel Y. Munkholm, Louis Kristoffer Poulsen, Diana Sciandra, Solenn Boucher, Prescillia Lemesle, Simon S. Christiansen, Michael Ancher, Knud Pedersen, Torben, Niels Eriksen og vores gæst Brita

Hello everyone,

Today, Solenn and I went to observe in Grenen. It was a slow morning but with movement, many groups of Razorbills (Alk) and common Scoters (Sortand). A passel of wigeons (Pibeand), a male goldeneye (Hvinand) and one red-necked grebe (Gråstrubet Lappedykker) delighted us.

However, after two hours of observation, we joined the banding team to see our first brambling (Kvækerfinke) in hand. This bird with its beautiful orange colored plumage and dark head was a young male.

Brambling (Kvækerfinke)

Aksel, Diana, Louis, Mikael, Ingo Ludwichowski and Wiebke Bahruth (the German ringers) had already made a nice recapture of water rail (Vandrikse) catched three days ago) in the morning. All together at the ringing, we continued to have nice birds: 4 Turdidae (two regwings -Vindrossel-, one songtrush -Sangdrossel- and one blackbird -Solsort-) and one female siskin (Grønsisken), the first one in hand for me!) and the best for the end, a group of Breaded tits (Skægmejse) including males and females, 8 in total during the morning!

Siskin (Grønsisken)

The group of bearded tits (Skægmejse) left together in the reeds, it is a beautiful bird with a nice brownish color and black whiskers for the male!

In total, 65 birds were ringed and 7 birds were recaptured, a great day of ringing and especially which ends on a good note for Michael who leaves today for Copenhagen. We thank him very much for having taken over from Simon in his absence and for his kindness.

The afternoon was quieter, with Diana showing Louis how to enter data on DOFbasen, Solenn entering sighting data and preparing her presentation, and Aksel and I working on our computers. In the late afternoon, Aksel and Solenn went for a walk to Grenen and saw. While Louis and Diana went shopping to prepare the dinner tonight!

Ringing (Kabeltromlen):

Fuglekonge 2

Gransanger 2

Gærdesmute 7

Skægmejse 8

Lille gråsisken 4

Stor gråsisken 2

Gråsisken 1

Grønsisken 1

Jernspurv 1

Rørspurv 5

Munk 8

Dompap lille 7

Dompap 7

Kvåkerfinke 1

Bogfinke 2

Blåmejse 2

Vindrossel 2

Solsort 1

Sangdrossel 2

Total: 65

Today’s observations in Dofbasen from observers in the area

People at the station: Aksel Y. Munkholm, Louis Kristoffer Poulsen, Diana Sciandra, Solenn Boucher, Prescillia Lemesle, Michael Fink, our guest Kirsten Bregn, and the visitors Ingo Ludwichowski, Wiebke Bahruth and Brita, our guest

Hello everyone!

Today all of us were happy, despite of the rainy afternoon.

This morning Aksel and Louis went observing with Knud and they spotted a lot of interesting species: a Great Northern Diver (Islom), a Short-eared Owl (Mosehornugle), many Pink-footed geese (Kortnæbbet gås, we saw them also from Kabeltromen) and, a really beautiful species, a Lapland Bunting (Lapværling). I really love buntings and I saw this species just one time, in Italy, where they are not common at all, but it was really a quick sighting, because it just passed flying fast and called a couple of times. I hope I will see one of them also here in Denmark one of the next days. Despite not having spotted that species yet I am very happy today, because I already had a good ration of buntings; Yellowhammer (Gulspurv) and Reed Buntings (Rørspurv) seen in hand, at the ringing, are always enough to made a day perfect. I would really try to catch some Snow Buntings at the beach (Snespurv), which were spotted also today; they will stay here all the winter but we need to be constant in trying to catch them.

The Yellowhammer (Gulspurv) is a really beautiful bird.

Me, Prescillia and Solenn this morning went ringing with the guidance of Michael: today and it was really a good day, we caught 40 birds but many different species. The highlight of the day, as well as the buntings, was a beautiful Siberian chiffchaff (Sibirisk Gransanger, in the picture below).

After lunch, we had a “Opening Freezer Event”, where mainly Aksel and Louis showed to the (many!) people some dead birds we have in the freezer, and they explained the many possible reasons for their death and how a dead animal can be useful for scientific research. During the afternoon most of us worked at home for the station (checking sheets, cleaning, uploading pictures in the Picture Archive etc…) and Solenn went to the shop with Michael. 

After dinner Solenn read the blog Aksel wrote yesterday and I decided to play some games (Klask, Shuffle Ball) with Aksel: I will just say that he was not very happy at the end of the night. Here there is a picture of him and Louis playing Klask. 

Ringing (Kabeltromlen):

Sibirisk Gransanger: 1

Fuglekonge: 1

Gærdesmutte: 8

Gråsisken:4

Rødhals: 4

Dompap: 3

Gulspurv: 1

Rørspurv: 5

Blåmejse: 2

Munk: 6

Musvit: 1

Vindrossel: 1

Sangdrossel: 2

Solsort: 1

Total: 40

Dagens observationer kan ses her

Folk på stationen: Aksel Munkholm, Louis Kristoffer Poulsen, Diana Sciandra, Solenn Boucher, Prescillia Lemesle, Michael Fink, Knud Pedersen, Ingo Ludwichowski og Wiebke Bahruth and our guest Britta. 

Det omskiftelige vejr har præget de sidste par dage, hvor det føles som om, at man aldrig kan stole på en blå himmel, for lige pludselig rammer den næste regnbyge. Sådan var det også i dag.

Lige bortset fra en lille byge ved solopgang lod det omskiftelige vejr dog vente lidt på sig. Nettene blev derfor åbnet af Prescillia, Diana og Micheal, som senere fik tilslutning af Ingo og Wiebke. En halvstillestille dag uden det store antal fugle blev dog redet i sidste runde. En skægmejse han sad i nette. Endelig! Den har vi gerne vil fange længe. Louis og jeg skyndte os hen til kabeltromlen for at se fuglen med et skæg der kan gøre de fleste mænd misundelige.

På mogenobsen kunne det specielt mærkes at efterårsferien er startet, hvilket medførte et hav af mennesker på stranden. Det satte derfor begrænsninger for antallet af rastende fugle på stranden. Trods dette nåede vores efterhånden faste gæst, storkjoven dog at vise sig på stranden sammen med mågerne. Den er altid nem at spotte pga. dens lidt tykke og kluntet udseende, som får selv sølvmågerne til at se majestætisk ud. Derudover fik de også set sodfarvet skråpe, som fouragerede nogle minutter blandt sulerne, en mallemuk samt de første trækkende svaner (sang og knop).

Storkjove på stranden 

Imens de andre klarede de faste opgaver med morgenobs og ringmærkning, havde jeg taget formidlingshatten på, og stod jeg for en guidet tur i området. Jeg fik fortalt en masse omkring landskabsudviklingen på Skagen odde, vores arbejde på fuglestationen samt fremvist ringmærkningen. En rigtig god tur, hvis jeg selv skal sige det, som dog blev forstyrret lidt til sidst af både regn og tiltagende vind.

Eftermiddagen var præget af det meget omskiftelige vejr som ikke just var tillokkende at bevæge sig ud i, og vi fik derfor klaret nogle indendørs opgaver. Vejret klarede dog op (troede vi) og Diana, Louis og jeg tog derfor ud for at se den sibiriske bynkefugl. Trods flot eftermiddagssol kom regnen alligevel og fuglen var ikke at finde. Vi vendte derfor våde tilbage til stationen uden syn af sibirisk bynkefugl ?

Aftenen var dog anderledes succesfuld for mit vedkommende og endte i en lang sejrsrus. Først vandt Liverpool 1-0 over Manchester City (endelig!) og efter aftensmaden måtte Diana, Solenn og Prescillia sidde måbende tilbage da jeg var storspillende i Wingspan.

Dagens observationer kan ses her

Ringmærkede fugle i dag: 

Gransanger: 1 
Fuglekonge: 2
Stor gråsisken: 2 
Gærdesmutte: 1 
Rødhals: 1 
Skægmejse: 1 
Blåmejse: 17
Munk: 1
Dompap: 5 
Rørspurv: 1 
Bogfinke: 2 
Gulspurv: 1 

Folk på stationen: Aksel Y. Munkholm, Louis Kristoffer Poulsen, Diana Sciandra, Solenn Boucher, Prescillia Lemesle, Michael Fink, Knud Pedersen, Ingo Ludwichowski og Wiebke Bahruth

Good evening everyone,

This morning’s ringing session was busy enough to keep the nets opened until 2pm : 103 birds were caught, including this autumn’s 2^nd Siberian chiffchaff Sibirisk Gransanger, the 2^nd water rail Vandriske, and first two greenfinches Grønirisk ! A very good first morning with Michael Jørgen who only arrived last night.

We were quite happy with the species diversity : 22 species, the most common being the bullfinches Dompap ; but also some autumn species like coal tit Sortmejse, chaffinch Bogfinke, and the thrushes that invaded our nets in the first hour after a short episode of rain : black bird Solsort, redwings Vindrossel, and songthrushes Sangdrossel. Although the morning was quite hectic, we took the time to make Louis ring his very first bird, a blackcap Munk !

Meanwhile the morning for Diana and Prescillia, observing at world ende 3, was way more quiet ; although no snowbuntings Snespurv decided to wander around them, they were still pleased to see 4 horned larks Bjerglærke, 3 great skuas Storkjove and a group of 11 kittiwakes Ride resting together at the tip of Denmark.

After cleaning the flat, Diana and Louis went out to try and find the Siberian stonechat Sibirisk Bynkefugl and the yellow-browed warbler that were seen in the area during the morning ; after meeting Erik Christophersen, Louis managed to take a picture of the Siberian stonechat perched on a branch :

He also managed to “catch” the following individual, which I will let you identify on your own. Hint : We would have loved to see whether it was ringed…

We then enjoyed a lovely meal prepared by our guest Kirsten who will depart tomorrow… Hopefully after some ringing !

People at the station : Aksel Y. Munkholm, Louis Kristoffer Poulsen, Diana Sciandra, Solenn Boucher, Prescillia Lemesle, Michael Fink, our guest Kirsten Bregn, and the visitors Ingo Ludwichowski, Wiebke Bahruth and Jana Rasche

Today’s observations in the area on DOFBasen

Ringing (Kabeltromlen) :

Gærdesmutte : 5

Fuglekonge : 5

Gransanger : 3

Sibirisk Gransanger : 1

Rødhals : 11

Jernspurv : 3

Gråsisken : 1

Sortmejse : 1

Dompap : 16

Munk : 9

Rørspurv : 10

Bogfinke : 1

Blåmejse : 3

Musvit : 7

Gulspurv : 3

Grønirisk : 2

Vindrossel : 3

Sangdrossel : 4

Solsort : 1

Vandriske : 1

Hej allesammen

Alt i alt en ret stille dag på stationen, der startede med morgenobs for Aksel og jeg hvor Dianna også sluttede sig til senere, vejret var fint til at være ude i med sol og svag vind, men måske ikke det bedste hvis man skal se mange trækkende fugle over havet, det var meget stille med kun få Sortænder, Alk og Lomvier, Rødstrubet lom og nogen fiskende Suler. Der var dog også en Hvidklire der kaldte men ikke sås, og så stod der også 2 Rider ved søerne på stranden, som er spændende for en Bornholmer som mig, da vi ikke har mange af dem derovre.

Solenn kom også kort forbi på hendes gåtur, og så senere blandt andet Sortstrubet Bynkefugl tæt på stationen. Prescillia kom også forbi og blev en halv times tid før hun gik videre og blandt andet så end ret tam ung Havterne der stod på stranden, som hun også fik et godt billede af.

Efter morgenobs gik Aksel og jeg langs sandormsporet til Nordstrand og videre ud til spidsen hvor vi så på Suler der fiskede, det er vi altså heller ikke vant til på bornholm, det var min første gang helt ude på spidsen:)

Pludselig passerede også en Havlit lige forbi os på kort afstand og lidt efter også en Sortgrå Ryle;)

Havlit

Sortgrå Ryle

Prescillia lavede dejlig mad med svampe som Aksel havde samlet tidligere.

Folk på stationen: Aksel Y. Munkholm, Louis Kristoffer Poulsen, Diana Sciandra, Solenn Boucher, Prescillia Lemesle, Michael Fink og vores gæst Kirsten Bregn.

Dagens observationer

Hello everyone,

This morning, Diana, Louis and I went to open the nets in Kabeltromlem. As soon as the opening was finished, we had to close because Oluf Lou was ill and could not ring with us this morning and Simon had to leave for a few days to give lectures especially on the interest of birdwatching for the citizens. However, despite a short opening, we caught 7 birds.

Meanwhile, Aksel joined Knud at Verdens end 3 to the counting of seabirds. They saw a caspian gull (Levantmåge) and his two first long tailed ducks (havlit). On this slow day, he was able to apply his knowledge to identify kittiwake far away. After the nets were closed, Louis went for a walk at Cormorant Lake where he saw common snipes (Dobbeltbekkasin) and bearded reedlings (skægmejse). Diana and I joined Solenn, who had been resting with an eye problem, to play a game of Wingspan.

In the afternoon, Solenn worked on the night recordings made last night, Louis was resting and Aksel was preparing his applications for his master's degree. After the rain, Diana and I went into town to buy some food and enjoy a walk around town and a waffle!

At the end of the day, Aksel went for a little walk in search of mushrooms, Diana entered the data and preparing dinner. Solenn, Louis and I worked on our computers.

We also share with you Diana's talent for painting, of which she made this beautiful fieldfare for Solenn's birthday a few days ago!

Ringing at Kabeltromlem

Munk : 3

Gærdesmutte: 3

Rødhals: 1

Total: 7

Observations of the day in DOFbasn from observers in the area

People at the station : Aksel Munkholm, Louis Kristoffer Poulsen, Diana Sciandra, Solenn Boucher, Prescillia Lemesle, Simon S. Christiansen, and our guest Kirsten Bregn.

Hello everyone!

Today has been a very interesting day, in particular the ringing at Kabeltromlen has been really busy: 88 birds ringed (and, moreover, 9 recaptures). The morning started quite late because it was raining in the early morning, so me, Solenn and Louis waited to open the nets. When the opening of the nets is accompanied by many birds (saw or heard) it is always a good thing, and today it was one of those days! It was fun opening the nets (at least for me), both for the birds seen and for the work itself: it was the first day for Louis, so I explained him how to open the nets, the path to follow to complete the rounds and all the stuff related to how a ringing station works. Since the first round we were pleased to have Oluf Lou and the guest Kirsten Bregn helping ringing: we spent all together a great time. Sometimes I try to learn some Danish words, and today there were hundreds of Eurasian jackdaw (Allike) migrating so I remembered a funny sentence Simon told me: “Fuld som en Allike”, and they helped me with the pronunciation.

The two Golfinches (Stillits) we caught today: Hanelie loves them and we already miss her a lot (she returned in Germany some days ago). 

The highlight of the day was a Siberian chiffchaff (Sibirisk Gransanger, Phylloscopus collybita tristis: here some information about that bird) caught in the nets: Aksel recognized immediately it was not a normal Chiffchaff (Gransanger) and we called Simon to come to see it and him and Prescillia joined us to see it. Just an hour before the bird was caught Simon heard the same subspecies during his birdwatching walk (here the link to his recording: that subspecies can be easily recognized listening to the characteristic “sad-like” call).

I had another very good sighting, shared with Louis; a small flock of Bearded tits (Skægmejse) passed over the reeds close to some of the nets: maybe on the next days we can find them inside the nets! Louis was very happy about all the day; it is really a special feeling to have a bird in your hand for the first time; soon he will gain more confidence and he will be happy to ring! Solenn, instead, hadn’t a very cool day because in the middle of the morning her eye startd to hurt and she had to go to a doctor in Skagen: we all hope she will recover soon resting some days without doing too much effort with that eye. Prescillia, before coming to Kabeltromlen, had a very delightful morning too: she went observing at Verdens end 3 with Knud: amongst many interesting birds they saw also 8 Canada goose (Canadagås) and many Greylag goose (Grågås).

In the afternoon me and Prescillia ended with Simon the snow-bunting new traps: tomorrow we will try them! After I entered the data of the day I was really pleased to read an email from the Polish Ringing Center, reporting the history of a Caspian Gull (Kaspisk måge) with yellow ring that me and Solenn read at Grenen some days ago: it was ringed in 2019 in Poland as chick and it travelled a lot (United Kingdom, Poland and Netherlands).

Ringing (Kabeltromlen):

Sibirisk Gransanger: 1

Gransanger: 5

Fuglekonge: 7

Gærdesmutte: 10

Gråsisken, Nordlig: 8

Gråsisken, Lille: 6

Stillits: 2

Rødhals: 1

Jernspurv: 1

Dompap, Lille: 3

Dompap, Stor: 8

Dompap: 8

Rørspurv: 12

Blåmejse: 5

Munk: 5

Musvit: 9

Vindrossel: 1

Sangdrossel: 2

Total: 88

Dagens observationer kan ses her

Folk på stationen: Aksel Munkholm, Louis Kristoffer Poulsen, Oluf Lou, Diana Sciandra, Solenn Boucher, Prescillia Lemesle, Simon S. Christiansen, and our guest Kirsten Bregn.

P.S.: I am looking to someone who wants to go to see the Yellow Warbler; the bird is still in  Agger Tange and it is really stunning, but I don't have a car to reach it. Please contact me/us if you want to go!