Jennes Sø

Ulysse and I headed to Jennes Sø for a CES (Constant effort site) ringing session. This meant an early morning with the nets to be opened by 4:45. The mosquitos were also very present. However, although we only caught 12 birds, we did catch quite a few different species. I was able to ring my first robin (rødhals) and Ulysse was lucky to ringed the bird of the session: a greater spotted woodpecker (stor flagspætte).

While we were ringing, Augustin got to sleep in a bit more, until 5! He went to world’s end 3 to observe with Knud. There were the usual species such as the hundreds of common scoters (sortand). Kestrels were out in numbers today. Notable species seen were the manx’s shearwater (almindelig skråpe), the red backed shrike (rødrygget tornskade) and the spotted redshank (sortklire). They also spotted a grey seal (grå sæl) out at sea.

After ringing and observations, we came back to the lighthouse for a short break before going out to open the nets in the old lighthouse garden. This was for the ringing tour organized in the context of the Kattegat week. When we thought the tour would be empty, the last net had a yellowhammer (gulspurv). The rest of the day was spent doing admin and shopping.

Ringmærkninge – Jennes Sø

Tornsanger – 2

Gærdesanger – 1

Kærsanger – 1

Solsort – 1

Gransanger – 3

Rørspurv – 1

Rødhals – 1

Gærdesmutte – 1

Stor Flagspætte – 1

Ringmærkninge – Fyrhaven

Gulspurv – 1

Total - 13

Folk på stationen: Mathilde Ducroz, Simon S Christiansen, Ulysse Reverre og Augustin Sticksel.

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