Today I went out to world’s end 1 with Lucas for observations we have been having fairly light eastern winds so the species and numbers passing through have changed noticeably from when the wind was more westerly. Some of the main species moving are European Starling (Stær), Eurasian Siskin (Gønsisken), Common Chaffinch (Bogfinke) and Red Crossbill (Liille Korsnæb) now with the better weather some raptors like European Honey-buzzard (Hvepsevåge) are coming through. Some interesting birds that came through were a late Long-tailed Duck (Havlit) migrating in a line with the Common Scoters (Sortand). A Black Tern (Sortterne) passing at the tip, Great Egret (Sølvhejre) going over the cormorant lake where some Great Cormorant (Skarv) have fledged now, a Black Kite was cruising over ellekrattet as well. Some waders made an appearance with Bar-tailed Godwits (Lille Kobbersneppe) and Eurasian Curlews (Storspove) and a few distant calidris type birds.

European Honey-buzzard (Hvepsevåge) photo Andrew Jacobs

In the ringing the influx of young Crested Tits (Topmejse) continued and the ringers got a Sedge Warbler (Sivsanger)  from the Netherlands so we will await to hear back about where this bird’s travels have taken it.

A recaptured Sedge Warbler (Sivsanger) from the Netherlands photo Hanelie Shidu

We had heard about a Short-toed Snake Eagle (Slangeørn) being around so went to Husig Hede to try and find it with no avail, some close Eurasian Hobbies (Lærkefalk) and a European Honey-buzzard (Hvepsevåge) were nice.

In the evening we went to Storsig for a walk to see if we could find a Red-footed Falcon (Aftenfalk) and had a nice stroll in the setting sun, there was a small falcon that passed us but it was completely backlit to hide its identity, maybe tomorrow we’ll be able to spot it!

Highlights from around Skagen today

Long-tailed Duck (Havlit) 1

Black Tern (Sortterne) 1

Great Egret (Sølvhejre) 1

Black Kite (Sort Glente) 1

Also in Skagen today from others

Short-toed Snake Eagle (Slangeørn) 1

Steppe Eagle (Steppeørn) 1

Red-footed Falcon (Aftenfalk) 1

Montagu’s Harrier (Hedehøg) 1

Observations on Dofbassen from the area today

Ringing:

Rødhals 1

Kærsanger 3

Munk 2

Topmejse 4

A recaptured Sivsanger from the Netherlands

People: Lucas Corneliussen, Cora Köberle, Tue Baaner, Hanelie Shidu, Andrew Jacobs and Simon S. Christiansen

Hejsa derude.

I dag stod Cora og Hanelie for ringmærkningen. Det var ikke den mest aktive morgen, men der var da et par fugle i nettet, blandt andet havesanger, musvit og et par juvenile topmejser.

Topmejse 1k

På morgenoptællingen, havde Andrew en fed morgen med en en del småfugle, og god aktivitet over havet også. Højdepunkterne var en topskarv, Lærkefalk og en sodfarvet skråbe. Sodfarvet skåpe, er virkelig en sjælden sommergæst, så det var bestemt en fed observation. Heldigvis nåede Cora også at se den fra Kabeltromelen.

Efter alle var kommet hjem, havde vi planlagt en tur ned til lille vildmose, med målet om at se sortspætte, kongeørn, stor hornugle og lille kirke ugle. Dsv vidste det sig at være som det ofte er med fugle, en del svære end man lige tror. Vi endte nemlig kun med at høre sortspætten en enkelt gang , og så hverken kongeørnen eller stor hornugle. Heldigvis var der god stemning og vi fandt også kirkeuglen, på vej hjem, så det reddede turen!!

På udkig efter Stor Hornugle 

Kirkeugle 

Mens vi var i lille vildmose, hørte vi en Zello omkring at der var set en Slangeørn oppe omkring Store klit!! Det endte med at ørnen blev set en gang inden den forsvandt ned over Hulsig mod nord, men vi krydser fingre for at den vender tilbage i morgen, så vi måske kan få en chance til!!

Vi vil takke af nu her fra en træt flok, som er klar til at give den gas igen i morgen.

Vi ses derude!

Ringing Kabeltromlen:

Kærsanger 1

Rørsanger 3

Topmejse 1

Munk 5

Havesange 1

Bogfinke 3

Gransanger 1

Total: 16

Highlights from Skagen:

Topskarv 1

Sodfarvet Skråpe 1

Slangeørn 1 

Lærkefalk 1 

Higlights Lille Vildmose tur 

Sortspætte 

Kirkeugle 

Today’s observations in Dofbasen from observers in the area

People: Lucas Corneliussen, Cora Köberle, Tue Baaner, Hanelie Shidu, Andrew Jacobs and Simon S. Christiansen

This morning Hanelie and I went out to open the nets. Later also Lucas joined for the first round. There were not so many birds in the nets in the first rounds. But on the fourth I extracted a Reedwarbler (Rørsanger) with a ring on it, when I checked the ring number Icould see that it was ringed in Norway. It is always a bit exciting when you catch birds with rings from other countries. So now we are looking forward to receive the recapture letter of this bird.

Hanelie also brought two birds back from her round. One of them was an Acrocephalus Warbler. But when I took that one out of the bag we could see that it looked a bit different than a Marsh- or Reed warbler and also the wing was very short. We checked all the measurements again and then it was clear this one was another Blyth’s Reedwarbler (Buskrørsanger)! Already the second this year! It was only the 5th caught for the station.  

Blyth’s Reed Warbler (Buskrørsanger)

Oluf, Tue, Andrew and some other birders came by to look at the bird. Later also Jørgen Kabel and his dog Igor came by to have a chat with us and keep us company. The other highlight of the ringing was that we  caught five young Crested Tits (Topmejse) today. They were very nice.

 the young Crested Tits (Topmejser) 

The observations were observation wise a bit slow today but they saw a Shag  (Topskarv) and an Arctic Skua (Almindelig Skua). One other highlight of the observation were four young  Coal Tits (Sortmejse).

When we were back at the station we took a look at the Moths Hanelie caught in her traps tonight. There were some very nice ones like a Small Elephant Hawk-moth (Lille Vinsværmer) and an Eyed Hawk-Moth (Aftenpåfugleøje). 

Small Elephant Hawk-moth (Lille Vinsværmer). Picture: Hanelie Sidhu

Eyed Hawk-Moth (Aftenpåfugleøje). Picture: Hanelie Sidhu

After that I sat in the Garden, read a Book and enjoyed the sun. Today was the first day where you could finally feel the summer.

Later Tue and I went out to Grenen and the old Lighthouse Garden to collect some Elderflowers to make Elderflower syrup. Out while I was collecting the flowers Tue found Fawn lying in the grass. Sooo cute! 

very cute Fawn in the grass

When we came back Tue, Lucas and I went swimming. It was very nice.The water is still a bit cold but much warmer than in March.

Ringing Kabeltromlen:

Rørsanger 4

Gulbug 1

Munk 5

Havesanger 1

Gransanger 1

Buskrørsanger 1

Topmejse 5

Total: 18

Highlights from the observations:

Shag - Topskarv 1

4 young Coal Tits - Sortmejse

Arctic Skua - Almindelig Kjove 1

Today’s observations in Dofbasen from observers in the area

People: Lucas Corneliussen, Cora Köberle, Tue Baaner, Hanelie Shidu, Andrew Jacobs and Simon S. Christiansen

Not many birds in the nets today but a calling Rosefinch „Karmindompap“ close to the nets while opening was nice, we heared them later as well from the ringing table.

Simon saw one at the Sandworm track that was collecting nesting material. Maybe it is attempting to built a nest.

Also Cora and Andrew had several Rosefinches „Karmindompap“ calling at the morning Observations at Worlds end one. Other nice observations were a Arctic Scua „Almindelig Kjove“ over the sea, a 1K Reed Bunting „Rørspurv” that had a funny call and was fedt by its parents and a Rook ”Rage”, which they did not see for a while.

Highligts from the observations

Rosefinch/ Karmindompap 4

Arctic Skua/ Almindelig Kjove 1

Today´s observations in Dofbasn from observers in the area.

Morning Observations at World´s End 1. Picture: Simon S. Christionsen

Also many 1Ks at the breeding bird monitoring at Cormorant lake, 152 Cormorant ”Skav” chicks.

I will catch moths during my time here at Skagen and had my trap out but did not get much, three different species in the trap and one that I caught in the grass, Ematurga atomaria ”Lyngmåler”. It is a common dayflying one but quite nice. Yesterday evening I found one moths and one caterpillar on the wall without light. I have built one more trap today and will try it out this night.

Ematurga atomaria ”Lyngmåler”. Picture: Hanelie Sidhu

At the station: Cora Körbele, Tue Baaner, Lucas Corneliussen, Simon S. Christiansen, Andrew Jacobs, Hanelie Sidhu

Another day, another early wake up at Skagen Fuglestation. With the solstice rapidly approaching and the spring standard ringing season starting to come to a close, we are now well within our earliest wakeup schedule (02:45)! Tue and I headed out the door at 3:15 AM to get to Kabeltromelen to open the nets for the morning. 

While we knew there would be raining coming in the morning, we knew we had a few hours to have the nets open and try to catch any late season migrants pushing through the area. It was quite cold this morning, with all the humidity in the air, but we still managed to have a fairly productive day! Several new Marsh Warblers (Kærsanger) and a few Gransanger (Chiffchaff) amongst the birds caught. 

On the last round before we needed to close for the rain, at 06:45 AM, we were about to close the same net that the Cettisanger was in, when I noticed a larger, brown-red colored bird hanging in the net with two other birds. I immediately recognized it as a Common Nightingale (Sydlig Nattergal)! This represents the third individual rung in Skagen and the very first for Sakgen Fuglestation (2 rung birds in the 2000s). This also represents the 16th record foe Skagen! A surprisingly rare bird despite its namesake! We aged the bird as an adult (3k+) which was also fairly surprising, given most of the rarities caught in Skagen are typically immature birds.

Sydlig Nattergal 

The observers also came over to see the Nightingale, after having a nice morning themselves, with a nice dark morph Pomarine Skua (Mellemkjove)! They also had far fewer Fulmars (Mallemukker) than in recent days with only 20 being seen! They were also some of the only observers present today at Verdens Ende, with only one other birder present! Very similar to what we had in March! A far cry from just 3 days ago when 30+ birders were present!

The remainder of the day was fairly slow with the most notable thing to happen being the arrival of former volunteer Haniele Sidhu! She will be here through the remainder of the spring season and into summer!

And so, another day passes at Skagen Fuglestation. What will tomorrow bring? We will have to see!

Highlights: 

Mellemkjove 1

Sydlig Nattergal 1

Hanelie Arrival!

Ringing:

Kærsanger 4

Rørsanger 1

Gransanger 3

Grønsiskin 1

Gulbug 1

Rørspurv 1

Sydlig Nattergal 1

Tornsanger 1

Total: 13

People: Lucas Corneliussen, Cora Köberle, Tue Baaner, Andrew Jacobs, Simon S. Christiansen, Hanelie Sidhu

Today had high winds so with ringing cancelled we all went to world’s end 3 for the observations to get a better look at the seabirds up close. As is typical on a windy day there were many Northern Fulmars (Mallemuk) flying offshore, however today there were quite a few Common Terns (Fjordterne) and Black-legged Kittiwakes (Ride) moving inshore. There were two Arctic Skua (Almindelig Kjove) a light morph and a dark morph, possibly the birds that seem to have been passing the tip every day for about a week now. A male Eurasian Wigeon (Pibeand) flew past us which was nice as a species we haven’t seen in awhile now. At the end of the observation period we saw a Long-eared Owl (Skovhornugle) out over the ocean in the gull flock as it flew inland past the lighthouse towards ellekrattet.

Common Tern (Fjordterne) photo Andrew Jacobs

After the observations Rasmus packed up and we said our goodbyes as he headed out from the station for the season.

Simon received a call of two Northern Fulmars  (Mallemuker) to be collected from the beach so in the afternoon Cora and I headed out to retrieve them for the Northern Fulmar (Mallemuk) project, they were easy to find but were rapidly being buried by the sand. While we were out we also tried to look for some gull rings however couldn’t get close enough to read them, although a nice Black-legged Kittiwake (Ride) flew right over them over land. There was a large flock of Common Terns (Fjordterne)  ripping around just offshore providing good views. Some of the terns flew over land up the sandworm track with a nice Little Tern (Dværgterne) with them.  Another bird we hadn’t seen for a little while was a Western Yellow Wagtail (Gul Vipstjert) with the White Wagtails (Hvid Vipsjert) at the beach entrance to the sandworm track.

European Herring Gull (Sølvmåge) photo Andrew Jacobs

Black-legged Kittiwake (Ride) photo Andrew Jacobs

When we got back to the station Tue got back from his trip and we prepared for the coming days.

Highlights:

Little Tern 1 (Dværgterne)

Long-eared Owl 1 (Skovhornugle)

Eurasian Wigeon 1 (Pibeand)

Observations from the area on DOFbasen today

People: Lucas Corneliussen, Cora Köberle, Andrew Jacobs, Tue Baaner, Rasmus Matthiesen-Juhl, Simon S. Christiansen, Anders Rasmussen.

Hejsa folkens, her kommer den dejlige melding fra Skagen Fuglestation. 

I dag startede jeg dagen ud med CES ringmærkning ved Skarvsøen sammen med Lucas, mens Cora, Andrew, Simon og Lisa stod for ringmærkningen ved kabeltromlen. Det viste sig at være en rigtig god ide at ringmærke to steder i dag.  Der gik nemlig ikke længe efter mig og Lucas havde taget første runde, før de ringede fra kabeltromlen med nyheden om at der var blevet fanget en Lille Rørsanger!!! 

Det var en nyhed der kunne sætte gang i os, og jeg kan love jer for at der var fart på da vi næsten løb gennem klitterne fra Skarvsøen for at kunne nå at se fuglen. Heldigvis nåede vi det, og sikke en fantastisk fugl at få lov at opleve så tæt på. Normalt finder man primært lille rørsanger i Centralasien, så det er altså noget af en sjældenhed her i Danmark, dog er Skagen helt sikkert stedet at være, hvis man vil have chancen for at se en af disse små fugle her i landet. 

Lille Rørsanger 

Efter vi havde set fuglen vendte vi snuden tilbage mod Skarvsøen for at færdiggøre ringmærkningen. i løbet af dagen var der især vildt mange Rørsanger, men hen mod slutningen, blev vi glædeligt overraskede af en ung Skægmejse i nettet. Det var en 1k fugl, altså født i år. Det var virkelig en stor oplevelse at have en af dem i hånden, da det virkelig er en unik og fascinerende fugl, som slet ikke kan sammenlignes med andre. 

Skægmejse 1k 

Ved kabeltromlen gik det fortsat også godt, da de både fangede en 1k Topmejse og 1k Sortstrubet bynkefugl. man kan virkelig se nu hvordan de første kuld er begyndt at komme på vingerne, det er en fornøjelse at kunne være med til at byde den nye generation af fugle velkommen. 

Topmejse 1k

Sortsturbet bynkefugl 1k 

Morgen observationen bestod i dag af Rasmus og hans far Anders. Der var ikke det helt store træk af fugle, og man kan mærke hvordan det store træk af fugle er forbi nu. Til gengæld er det også nu der virkelig er chance for at finde nogle sjældenheder, så det er bestemt ikke mindre spændende. Højdepunktet endte med at være en Topskarv, men der var også en Sandterne ude omkring grenen, som desværre viste sig at være svær at finde. Vi krydser fingre for at den lægger vejen forbi igen i morgen. 

Da vi kom hjem, havde vi lige et par timer, inden vi alle tog på Skagen Bryghus for at fejre en helt fantastisk sæson, inden folk begynder at tage hjem. Det var vildt hyggeligt, og bagefter havde vi en tur rundt i byen, hvor vi også lige lavede et ekstra stop for at hapse en enkelt øl mere. som afslutning fik vi også lige en lille is på torvet. det er ikke en dårlig måde at slutte en ellers helt igennem fantastisk dag af på. 

Vi ses derude.

Highlights: 

Topskarv 

Sandterne 

Ringmærkning Kabeltromlen: 

kommer senere 

Ringmærkning CES: 

kommerer senere 

Today’s observations in Dofbasen from observers in the area

Morgenen startede som sædvanligt ude på Grenen, hvor jeg i dag havde selskab af Tue, Cora, Andrew og min far. Jeppe, Naja og Aksel hjalp også til med dagens tællinger. Der skete ikke specielt meget i løbet af morgenen, men 2 Sorthovedet måger var et stort lyspunkt. Pludselig i den sidste time af morgenobsen, melder Knud en Lille Kjove ud, ude fra Verdens ende 3. Vi så den virkelig godt, da den langsomt trak nordvest langs kysten. Det var virkelig en fed fugl, og et nyt kryds for flere på stationen:) Vejret tillod desværre ikke ringmærkning i dag, så Lucas fik lov til at sove længe

Ved 11-tiden tog jeg sammen med Jeppe, Lucas, Andrew og min far til Troldkær for at kigge efter hedepletvinger. Det lykkedes, og vi så rigtig mange af dem! Vi fandt også en virkelig skummel sortstrubet bynkefugl, som lignede en Sibirisk! “Desværre” viste det sig for bare at være et usandsynligt hvidt eksemplar af Sortstrubet Bynkefugl. Fuglen var så hvid, at vi i første omgang troede at vi kiggede på en Broget Fluesnapper.

Da vi kom hjem fra Troldkær, gjorde vi hele stationen rent. Jeg havde i dag fået æren af at skulle vaske gulve. Heldige mig:) Efter rengøringen tog flere af os til et foredrag nede i cafeen, som handlede om den geologiske historie i Skagenområdet, set fra et fugleperspektiv. Det var virkelig spændende! Imens vi var til foredrag, havde Lucas lavet mad til vores dinnerparty! Vi havde nemlig inviteret Jørgen Hulbæk, Jeppe, Naja og min far til aftensmad. Det var virkelig lækkert, og rigtig hyggeligt. Aftenen blev rundet af med en fodboldkamp i stationshaven hvor der virkelig blev gået til stålet!

Cora giver et nummer på trækbassunen:)

Vi er klar til i morgen!

Vi ses derude!

Highlights: 

Lille Kjove

Sorthovedet Måge

Ringmærkning: Ingen

Today’s observations in Dofbasen from observers in the area

Like most other days at Skagen Fuglestation, the ringers were up early once again. Having accidently snoozed my alarm, I was running a few minutes behind, but still managed to get out to Kabeltromelen on time to open the nets. Cora and I arrived at Grenen at 03:40 and quickly opened all the nets for our first round at 04:30. While we were opening the “Great Wall of Skagen,” we were delighted to find the Blyth’s Reed Warbler (Buskrørsanger) singing within 20 meters of the nets, which made us think we may have a chance to catch it. Before the first round, Jeppe and Kirsten arrived for another morning of ringing. We always like having other people come with us!

The ringing was quite good today, with roughly 20 birds caught. We expected the ringing to get cut short today due to the coming storm later in the morning, so we were constantly checking the radar to track the progression of the storm. The first few rounds produced lots of Acrocephalus warblers, but no sign of the Blyth’s! However, in the third round, Cora arrived back at the ringing with a warbler she had extracted from the Great Wall which passed the unofficial or scientifc “Banana test,” and we started to get a bit excited. Arriving back at Kabeltromelen, we pulled the bird out of the bag and confirmed it was, in fact, the Blyth’s Reed Warbler (Buskrørsanger). Over the next 30 minutes, we took wing formula measurements and many photos in order to rule out other possibilities, but we were able to confirm it was in fact a Blyth’s Reed Warbler (Buskrørsanger). Once released, we realized the rain would upon us within the next hour and we decided to close the nets before it arrived. The final round produced several more Acrocephalus warblers, but no sign of any other specialties.

Blyth's Reed Warbler (Buskrørsanger) - Andrew Jacobs

On observations; Tue, Rasmus and Andrew had over 1000 Fulmars which dominated their concentration as they migrated northwest. They also had several nice Arctic Skua (Almendelig Kjove), however, the big highlight, which was also a lowlight was that the observers along with others caught a Gray Seal (Gråsael) which was caught in fishing rope. Tue was present for this spectacular rescue and has written a small snippet to tell the story:

For et par dage siden, på vores morgen optælling, så vi en ung Gråsæl på stranden, som havde fået viklet en masse reb omkring halsen. Det var et utroligt sørgeligt syn, og man kunne tydeligt se hvordan rebet havde gnavet sig ind i pelsen. 

Ung gråsæl inviklet i reb, Foto: Knud Pedersen 

Efterfølgende havde vi gået og tænkt over sælen og hvad vi kunne have gjort. 

Da jeg i morges sad på træk optælling, kunne så vi sælen igen. Den lå helt ude på spidsen af grenen sammen med to andre unge gråsæler. Det var ligsom dagen før et meget trist syn, men heldigvis kom Hjalte Benjamin Johansen og Anders E Sørensen hen og spurgte os, om vi ville med ned for at se om vi ikke kunne få det reb af på en eller anden måde, som jeg selvfølgelig sagde ja til. 

Vores strategi var, at vi ville se om vi kunne afskære dens flugtvej til havet, og derefter få den indfanget og skåret rebet af. Dog begyndte den at bevæge sig mod vandet, før vi kom sådan rigtigt tæt på, så jeg satte i løb efter den og fik fat i halen lige inden den nåede vandkanten. Efter en  kort og dramatisk tumult fik vi hurtigt styr på sælen, og kunne begynde at skære rebet over uden nogle større besvær. Det skal nu siges at sådan en gråsæl er ret stærk, og har et meget intimiderende gab, når man kommer helt tæt på...

Sælredning gennem scope fra verdens ende. 

Efter et par minutter fik vi alt rebet af, og sælen kom hurtigt ud i vandet igen, hvor dens to venner lå og ventede på den. Sælen havde sår hele vejen rundt om halsen, og det var tydeligt, at det var dødeligt, hvis rebet var blevet siddende. Dog regner vi nu med at såret kan hele, og vi krydser fingrene for at den klarer det. 

Det var en vild oplevelse, og jeg er glad for at jeg kunne være med til at hjælpe. Kæmpe tak til Hjalte og Anders for et job well done. 

Sælrederende efter et godt stykke arbejde

Once home, the rain started fairly soon thereafter and kept us trapped inside the lighthouse for the remainder of the day. During this time, the Skagen Fuglestation board was meeting and because of a few absences, the volunteers were lucky enough to to receive a few Smørrebrød, a lovely treat! Later, Jeppe and Noja came over and brought colas and chips and we all hung out with Simon and Lisa in the living room and relaxed, something that doesnt happen all that often around here!

And so, another day passes at Skagen Fuglestation. What will tomorrow bring? We will have to wait and see!

Highlights:

Blyth’s Reed Warbler (Buskrørsanger) 1

Northern Fulmar (Mallemukker) 1000

Seal Rescue!

Ringing: (Kabeltromelen)

Buskrørsanger 1

Gransanger 1

Rørsanger 7

Kærsanger 9

Munk 3

Gærdesmutte 1

Bogfinke 1

Total: 23

People: Lucas Corneliussen, Cora Köberle, Andrew Jacobs, Tue Baaner, Rasmus Mattiesen-Juhl, Jeppe Overgaard + Noja, Simon S. Christiansen, Lisa Vergin, Hans Christophersen, Kirsten Bregn

I went out observing at World's End 1 with Ramus this morning. There was not so much migration going on when we started. So we were delighted when we received a message from Simon after the first twenty minutes of our counting. He found a singing Blyth’s Reedwarbler (Buskrørsanger) out there where our netlanes are. We went down to the Sandormentrack to try to hear the bird without getting wet feet. It was very far away but we could hear it briefly.

Back at the obs the fullmars (Mallemuker) suddenly picked up in the second hour and Rasmus had a lot to count. There also came a dark morph Arctic Skua (Almindelig Kjove). Which was chasing a Gull. It was really nice to watch this cool bird in action. Later we could see a Shag, which was flying past the tip. That One was probably the same which was seen in the last few days. In the last hour Rasmus left earlier to make a tour for a school class, which was visiting the ringing today.

After he left I saw another Arctic Skua (Almindelig Kjove), a light morph this time, flying quite close chasing a tern. The Blyth’s Reedwarbler (Buskrørsanger) moved a bit through the morning so I was able to get closer to it without getting wet feet to hear it singing really nicely. We were also able to make some recordings of it. 

Recording of the Blyth’s Reedwarbler (Buskrørsanger) 

Blyth’s Reedwarbler (Buskrørsanger)

When I went back I  met many people at the kabeltrommel who were watching the ringing today. Except our guest Kirsten, also Jeppe Ovegaard was joining the ringing today. They had a really good day of ringing with 41 birds today. Among them a female Red Backed Shrike (Rødrygget Tornskade),  a Pied Flycatcher (Broget Fluesnapper) and a Tree Pipit (Skovpiber). They also catched three Chiffchaff (Gransanger) chicks, the fist 1k birds this year. And they recaught a Reedwarbler (Rørsanger) which was ringed somewhere in Belgium.

Red Backed Shrike (Rødrygget Tornskade)

Also Rasmus and Tue’s  tour with the school class went pretty well, they were once again able to get more people interested in the birds and our work.

Hyggelig round at Kabeltomelen

In the afternoon Tue continued his work on the Floating hide and Rasmus and I went out to Storsig. There were not so many Birds but many caterpillars.

Later someone found a Beeater (Biæder) resting in the industrial area. We quickly biked out there but the bird left before we arrived there and also some big rain clouds were coming in. So we went back to make ourselves cozy in the station.

Ringing Kabeltromlen:

Rørsanger 6

Gulbug 1

Kærsanger 9

Munk 12

Havesanger 1

Bogfinke 2

Gransanger 4

Skovpiber 1

Gærdesmutte 1

Solsort 1 

Broget Fluesnapper 1

Rødrygget Tornskade 1

Gråsisken 1

Total: 41

Highlights:

Buskrørsanger 1

Almindelig Kjove 2

Topskarv 1

Biæder 1

Today’s observations in Dofbasen from observers in the area

People: Lucas Corneliussen, Cora Köberle, Rasmus Mattiesen-Juhl, Tue Baaner, Andrew Jacobs, Simon S. Christiansen, Jørgen Hulbæk, Jeppe Overgaard and  our guest Kirsten