Lille Lappedykker and Skarvsøen success

Hello everyone!

Ill start with the successes from last night. At around 10pm, Me, Solenn, Max and Diana decided that we will try mist-netting for shorebirds at skarvsøen again and try our luck at improving on the last two attempts with 13 & 9 birds. This was the first time that Solenn and Diana had attempted night catching shorebirds with mist-nets so they were excited regardless. Once we arrived we put out two nets and were already very optimistic due to thew number of birds we could see on the lake with the thermal scope. Whilst putting up the two nets, a Dunlin (Almindelig Ryle) had already flown into one so this also filled us with hope for the night ahead.

For the first round we had caught 16 birds which had already surpassed our first night catcing at skarvsøen so we were already happy. The night then continued in this was with good numbers of Dunlins and Snipe (Dobbeltbekkasin) throughout the night. At around 5am however, we decided to take a walk around the lake and see if we could catch any birds with torch and net. There were plenty of Water Rails (Vandriske), but there were too flighty and ran off into the reed beds. We also saw multiple Ruff (Brushane) and a Little Ringed-Plover (Lille Præstekrave) but success came in the form of a Little Grebe (Lille Lappedykker). It was a first for me, Solenn and Dianna in the hand and first seen for Max so we were all pretty happy. Lisa also came to see the little guy. So, in the end, we ended up with 40 birds, so a good success and a good effort made by everyone. We will very likely be exploiting the low water levels at Skarvsøen at the moment so hopefully we bring you more storys of wader-filled nights and maybe some more species.

Lille Lappedykker (Little Grebe Juv.)

Also during the morning Hanelie and Simon went ringing at Kabeltromlen. Although not as eventful as our night, some birds kept the morning going including the Redstarts (Rødstjert) and Willow Warblers (Løvsanger). Once we had packed up and got back from Skarvsaøen, Solenn decided she wasn’t tired (Somehow), likely from the night of excitement, so also joined the others at Kabeltromlen.

Dobbeltbekasin (Common Snipe Ad.)

During the day, after data entry and other housekeeping, most of us slept until early afternoon.

We then enjoyed a great dinner outside in the Blink Courtyard prepared by Jette and her Husband staying with us in the apartment this week.

Ringing (Kabeltromlen):

Rødstjert: 5

Løvsanger: 3

Rørsanger: 1

Gransanger: 2

Jernspurv: 1

Sangdrossel: 1

Gærdesanger: 2

Lile Gråsisken: 1

Ringing (Skarvsøen)

Dobbelbekkasin: 19

Almindelig Ryle: 20

Lille Lappedykker: 1

Total: 56

Todays Observations from the area on DOFBasen

People: Max Laubstein, Simon Christiansen, Frank Osterberg, Hanelie Sidhu, Solenn Boucher, Lisa Vergin, Diana Sciandra and our Guests Jette og Anders