Flying Penguins

Another sunny day of ringing and observing! Jeppe enjoyed a good morning with Knud at World’s End 3. Jeppe is very happy about getting private lessons by Knud how to distinguish Razorbills (Alk) and Guillemots (Lomvie).

Meanwhile, Martin, Christina, Pablo, Simon and I had a good ringing morning with quite a lot of birds. We caught some Blue Tits, Great Tits, Robins, Blackbirds, a Redwing and a Brambling. Flemming and Christel also came by for a visit.

Unfortunately, our guests Lone and Lars had to leave today. We had a very nice week with them at the ringing station and at the observation point. They told us some amazing birdwatching stories they experienced and showed us “magic stones” that light in the dark. We hope to see you again!

When we came home, we started cleaning the attic and organized it, so everything is prepared for the new season in spring. During cleaning, we found this game and of course had to try it out ;).

After that, Martin and Pablo went for a refreshing swim in the sea and caught a Rezorbill (Alk) with bare hands! As the bird seemed to be weak and unhealthy, they released it back to the ocean. We hope that it will get well again.

After sunset, Jeppe and I made our way to do some night catching. The conditions seemed to be very good to catch some Woodcocks (Skovsneppe) and we actually almost caught one twice… Tomorrow we will give it another try.

After our tour we were happy to be welcomed with a lovely dinner from Pablo. He made tortillas for us, which is a Spanish omelette with potatoes, delicious!

Click here to see today's observations entered in the Dofbasen by observers in the area

People: Jeppe Overgaard, Knud Pedersen, Pablo Macías Torres, Martin Grienenberger, Simon S. Christiansen, Christina Stinn, Knud Pedersen, Erik Christophersen, Flemming & Christel, Lars & Lone Madsen, Amelie Zeller

Ringmærkning Fyrhaverne:

Blåmejse – Blue Tit - 1

Grønirisk – Greenfinch - 7

Skovspurv – Tree Sparrow – 1

Total: 9

Ringmærkning Kabeltromlen:

Blåmejse – Blue Tit - 21

Dompap, Lille (europaea) – Wester European Bullfinch - 1

Gærdesmutte – Wren - 2

Musvit – Great Tit - 6

Rødhals – Robin - 2

Sangdrossel – Songthrush - 1

Solsort – Blackbird - 3

Vindrossel – Redwing – 1

Total: 37