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Bluethroats in the nets and Nightjars by light
There were almost no birds migrating when Tue and I started the count at world's end 1 today. Because there was no wind there were many mosquitoes around, who had it in for us. So we were very happy to hear the message about a female Bluethroat (Blåhals) they catched at Kabeltromelen. The first one this season!
So we went to see it. Out there we met Mette and our guest Karen-Marie who were supporting the ringers and there were also three very nice journalism students who were joining today. Who should also be mentioned are Denis Lepage the creator of Avibase and Peter Hosner the Bird Curator at the Natural History Museum Copenhagen who were at Kabeltromelen today.
Our journalist guests at Kabeltromelen
Back at our observation point a Golden Oriole (Pirol) was called out but we didn't manage to see it. Not much later we got another message from the ringers. They catched another Bluethroat (Blåhals), a beautiful second year male this time!
male Bluethroat (Blåhals)
There was a sharp change in the weather forecasted for the morning. And in the last hour of counting suddenly many Fullmars (Mallemukker) started to come in from the sea. Not 20 minutes later suddenly the wind really picked up. We counted 225 Fullmars (Mallemukker) in just forty minutes! It was really impressive to observe how strong the birds react to such weather changes.
Another bird which was probably also pushed in by the weather was a Nightjar (Natravn). It came in from the sea and flew directly over our heads. It was really cool to see this bird in daylight! At the same time there was also a Caspian Tern (Rovterne) seen flying along the shore. And the ringers got to see that one.
Nightjar (Natravn) over Grenen
Later in the morning they caught another male Bluethroat (Blåhals). That One was an adult. Appart of the Bluethroats (Blåhalser) they caught 26 other birds today. One of them was a Hawfinch (Kernebider). They were again migrating in good numbers today.
Later in the day Rasmus and Tue got interviewed by the journalism students and Andrew went out to see a Serin (Gulirisk) which was found earlier. In the evening we went for a little walk and saw a Red-backed Shrike (Rødrygget Tornskade) and a resting Hobby (Lærkefalk).
Ringmærkning: Kabeltromlen
Kernebider 1
Gærdesanger 4
Løvsanger 5
Blåhals 3
Gulbug 1
Rødstjert 1
Munk 2
Rørsanger 1
Bogfinke 3
Havesanger 7
Gransanger 1
Total: 29
Highlights:
Nightjar (Natravn) 2
Bluethroat (Blåhals) ssp.svecica 3
Caspian Tern (Rovterne) 1
Golden Oriole (Pirol) 1
Black-Winged Kite (Blå Glente) 1
Great Northern Diver (Islom) 5
Today’s observations in Dofbasen from observers in the area
today’s raptor summary from the Skagen area
People: Lucas Corneliussen, Cora Köberle, Tue Baaner, Rasmus Mattiesen-Juhl, Andrew Jacobs, Simon S. Christiansen, Søren & Karen-Marie Leth Nissen
Årets første Gulbug i hånden
Halløjsa
Dagen startede for Andrew og mit vedkommende klokken 04.45 på Grenen. Vi havde set frem til denne morgen, da det var den første uden vind fra nord i en lang periode. Men det var desværre som om at fuglene ikke helt selv havde fanget det giftige vejrskifte, så de fleste af dem udeblev fuldstændig. Morgenens højdepunkt blev en adult Ride, og det syntes jeg giver et godt billede af hvordan det var derude:) Der skete absolut ingenting…
Hos ringmærkerne var der heller ikke helt vildt meget at lave, men årets første gulbug varmede dog:) Da vi besøgte ringmærkerne på vej hjem fra morgenobsen, var Simon i fuldt gang med at fortælle en 4. Klasse om ringmærkning af fugle. De var virkelig søde og engagerede, og da de fik lov til at røre en bogfinke, blev de ellevilde:)
Fra Kabeltromlen så vi igen i dag den Blå Glente, der blev fundet i går. Senere på dagen blev den meldt ud igen, men denne gang fra Storsig, lige ude foran fyrtårnet. Vi løb ud af døren, og midt i kampens hede glider Andrew så lang han er ned af trappen, og får på en eller anden måde skubbet kameraet om på ryggen så det ikke gik i stykker! imponerende!. Han er heldigvis okay:), og vi fik set fuglen rigtig fint. Vi så også en ung Kongeørn fra stationen, flyvende lavt over Storsig. I min optik den flotteste rovfugl der findes:)
Senere på dagen tog vi allesammen ned til Gyvelmarkerne og Flagbakken for at kigge på rovfugle. Det blev ikke til det store, men 3 havørne og et par hvepsevåger kan altid inhaleres:) Vi kørte derefter i Lidl og Netto, og nu er Cora i gang med at lave lækre omeletter med manchego, det dufter virkelig godt!
Jeg vil runde bloggen af nu så jeg kan komme i seng! Jeg håber virkelig at i morgen bliver mere spændende på Morgenobsen og hos ringmærkningen:)
Vi ses derude!
Ringmærkning: Kabeltromlen
(Opdateres)
Highlights fra Skagen:
Kongeørn
Blå Glente
Today’s observations in Dofbasen from observers in the area
Raptor migration in Skagen today
People: Lucas Corneliussen, Cora Köberle, Tue Baaner, Rasmus Mattiesen-Juhl, Andrew Jacobs, Simon S. Christiansen, Søren & Karen-Marie Leth Nissen.
Fugle på himlen og mudder mellem tæerne
Hejsa folkens.
Så gik endnu en dag med vilde oplevelser på Skagen Fuglestation. I dag vågnede jeg op til en morgen, der stod på træk optælling med Cora. Vinden havde endelig lagt sig en smule, så der var høje forventninger. Grenen viste sig også hurtigt fra sin bedste side, og vi havde en helt fantastisk morgen ved verdens ende. Over havet var der rigtigt godt træk i lommerne, vi havde 219 rødstrubede lommer, samt en enkelt islom og sortstrubet lom. Det var virkelig dejligt, da der har været ret stille de foregående dage. Derudover var der god gang i småfuglene også, især kernebidere og korsnæb fremtrådte i store antal. Det var dog ikke de eneste overraskelser, som morgen bød på, vi havde også en mosehornugle, samt 6 sangsvaner, hvilket er meget sent for svanerne.
Mosehornugle over Grenen: Foto Tue Baaner
Islom over Grenen: Foto Tue Baaner
Efter vi var færdige med trækket, gik vi hen til ringmærkerne for at være sammen med dem, indtil de også skulle hjem. Det viste sig at være en rigtigt god ide, da kernebiderne her også var i fuld sving. Vi endte i sidste ende med at have hele 153 kernebidere, hvilket er helt vildt mange, og slår den tidligere største tælling af kernebidere fra Skagen på 79 med næsten dobbelt!
Det var godt, at der var en masse fugle på vingerne, for nettene havde ikke den helt store aktivitet. Ringmærkerne endte med at have 15 fugle igennem, og årets første grå fluesnapper Heldigvis var der jo også en masse andet at kigge på, da det nemlig ikke kun var de mindre fugle, som vidste sig i dag, også rovfuglene fremkom i store antal. Især hvepsevågerne viste sig virkelig fra deres gode side i dag med helt op imod 60 observationer fra formiddagen. Hvepsevågerne er kommet ret sent i år, men nu begynder de virkelig at rykke derude. Vi glæder os til mange flere!
Hvepsevåge: Foto Tue Baaner
For at slutte morgenen af med et kæmpe bang, kom der også endnu en blå glente, som vi alle fik set. Det har været helt fantastisk i år for de blå glenter, og vi er virkelig heldige at vi får lov at se så mange af de her fascinerende fugle!
Blå glente: Foto Tue Baaner
Efter vi var kommet hjem og slappet lidt af samt indtastet data, gik Cora, Andrew og jeg ud over Storsig for at se hvad vi kunne finde. I starten gav det ikke det helt store ud over et par traner. Men efter at have smidt skoene og gået igennem en dejlig muddersump fandt vi en fin rødrygget tornskade. Til vores overraskelse viste det sig at den var alt andet end genert, og vi kunne stå helt tæt på den i 20 minutter, mens den fangede guldsmede rundt om ørerne på os. Helt vildt fed oplevelse!
Rødrygget tornskade med bytte: Foto Tue Baaner.
Simon og Peter fra bestyrelsen var i løbet af eftermiddagen, desuden også ude at fikse en af vores radiomast, som reagerer på taggede fugle, og opfanger når de flyver forbi. Vi håber den finder noget lækkert.
Peter Kristensen fikser radiomodtager
Nu vil vi takke af efter en lang og spændende dag, med en helt masse fugle og gode minder.
Ringing:
Grå fluesnapper 1
Løvsanger 3
Rødhals 1
Munk 1
Gærdesanger 2
Tornsanger 3
Havesanger 2
Gransanger 2
Total: 15
Highlights:
Hvepsevåge 63
Kernebider 153
Blå glente 1
Islom 1
Mosehornugle 1
Sangsvane 6
Rødrygget tornskade 1
Biæder 1
Turteldue 1
Today’s observations in Dofbasen from observers in the area
Raptor migration in Skagen today
People: Lucas Corneliussen, Cora Köberle, Tue Baaner, Rasmus Mattiesen-Juhl, Andrew Jacobs, Simon S. Christiansen, Karin Christiansen, Søren & Karen-Marie Leth Nissen.
A Skarvsøen Kind of Morning!
This morning started earlier than most. At 3 AM the ringers woke up eager to head out for the first time to an actual ring-able morning in 5 days! But this time, rather than going to Kabeltromelen as per usual, we got on our bikes and cycled to north beach in our waders for the inevitable trek to Skarvsøen for CES ringing. After an extreme northern wind period, the forecast showed it would slow to only 5 m/s with gusts up to 12 m/s. A borderline day, which would have been cancelled had it not been the absolute last day of the period for this CES cycle.
That said; Cora, Tue and I arrived at Skarvsøen to open the nets at 04:15 and had all 12 nets open by the right time. Fortunately, none of the nets needed to be seriously retied after the wind period. As the sun came up, we headed out to our first round at 5 am with high hopes. We then only managed to catch a single male blackbird (Solsort). By 5:45, the wind began to pick up dramatically and the nets were getting tossed around a bit which made ringing challenging, however, we persisted. Over the next 5 hours, we only managed to catch a grand total of 9 birds. A total which is very low for this location. We finally caught more than one Reed Warbler (Rørsanger) which was nice and a beautiful Sedge Warbler (Sivsanger) which is a personal favorite. The highlight from Skarvsøen came in the form of wader migration. A nice flock of Temmincks Stints (Temmincksryle) and three Spotted Redshank (Sortklire) dropped by the lake on their migrations as they headd north! Also a good assortment of pipits and wagtails helped pass the time in between 0 rounds, of which we had 4.
3k+ Solsort (han)!
On the observation front, the good numbers of swifts (Musjeiler) continued today along with more yellow wagtails (Gul Vipstjert) and lots of Hawfinches (Kernebider). A Rosefinch (Karmindompap), was also documented singing at Grenen this morning, however, the observers were unable to get on it.
The afternoon was quite slow around the station and had most of us sleeping the afternoon away to catch up on the much needed sleep of 8 hours of ringing at Skarvsøen. We did, however, welcome back guests Søren & Anne-Marie Leth Nissen.
Some late celebrations for the May 10 Bird Race!
And so, another day passes at Skagen Fuglestation. What will tomorrow bring? We will have to wait and see!
Ringing: CES
Solsort 1
Gærdesanger 1
Rørsanger 5
Munk 1
Sivsanger 1
Total: 9
Highlights:
Sortklire 3
Temminksryle 9
Karmindompap 1
Today’s observations in Dofbasen from observers in the area
Today’s raptor summary from the Skagen area
People: Lucas Corneliussen, Cora Köberle, Tue Baaner, Rasmus Mattiesen-Juhl, Andrew Jacobs, Simon S. Christiansen, Karin Christiansen, Søren & Karen-Marie Leth Nissen.
Bluethroats and Buzzards
Today was another windy day where we couldn’t open nets for ringing again. We went to do observations at world’s end 1 again where it was warmer today than it had been the last few days. Migration numbers for finches, swallows and swifts were up with large numbers of Hawfinch (Kernbider) migrating. On the water there was a good selection of divers with all 4 expected species passing through and generally a few more birds than the last couple days. A highlight was a Bluethroat (Blåhals) that briefly landed near us then flew off, only the second for the station obs this season.
A little later around noon we decided to go out and try to find some close up European Honey-buzzards (Hvepsevåge) which we managed to see a few very nicely as they passed through with the other Common Buzzards (Musvåge) and the fork tailed Rough-legged Buzzard (Fjeldvåge), there was a interesting very white Common Buzzard (Musvåge) in the flock. On the way back we saw signs of spring with European Skylarks (Sanglærke) carrying food and a European Stonechat (Sortstrubet Bynkefugl) feeding a chick that was with it in the bushes.
In the late afternoon we set up the Northern Wheatear (Stenpikker) trap again and got a couple, today one of the recaps went in a couple times to eat the mealworms.
Tomorrow we will be conducting the CES project again at Skarvsoen for ringing, we hope more of the migrants will have arrived in the area!
Observations in the area today on DOFbasen
A brief shot of the Bluethroat (Blåhals) before it bounced away. Photo Andrew Jacobs
The white Common Buzzard (Musvåge). Photo Andrew Jacobs
European Honey-buzzard (Hvepsevåge). Photo Andrew Jacobs
European Honey-buzzard (Hvepsevåge). Photo Andrew Jacobs
Highlights from the observations today
Bluethroat (Blåhals) 1
Yellow-billed Loon (Hvidnæbbet Lom) 1
Common Loon (Islom) 1
Hawfinch (Kernebider) 39
Other notable observations reported in Skagen
Glaucous Gull (Gråmåge)
European Shag (Topskarv)
Bohemian waxwing (Silkehale)
Black Kite (Sort Glente)
Ringing (Fyrtårnet)
New
Northern Wheatear (Stenpikker) 1
Recaptures
Northern Wheatear (Stenpikker) 1
Today’s raptor summary from the Skagen area
People: Lucas Corneliussen, Cora Köberle, Tue Baaner, Simon Sigaard Christiansen, Andrew Jacobs.
Swift as the wind
Hejsa folkens.
Så er solen snart ved at gå ned efter endnu en dag her på Skagen Fuglestation. I dag vågnede vi op til en helt masse vind, hvilket dsv gjorde at vi ikke kunne ringmærke. Cora og Lucas fik derfor lov til at sove længe, imens mig og Andrew tog af sted på træk optælling. Det viste sig heldigvis, at der var lidt mere aktivitet derude, end de foregående dage, og alt i alt endte vi med en super stabil morgen, skønt den hårde vind aldrig lagde sig. Ude over havet var det især Mallemukkerne, som vi så i fine antal, og det blev da derudover også til et par stykker af vores sædvanlige arter. Inder over land var det dejligt at se og høre en hel del kernebidere som kom forbi i flokke. Derudover havde vi også rigtig mange mursejlere, som lagde vejen forbi grenen. Det blev altså ikke til nogen sjældenheder i dag, men så er det jo heldigt, at selv alle de helt almindelige fugle, kan gøre en glad.
Efter vi kom hjem fra optællingen, stod det på rengøring, så nu står lejligheden simpelthen snor lige, så må vi jo se hvor længe det holder…
Derudover stod eftermiddagen for mig og Cora på en lang gåtur på stranden, hvor vi laver vores regulære undersøgelser af døde fugle, der skyller i land, med ekstra fokus på mallemukker. Ruten går fra det Grå Fyr, ned til Gammel Skagen, langs stranden, så det er en dejlig gåtur. Heldigvis fandt vi ikke mange fugle, det blev kun til en sule og to par måger, så det er jo sådan som vi helst vil have det.
Død Sule
Cora på mallemuktur
Vi blev selvfølgelige også hurtigt færdige, så på vejen hjem kørte vi sammen med Simon forbi industriområdet, for at kigge efter en underart af gul vipstjert (cinereocapilla), som opholdte sig i området. Dog var vi ikke heldige at se den, men det er heller ikke nemt når der var en meget nysgerrig hest, der helst skulle stå lige foran vores teleskop, så fik den et par klap og lidt græs i stedet. Cinereocapilla opholder sig normalt i Italien, så vi krydser virkelig fingre for at den bliver genfundet, eller at der kommer en ny forbi her en af dagene, så vi igen kan have chance for at se en.
Hest
I mens vi var på tur, havde Lucas og Andrew åbnet, den lille stenpikker fælde ude på stranden, og den var stadig meget populær, indtil videre har der været 5 fugle igennem, som alle har fået en lille ring med i købet. Stenpikkerne er nogle helt fantastisk smukke fugle at have i hænderne, så det er en fornøjelse at kunne ringmærke dem.
I morgen håber vi at vinden tillader at vi kan ringmærker igen, men lige meget hvad kan man finde os på klitterne.
Vi ses derude!
Ringing (Fyrtårnet)
Stenpiker 5
Total: 5
Observation Highlights
Kernebidder 29
Mursejler 50
Mallemuk 158
Today’s raptor summary from the Skagen area
People: Lucas Corneliussen, Cora Köberle, Tue Baaner, Simon Sigaard Christiansen, Andrew Jacobs, Rasmus Matthiesen-Juhl
Swallows don't care about the wind
It was again too windy for ringing today. So just Andrew and I went out to do the Obs. It may sound a bit illogical but we went to Sandklitt because there is less sand around than at World’s End 3. There were very few birds migrating in this wind. But surprisingly, many Swallows migrated out, straight into the wind. They must have been in a great hurry not to let the wind stop them.
After the first hour we went to the seal bunker to have wind shadow continue the counting from there. From there we could see some really close Arctic Terns (Havterner) and Kittiwakes (Rider) very nicely. And also a nice lite morph Arctic Skua (Almindelig Kjove) came by. There were also more Common Swifts (Mursejlerer) migrating today.
After we came back to the station Anders and Andrew went out to Råbjerg Mose to look for Butterflys. They found eleven different species, which is a good number for a day in mid may. Out there they also saw two Red-backed Shrikes (Rødrygget Tornsakader) and a pair of Cranes (Traner) with chicks!
Red-backed Shrike (Rødrygget Tornsakade)
Lucas and I stayed back to do some data work. Later we also went out for a walk and set up the Wheatear (Stenpikker) trapp again. Today we were not as successful as yesterday but we recaught a Wheatear (Stenpikker) we rang yesterday. Later we also caught a new female Wheatear.
Today our guests Dorte and Anders cooked dinner for us and also Simon joined us. It was very hyggeligt.
Highlights from Skagen:
Golden Eagle (Kongeørn)
Arctic Skua (Almindelig Kjove)
Ringing Fyrhaven:
Stenpikker 1
Total: 1
Today’s observations in Dofbasen from observers in the area
Today’s raptor summary from the Skagen area
People: Cora Köberle, Simon Sigaard Christiansen, Lucas Corneliussen, Andrew Jacobs, Rasmus Matthiesen-Juhl, Dorte and Anders Østerby.
Wheatears Save the Day
Today started off quite slow for me. For the first time in several weeks, the standardized ringing was unable to carried out at Kabeltromelen due to intense northerly wind. This allowed me to take a morning off and catch up on some much needed rest so that I can finish the rest of the season strong.
The observers on the other hand headed out to Verdens Ende 3 to for the morning counts. It was very windy, however, in the first hour they had a nice flock of Western Yellow Wagtails (Gulvipstjert) and a nice push of Fulmars (Mallemukker). As the morning progressed, the wind continued to pick up and the observers were forced to move back to the sand bunker to avoid damaging their optics and their eyes from the sand in the air.
In the afternoon, the wind continued to persist but we decided to reopen the Wheatear (stenpikker) trap with hopes of catching more of them as we did the previous day. Over the course of 6 hours we were able to catch close to ten individuals. It was a very nice way to spend an afternoon studying the different plumages of Northern Wheatear (Stenpikker).
In the evening, I cooked dinner and we continued to try to catch the wheatears up until dark. A nice way to spend an afternoon.
Stenpikker Hun
And so, another day passes at Skagen Fuglestation. What will tomorrow bring? We will have to wait and see!
Ringing: Fyrhaven
Stenpikker 9
Today’s sightings from observers in the area on dofbasen
Today’s raptor summary from the Skagen area
People: Lucas Corneliussen, Cora Köberle, Andrew Jacobs, Rasmus Mattiesen-Juhl, Anders & Dorte Osterby
Brilleand på Grenen
Vækkeuret ringede 03.45, og overraskende nok var jeg faktisk frisk og lynhurtigt ude af sengen. Jeg smurte en hurtig madpakke og kørte sammen med Lucas ud for at åbne nettene ved Kabeltromlen. På første runde fangede vi kun 1 fugl, så morgenen havde udsigt til at blive meget lang. Heldigvis kom der gang i løvsangerne, og det endte faktisk med at blive en okay ringmærkningsdag. Jeg nyder at være ude at ringmærke, da jeg desværre ikke får så meget tid til det, da obsen kalder:) Under ringmærkningen kom der en melding på Kejserørnen syd for byen, og Simon, min far og jeg drønede ned for at se om vi kunne se den. Det lykkedes desværre ikke, selvom vi forsøgte i flere timer på forskellige lokaliteter:(
Observations Holdet bestod i dag af Andrew og Cora. De havde en rigtig fin morgen med gode fugle. Andrew fandt bla. en sjælden Brilleand, som er den første i år! Desværre blev den aldrig genfundet, så vi andre så den ikke. Andrew og Cora slog også til med en Islom og to Sortgrå Ryler, sidstnævnte er lidt sjælden på den her tid af året! Mallemukkerne viste sig også frem igen i dag, hvor en mørk type trak forbi. Det er ikke så tit vi ser det, så det var ret nice.
Min eftermiddag har stået på en masse Dofbasen arbejde, som jeg er blevet ved med at udskyde, og derfor må jeg sidde med det nu. Alle på stationen har også fået sig en lur i løbet af dagen, det var dælme tiltrængt! Vi har her til aften sat to fælder op ved stenene nedenfor fyret, i håb om at fange Stenpikkere, og indtil videre har vi fanget 4! To af dem var 2k hanner, som var sindssygt flotte!
I morgen får jeg besøg af mine bedsteforældre, der er taget den lange vej fra Grenå. Det glæder jeg mig meget til!
Det var alt for i dag!
Vi ses derude!
Ringmærkning: Kabeltromlen
Løvsanger (10)
Rødstjert (1)
Gærdesanger (1)
Bogfinke (2)
Gransanger (2)
Total: 16
Ringmærkning: Fyrhaven
Stenpikker (4) Indtil videre:)
Total: 2
Highlights fra Skagen
Brilleand
Islom (2)
Tredækker
Kejserørn
Today’s sightings from observers in the area on dofbasen
Today’s raptor summary from the Skagen area
People: Cora Köberle, Simon Sigaard Christiansen, Lucas Corneliussen, Andrew Jacobs, Rasmus Matthiesen-Juhl, Anders Rasmussen, Tue Baaner, Anders and Dorte Østerby.
An Extravagance of Eagles
Today I went out ringing where we had a nice weather day and a good number of birds. More females started to show up for species like European Pied Flycatcher (Broget Fluesnapper) and Common Redstart (Rødstjert) which was good to see. Two Sedge Warblers (Sivsanger) in the nets were another highlight if we can ring enough of them later years may be able to tell how old they can be from the recaptures as they undergo a complete moult and cannot be aged by plumage in the spring. As the day warmed up quite a few raptors started to come out towards the station where the Booted Eagle (Dværgørn) came in and did several passes directly over us which was quite the spectacle.
Sedge Warbler (Sivsanger)
Booted Eagle (Dværgørn)
We decided to go to Flagbakken to see if the Steppe Eagle (Steppeørn) from yesterday would come back around today. As we got there a trickle of raptors was going through with a few of each of the regular species coming past. The same Booted Eagle (Dværgørn) from earlier in the day came by and passed directly over us again in a second location for the day. We got a zello that the Steppe Eagle (Steppeørn) had been spotted to the south and then it seemed it had been spotted to the north and gotten past us. We manage to spot the Steppe Eagle (Steppeørn) far out to the north as it slowly came towards Flagbakken and flew very close by giving a great display. We hung around finishing a bit of work up between birds coming past and a White Stork (Hvid Stork) showed up doing a couple of passes.
Steppe Eagle (Steppeørn)
We then got a zello about a Citrine Wagtail (Citronvipstjert) which we went over to take a look for however it was down in the brush with a large flock of other wagtails. We then got a zello about an Eastern Imperial Eagle (Kejserørn) which was on the move and we set off after it as it was unlikely to hang around in one spot to go after later. We managed to catch up with the Eastern Imperial Eagle (Kejserørn) quite distantly at one spot then closer at the next spot as it travelled south west eventually disappearing behind the trees while being chased by a crow, but not before displaying its massive size and much different patterning than the other eagles we had seen.
Eastern Imperial Eagle (Kejserørn)
After all of the eagle excitement we got home and were having a meeting where at the end we got a zello about a European Bee-eater (Biæder) just outside at Ellekrattet so we ran out and this time we managed to spot it in the distance gliding above the forest, all in all a very good end to a very good day.
Today’s sightings from observers in the area on dofbasen https://dofbasen.dk/search/result.php?design=table&soeg=soeg&periode=dato&dato=12-05-2025&omraade=stor&stor=588&obstype=observationer&species=alle&sortering=dato
Ringmærkning: Kabeltromlen:
New
Broget Fluesnapper 2
Rødstjert 4
Løvsanger 5
Gærdesanger 9
Skovpiber 1
Sivsanger 2
Rødhals 2
Tornsanger 6
Munk 2
Bogfinke 2
Recaptures
Solsort 2
Gærdesanger 1
Tornsanger 1
Highlights from the observations:
Eastern Imperial Eagle (Kejserørn)
Steppe Eagle (Steppeørn)
Booted Eagle (Dværgørn)
Citrine Wagtail (Citronvipstjert)
European Bee-eater (Biæder)
White Stork (Hvid Stork)
Today’s raptor summary from the Skagen area
People: Cora Köberle, Simon Sigaard Christiansen, Lucas Corneliussen, Andrew Jacobs, Anders and Dorte Østerby.