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The quiet after the storm
We received a lot of rain last night and had winds of over 17 m/s. The bad weather continued into the early morning hours, so Amelie and I didn’t open the nets at Kabeltromlen until 8.00 am. Michael joined us for his last day with us in Grenen.
We were hoping that the birds would take advantage of the break in the bad weather and start to migrate; however, we only had a total of 13 new captures today. Michael Anker ringed at Jennes Sø and also had very few birds. We could hear a Yellow-browed warbler (Hvidbrynet Løvsanger) calling in the bushes at Kabeltromlen but didn’t see it, and it didn’t go anywhere near our nets this time. So, we have to cherish the memory of the two individuals that we caught yesterday.
Amelie and I making our way through the once again flooded section that made us happy to be in waders:
Martin went migration counting and had a very quiet morningat World's End 3. We all used the afternoon to catch up on our projects, including reading up on moulting strategies, migration routes, and (for me) identifying bird calls. We are also preparing our individual presentations that we will have in upcoming evening sessions in which each of us will present a different topic.
We had to say goodbye to our lovely guests Stig and Lene today. They joined us for dinner most nights this past week, during which we had wonderful conversations. It was great having them with us, and we hope to welcome them back to Skagen Fuglestation later this year.
Ringmærkning (Kabeltromlen):
Fuglekonge - Goldcrest: 3
Gærdesmutte - Eurasian wren: 1
Rødhals - European robin: 1
Munk - Eurasian blackcap: 5
Rørspurv - Reed bunting: 1
Sangdrossel - Songthrush: 1
Bogfinke - Chaffinch: 1
Total Kabeltromlen: 13
Ringmærkning (Jennes Sø):
Gærdesmutte - Eurasian wren: 1
Gransanger - Chiffchaff: 1
Grønsisken - Eurasian Siskin: 2
Rørspurv - Reed bunting: 1
Total Jennes Sø: 5
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People: Martin Grienenberger, Amelie S. Zeller, Christina Stinn, Simon S. Christiansen, Michael Fink Jørgensen, Michael Anker, Lene & Stig
A fresh wind from Siberia...
A few nights ago, Angus caught a Lightbellied Brant (Lysbuget Knortegås), that has been resting just at the Kattegat Bunker for almost a week. So, Knud pointed out to us that it got a new friend and walking home from migration counting, we saw that the two Brants were accompanied by a Goosander (Stor Skallesluger). That was motivation enough for Christina and me to go out yesterday. We were keen on catching that Goosander! So, when we arrived at the Bunker at about 10pm, unfortunately, the Goosander had left, but the two Geese were swimming in the water not too far away. As the water was quite deep, it wasn’t possible for us to walk in with our waders, so Christina took her chance and went for a little swim. She was successful and as soon as we put the bird in a bag, she went in to get the second one. Unluckily, it flew out of the net again… Arriving at the lab, we noticed that the Goose had already been ringed by Angus. We are stoked to try it another time in the next days.
In the morning, Christina and I opened the nets at Kabeltromlen, hoping for another good ringing day. Oluf and Michael joined us at 7 before the first round.
Michael, Oluf and two juvenile Songthrushes (Sangdrossel):

We were busy this morning with several flocks of Blue Tits (Blåmejse) and Coal Tits (Sortmejse), but the highlights for today were definitely two Yellow-Browed Warblers (Hvidbrynet Løvsanger), such beautiful birds! We were hoping to catch this species all week.

Christina, while taking measurements of the Yellow-Browed Warbler:

This afternoon there was heavy rain and wind in Skagen, but we hope to get a break tomorrow morning, so that we can go ringing and take advantage of the easterly winds.
Ringmærkning (Kabeltromlen):
Blåmejse - Blue Tit - 25
Fugelkonge – Goldcrest - 2
Gærdesmutte -Wren - 8
Gransanger - Chiffchaff – 8
Lille Gråsisken – Lesser Redpoll – 3
Hvidbrynet Løvsanger – Yellow-browed Warbler - 2
Jernspurv - Dunnock – 2
Løvsanger – Willow Warbler - 1
Munk - Blackcap – 6
Musvit – Great Tit - 5
Rødhals - Robin – 6
Rørsanger – Reed Warbler - 1
Rørspurv - Reed Bunting - 2
Sangdrossel - Song Thrush – 2
Solsort – Blackbird - 2
Sortmejse - Coal Tit - 9
Total: 83
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People: Martin Grienenberger, Amelie Zeller, Christina Stinn, Simon S. Christiansen, Michael Fink Jørgensen, Oluf Lou, Knud Pedersen, Lene & Stig, Jørgen & Igor
Black scoters!
Black Scoters!
The ringing day at Kabeltromlen started quite slowly yesterday. Amelie, Angus, Oluf, and Michael kept the nets open until the early afternoon and ended up catching 80 birds. Among them was a beautiful Eurasian bullfinch (Dompap) and a Songthrush (Sangdrossel), of which we expect more this autumn.
I went migration counting with Martin and Knud. It was a slow morning for the seabirds as well, so we spent the extra time practicing our ageing skills of Northern gannets (Sule) from juvenile, second, third, and fourth year to the adult phase. I also had the opportunity to practice more bird calls, as there were a few passerines flying overhead.
In the afternoon, Martin and I saw two Black Scoter (Amerikansk Sortand) males from the beach in Hirtsals. They are common in parts of North America, but here in Denmark we only see the occasional vagrants, so it is always exciting to see them when they come over the Atlantic. I had never seen a Black scoter before, but even to my untrained eye the difference between the Common scoter (Sortand) and the Black scoter was very obvious. We kept an eye out for a female Black scoter as well, but they are much more difficult to identify than the males, so we couldn’t tell.
In the evening, the moon showed itself in a beautiful reddish hue:
This morning it was too windy and rainy to go ringing at Kabeltromlen, but not for migration counts. Martin, Amelie, and I joined Knud at World’s End 3 – fortunately, we went prepared with our rain gear.
In the last hour of counting, the clouds broke up and we were rewarded by glorious sunshine. It is amazing what difference a few rays of sunlight can make. We didn’t see a lot of activity over the water, either, but we saw more Northern pintails (Spitsand) and Northern shovelers (Skeand).
Today, we unfortunately had to say goodbye to one of our volunteer members, Angus. He showed his passion for birds each time he was out in the field and was always willing to share his extensive knowledge about them with us. We will miss him, his British humor, as well as his skills in night catching. We wish him all the very best for the future, which hopefully contains many exciting bird observations and experiences.
Ringmærkning (Kabeltromlen) for 09/23/2020 (no ringing on 09/24/2020):
Blåmejse - Blue tit: 26
Dompap - Eurasian bullfinch: 1
Fuglekonge - Goldcrest: 2
Gærdesmutte - Eurasian wren: 1
Grå Fluesnapper - Spotted flycatcher: 1
Gransanger - Common chiffchaff: 6
Gråsisken - Common redpoll: 4
Jernspurv - Dunnock: 2
Løvsanger - Willow warbler: 1
Munk - Eurasian blackcap: 3
Musvit - Great tit: 7
Rødhals - European robin: 4
Rødstjert - Common redstart: 1
Rørspurv - Reed bunting: 5
Sangdrossel - Songtrush: 1
Sortmejse - Coal tit: 15
Total: 80
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People: Martin Grienenberger, Amelie S. Zeller, Angus R. W. Barnett, Christina Stinn, Simon S. Christiansen, Michael Fink Jørgensen, Oluf Lou, Jørgen & Igor, Knud Pedersen, Lene & Stig
A sweet smell of Siberia
The first thing Oluf said this morning when he arrived at the ringing table was that there was a nice Siberian smell in the air, and he was right ! The first Siberian highlight of the day was found in the nets and was a lovely 1cy Red-breasted Flycatcher (Dverg Fluesnapper), a lifer for both Angus and I ! Knud and Amelie who were going migration counting also joined us to enjoy this little gem of the Siberian forests. The excitement around the table and among the birders was really sensitive ! Since it was the first twitch scene for Christina, she had a lot of fun experiencing the hype about that bird.
Otherwise, the ringing was a bit slow this morning with a low number, but as Michael said, it’s a good thing to have more time for processing birds and especially ageing them. Since Simon is away this week, we only rely on our owns and it’s a challenging and fulfilling experience to learn to do it ourserlves ! Reed Buntings and Chiffchaffs, here we come !
On the migration side, Knud and Amelie had a really nice morning, although they missed the other Siberian treat of the day: a White-billed Diver that made Angus jumped out of his ringing chair and ran for it ! Unfortunately, he couldn’t spot it either although the bird landed in the Kattegat.
During the morning, Amelie enjoyed a few nice lessons from Knud who was eager to share his precious knowledge about bird identification and ageing. It was the occasion for her to see a few new species : Arctic Skua (Almindelyg Kjove), Mediterranean Gull (Sorthovedet Måge) and Razorbill (Alk).
In late morning, Amelie joined Angus and they stayed a bit longer at the ringing station for sewing a few holed nets while catching a few more birds including a nice adult Dunnock (Jernspruv) for which they took time to process it. During that time, Oluf and Michael went for a walk in the dune area looking for the Lapland Buntings (Lapværling) and found them ! From 2 birds earlier this week, they are now at least 5, and even probably up to 9 !
The afternoon was dedicated to sewing holes in the nets again, and Angus took advantage of that to do a bit more of ringing meanwhile.
With a beautiful sun in the evening, Michael went to North Beach to enjoy a nice walk in a hope for new sibes ! Amelie and I went to Kabeltromlen to work a upcoming movie we’ll made about nocmiging.
Ringmærkning (Kabbeltromlen):
Blåmejse - Blue Tit 13
Gærdesmutte -Wren 5
Gransanger - Chiffchaff 2
Jernspurv - Dunnock 4
Lille Fluesnapper - Red-breasted Flycatcher 1
Munk - Blackcap 5
Rødhals - Robin 5
Rødstjert - Redstart 1
Rørspurv - Reed Bunting 6
Sangdrossel - Song Thrush 1
Sortmejse - Coal Tit 1
Total: 44
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People: Martin Grienenberger, Amelie S. Zeller, Angus R. W. Barnett, Christina Stinn, Simon S. Christiansen, Michael Fink Jørgensen, Oluf Lou, Knud Pedersen, Lene & Stig
Home Alone...
Today was our first day of ringing without Simon, but luckily, we will be getting some help from Oluf Lou and Michael Fink Jørgensen for this week! They have both been ringing for a long time and we are happy that they can help us extracting, ringing and ageing hopefully many birds this week.
Meanwhile, Simon enjoying the time in Copenhagen, before he will leave for Ottenby:

Martin and I opened the nets today and were later joined by Christina, Oluf and Michael. We had a rather foggy morning and were also accompanied by our guests Lene and Stig. Angus was spending the morning at World’s End 3 with Knud. They were lucky observing a Pomarine Skua (Mellemkjove), which was the first time for Angus to see one! They also took some nice pictures and videos from two Lapland Buntings (Lapværling) resting close to them on the beach.

Photo: Knud Pedersen
The birds today weren’t as active as in the last days, but we still caught 45 individuals and 8 different species. It was important to us to spend some time for checking each other and taking a lot of time for taking pictures, ageing and sexing.
Michael will stay at Simon’s place for this week and went back there after the ringing to get some work for DOF done. Lene and Stig really enjoyed the ringing and found it interesting to watch us working in the field.

In the late afternoon we entered the ringing data from today and prepared for our day tomorrow. We will further research for the ageing of some species, especially for Dunnocks (Jernspurv) and Reed Buntings (Rørspurv).
Today Angus and I will maybe try and catch a Brant Goose (Knortegås), that’s been around the lighthouse for a week.
Ringmærkning (Kabbeltromlen):
Blåmejse - Blue tit - 6
Gransanger - Chiffchaff - 2
Munk - Blackcap - 2
Gærdesmutte – Wren - 4
Fuglekonge – Goldcrest - 3
Rødhals - Robin - 8
Jernspurv - Dunnock - 8
Rørspurv - Reed bunting - 11
Total: 45
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People: Martin Grienenberger, Amelie Zeller, Angus Barnett, Christina Stinn, Simon S. Christiansen, Michael Fink Jørgensen, Oluf Lou, Knud Pedersen, Lene, Stig
Wriggling Wrens
One of the hardest challenges a bird ringer faces is safely and efficiently extracting birds from the mist nets. Some species are easier than others for example the Eurasian Blackcap (Munk) whilst others more diificult. Wrens are the worst but today we caught 18... It's all good practice.
Wren (Gærdesmutte)

But these wriggly little critters are undeniably adorable in the hand. The morning provided us with some other gems in the net. Today I saw my first fieldfare (Sjagger) and redwing (Vindrossel) of the season - thrush migration is beginning! So I was over the moon when we caught a female.
Female Fieldfare (Sjagger)

Simon is leaving us for the week to take some 'holiday' at Ottenby Bird Observatory - which will likely be more ringing... Therefore a team meeting was needed to plan the coming week ahead. In the evening we welcomed our newest guests to the lighthouse who joined us for dinner. Afterwards the guests joined us for a cheeky little night catching session, but the pool at worlds end 3 was all dried up resulting in no birds! Hopefully they enjoy the ringing over the next coming days though.
Ringmærkning Grenen
Blamejse - Blue tit: 3
Rørsanger - Reed Warbler: 2
Sortmejse - Coal tit: 2
Gransanger - Common Chiffchaff: 7
Sibirisk Gransanger - Siberian Chiffchaff: 1
Munk - Eurasian blackcap: 1
Gærdesmutte - Eurasian wren: 13
Fuglekonge - Goldcrest: 7
Rødhals - European robin: 10
Stenpikker - Wheatear : 1
Jernspurv - Dunnock : 9
Grå flusnapper - Spotted flycatcher: 1
Lille Gråsisken - Lesser redpoll: 2
Sångdrossel - Song thrush: 1
Solsort - Blackbird: 1
Rorspurv - Reed bunting : 2
Total: 65
Ringmærkning Jennes sø
Gærdesmutte - Wren: 4
Jernspurv - Dunnock: 2
Rødhals - Robin: 2
Gransanger - Chiffchaff: 2
Fuglekonge - Goldcrest: 5
Blåmejse - Blue tit: 1
Musvit - Great tit: 1
Lille Gråsisken - Lesser redpoll: 16
Nordlig Gråsisken - Common redpoll: 2
Total: 35
Grand Total: 100
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People: Martin Grienenberger, Amelie Zeller, Angus Barnett, Simon S. Christiansen, Christina Stinn, Michael Ancher, Eric Christophersen
Summer is not over yet !
What a lovely day we had again today ! As usual, Amelie, Angus and Simon took the first round at the ringing station. As the weather was calm and wind-less, plenty of birds were wainting to be ringed ! Christina had then to back them up to help them extract the birds and ring them. Although it was a summery day, the 2 most captured species today has an autumn smell : 13 Wrens (Gærdesmutte) and 18 Robins (Rødhals). Some other nice species ended up their way in the nets today: a Northern Wheatear (Stenpikker), a Meadow Pipit (Engpiber) and a 2 Bramblings (Kvæverfinke) !
Gulspurv - yellowhammer

Meadow Pipit - Engpiber

Stor flagspaette - Great Spotted Woodpecker

Gulspurv Yellowhammer
Rorsanger - reed Warbler
Christina and I were at World’s End 1 today for migration counting. Since the wind was really slow, I didn’t really expect seabird migration to be entertaining and I focused then on passerines. I enjoyed a lovely morning then with a good numbers of Coal, Blue and Great tits flocks (Blåmejse, Sortmejse, Musvit), a few Jays (Skovskade) and some scarce species for Skagen such as Hawfinch (Kernebider) or Woodlark (Hedelærke) including one singing individual!
Nothing really special to share with you about our afternoon, dedicated to our daily tasks such as data entry, sheet checking, holy nap time, …
In the evening, the love couple Amelie and Augustin spent their time in town skateboarding and eating, enjoying the last night of Augustin’s stay which is unfortunately ending tomorrow already… Time flies fast !
Ringmærkning (Kabbeltromlen):
Stor Flagspaette - Great Spotted Woodpecker : 2
Blamejse - Blue tit: 4
Musvit - Great Tit: 3
Rørsanger - Reed Warbler: 5
Lovsanger - Willow Warbler: 2
Gransanger - Common chiffchaff: 5
Munk - Eurasian blackcap: 5
Gærdesmutte - Eurasian wren: 13
Fuglekonge - Goldcrest: 4
Rødhals - European robin: 18
Stenpikker - Wheatear : 1
Jernspurv - Dunnock : 6
Engpiber - Meadow Pipit : 1
Bogfinke - Chaffinch : 1
Dvaerkefinke - Brambling : 2
Lille Gråsisken - Lesser redpoll: 2
Gulspurv - Yellowhammer : 1
Rorspurv - Reed bunting : 7
Total: 82
Ringmærkning (Jennes Sø):
Blamejse - Blue tit: 1
Musvit - Great Tit: 1
Gransanger - Common chiffchaff: 2
Gærdesmutte - Eurasian wren: 4
Fuglekonge - Goldcrest: 5
Rødhals - European robin: 2
Jernspurv - Dunnock : 2
Lille Gråsisken - Lesser redpoll: 16
Stor Gråsisken - Mealy redpoll: 2
Total: 35
Daily Total: 117
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People: Martin Grienenberger, Amelie Zeller, Angus Barnett, Simon S. Christiansen, Christina Stinn, Augustin Stickse, Michael Ancher, Grethe and Stig , Eric Christophersen, Michael Ancher
A Recapture from Norway and a Bean Goose at Jennes Sø
Today, Amelie and Angus went bird ringing at Jennes Sø together with Simon and Michael. There weren’t nearly as many birds in the nets as expected, but it was still an exciting ringing day because they caught a Lesser redpoll (Lille Gråsisken) from Norway!
It is always quite rewarding to catch a bird that has been mist-netted and/or ringed elsewhere. It shows us how far these birds can and do travel.
During the morning at Jennes Sø, they were visited by a group of university students who will become teachers. The students received a tour and a lecture from Simon about ringing. Amelie and Angus played a migratory bird game with them, in which each person was assigned a bird species. Everyone then had to walk to different “stations” that represented the various regions of the world to show which migration route “their” species takes throughout the year. Everybody had a lot of fun, and the students are looking forward to playing the game with their pupils to teach them about migratory birds.
After the group left, Amelie and Angus went to repair a few of the damaged nets – such maintenance tasks are necessary to keep our catching method with the mist nets effective and safe.
Amelie and Angus also saw a Taiga or Tundra bean goose (Sædgås eller Tundrasædgås) and caught 4 Crested tits (Topmejse), which I thought was very exciting. I wasn’t at Jennes Sø with them today and have never ringed a Crested tit before, so I look forward to catching some in the coming weeks.
I spent a sunny morning at World’s End 3 with Martin for the daily migratory bird counts. It was a quiet day with only very little movement over the water. Grethe and Stig came to visit us, and I practiced my seabird identification skills, and Martin even began to teach me the bird calls of passerines (and a few non-passerines) flying by overhead. I must admit that I find learning the bird calls much more difficult than identifying them by sight. Martin has been a patient teacher, so I am sure that I will improve – one species at a time.
Our afternoon was busy with the usual data entry and administrative tasks that are just as important as the field work (although not always quite as fun). We will be ringing at Kabeltromlen again tomorrow – who knows, perhaps we will get another recapture from abroad?
Ringmærkning (Jennes Sø):
Topmejse - European crested tit: 4
Musvit - Great tit: 3
Rørsanger - Eurasian reed warbler: 2
Gransanger - Common chiffchaff: 3
Munk - Eurasian blackcap: 1
Tornsanger - Common whitethroat: 1
Gærdesmutte - Eurasian wren: 2
Fuglekonge - Goldcrest: 1
Rødhals - European robin: 4
Lille Gråsisken - Lesser redpoll: 15
Total: 36
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People: Martin Grienenberger, Amelie Zeller, Angus Barnett, Simon S. Christiansen, Christina Stinn, Augustin Stickse, Michael Ancher, Grethe and Stig
Dobbelbekkasin in the nets today
What a nice and sunny day! We really enjoyed having some sun in our faces today, even though it was quite chilly in the morning. Martin had a nice counting session at the Kattegat Bunker with a lot of Razorbills (Alk) and Guillemots, 250 in total!
In the meantime, Christina, Angus, Augustin, Simon and I had a good ringing session. Christina was very escited to ring her first Common Snipe (Dobbeltbekkasin) today. Also, our guests and Jorgen and Igor joined us at Kabeltromlen.

Later in the morning Augustin joined Martin and was happy to learn new species with Martin as a good teacher. They took some nice pictures through the scope at World’s End 3.


At the ringing station in Kabeltromlen we had some visitors today. A group of biology students from Aalborg came and enjoyed watching us ring. They will be doing a university project about Robins (Rødhals) and their migration habits, so they were lucky to see some Robins in hand today.

In the afternoon Martin, Angus and Augustin had a little boys’ trip to Jennes Sø to put up some mist nets there. Meanwhile, I started to sew some of the holes in the nets at Kabeltromlen. It is important to maintain the nets, so they can be used for a long time.
In the evening all of us went to Jerup to do some Birdwatching there. We had a good evening with Brant Geese (Knortegås), Tundra Bean Geese (Tundrasædgås), some Kestrels (Tårnfalk), a Red Kite (Rød Glente) and some nice flocks of Greylag Geese (Grågås). From a distance we could observe a Greater Blackbacked Gull (Svartbag) killing a Blackheaded Gull (Hættemåge).


Ringmærkning (Kabeltromlen):
Blåmejse – Blue Tit – 3
Dobbeltnekkasin – Common Snipe – 1
Fugelkonge – Goldcrest – 6
Gærdesmutte – Wren – 8
Gransanger – Chiffchaff – 3
Gårsisken – Redpoll – 1
Jernspurv – Dunnock – 10
Løvsanger – Willow Warbler – 1
Munk – Blackcap – 3
Musvit – Great Tit – 2
Rødhals – Robin – 2
Rødstjert – Common Redstart – 1
Rørsanger – Reed Warbler – 1
Rørspurv – Reed Bunting – 4
Sortmejse – Coal Tit - 11
Total: 57
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People: Martin Grienenberger, Amelie Zeller, Angus Barnett, Simon S. Christiansen, Augustin Sticksel, Grethe and Stig, Jørgen & Igor
Sunny day in Skagen
We woke up this morning with a nice and not too windy weather. Two teams as usual then : Christina, Angus, , Simon, Amelie and her boyfriend Augustin went for ringing and I joined Knud at World’s End 3 for counting migratory birds.
The highlight of the ringing morning is by far this recapture from Holland ! A Blackcap (Munk) found its way to our nets and we’re glad it did ! We don’t have the life history from this bird and we will keep you updated as soon as we hear from Holland.
Speaking of ring recovery, I told you about a Greylag Goose neckband which was found at Nordstand. We received an email from the ringer ! The bird was caught and ringed in Norway in Tennsundet, Herøy in 2012. This place is situated 950 km north of Skagen. This bird was seen during winters in Schleswig-Holstein in Germany and in Holland, and ack in Norway to breed.
The migration counting was back on an average day today, with quite small numbers for most of the species here. But we were still entertained with a great diversity ! We counted no less than 47 different species including a few new life birds for me : Lapland Bunting (Lapværling) and Twite (Bjergirisk) ! The young Little Gulls were still present, mixing together with the Tern flock.
During the afternoon, most of us went a really nice walk around the area to enjoy the sun. Amelie and Augustin went to the Tip of Denmark to admire the big waves coming from the north and colliding into the Kattegat waters. They found 2 beauties of nature on their way : a lizard and a shark eggshell. Christina and I went around the north Skagen area from the lighthouse to the pencil, Nordstrand and the way back to the lighthouse by Skarvsoen and Grenen. We had the chance to cross our path with 2 vipers ! One very tiny young was crossing the road while a bigger adult was sunbathing.





During the day, I also went through the night recordings from the 2 previous days. The night before yesterday was unexpectedly quiet with only a few birds, although the weather was really perfect for night migration. Yesterday was different, and I put the recorder here at the Lighthouse since the fog was really dense, and it proved to be a good idea ! The light generated by the lighthouse is attracting birds blinded by the fog. Therefore they came with really good numbers ! The night started with a flock of Greylag Geese (Grågås), quickly followed by some crazy flocks of Dunlin (Almindelig Ryle), including one which spent 3 minutes circling around the lighthouse and giving no less than 280 calls ! Crazy ! The cherry on top was that Barn Owl (Slørugle) which only called once. This species is very rare here and it could be only the second or third record for Skagen ! You can see more of the results on the link below.
Ringing Totals:
Chiffchaff - Gransanger: 8
Dunnock - Jernspurv: 4
Willow warbler - Løvsanger: 1
Blackcap - Munk: 16
Robin - Rødhals: 4
Coal tit - Sortmejse: 6
Total: 31
People: Martin Grienenberger, Amelie Zeller, Angus Barnett, Simon S. Christiansen, Knud Pedersen, Augustin Stickse, Grethe and Stig
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