Ringing after a rainy night

As the wind has died down, it was finally time for ringing at Kabeltromlen again today. For me it was the first time ringing since I arrived at the station, so I was very excited. The motivation was so high that Martina and I got up at 11pm and went to the beach in the hope of catching a gull. Unfortunately, we were not lucky and were surprised by a heavy rain shower.

Because of the rain, we didn't leave for Kabeltromlen until shortly after 4am. We opened the nets and were hindered by the masses of mosquitoes. Martina had warned me, but I didn't think there would be so many. Fortunately, there were fewer and fewer each round and the mosquito hat was a great help. Even though we didn't catch many birds, it was still nice to get to know the area, get in practice and learn a few things about moulting as I have never ringed at this time of year. Seán and Magnus stopped by after the count, but we were only able to show them a single bird from the round. The last round was at least a little better with 5 birds. Afterwards we first went briefly to the beach and saw a Red Knot (Islandsk ryle), and then went back to the station, where the delicious leftovers from yesterday's lasagne were waiting for our hungry stomachs. 

Lille Gråsisken (Lesser Redpoll) - thanks to Benjamin Bech for this nice picture.

Meanwhile, Seán took care of counting the migrating birds again at World's End 3. Again today there were several observers on site. Like the last few days, several Arctic Skuas (almindelig kjove) were seen. In addition, two Great Skuas (Storkjove) and the next Manx Shearwater (almindelig skråpe) passed through this time. The heavy rain tonight has also resulted in many puddles forming on the beach, which are now being used by many waders to search for food. 2 Bar-tailed Godwits (Lille kobbersneppe), 1 Little Stint (Dværgryle) and 2 Spotted Redshanks (Sortklire) were there.

Now we are going to prepare everything for the night catching. In addition, we will not be ringing at Kabeltromlen tomorrow, as we will be in Skarvsøen, the CES site.

Tonight we will try to ring Storm Petrels (stormsvale). Due to the weather forecast, we will have a second try tomorrow night. I am really excited, so keep your fingers crossed that we will be successful!

People: Seán Walsh, Martina Hillbrand, Simon Kiesé, Simon S. Christiansen, Lisa Vergin & Benjamin Bech

 A link to today's observations from volunteers and local observers.

Ringing (Kabeltromlekrattet)

Munk (Blackcap) - 1
Tornsanger (Common Whitethroat) - 5
Gærdesanger (Lesser Whitethroat) - 1
Rørsanger (Reed Warbler) - 4
Lille Gråsisken (cabaret) (Lesser Redpoll) - 1

Total: 12