Nice Ringing Morning and Orchids

Today it was time again to go to Skarvsøen to do the CES ringing. So Hanelie and Pauline went out early to open the nets and Andrew and I joined for the first round. 

We rang 20 new birds today and caught 13 recaptures. Many of the birds we caught today were Reed Warblers (Rørsanger) three of them were 1k birds which hatched this year. The first 1k Reed Warblers (Rørsanger) this season!

And also very interesting was a recapture of a Reed Warblers (Rørsanger) which was rung here in 2019 so it is six years old now!

Two young Great Tits (Musvit) 

Between the rounds we also found out that many of the Raspberries  at Skarvsøen were already ripe and there were also some Redcurrants and Gooseberries! So we had nice snacks and we also collected some for breakfast.

We also had some nice observations of other birds out at Skarvsøen. One highlight were four Arctic Skuas (Almindelig Kjove) which were flying inland chasing a Tern.  There were also Bearded Reedlings (Sægemejse) flying around in the reeds and Andrew found a Caspian Gull (Kaspisk Måge).

After we came back and had a little break, Knud came by and took us to Hulsig Hede to count some Orchids. Also our guests Mark and Malte joined. Out there we counted three different species the Lesser Butterfly Orchid (Bakke-Gøglilje), Heath Spotted Orchid (Plættet-Gøgeurt) and Northern Marsh Orchid (Purple-Gøgeurt).

Heath Spotted Orchid (Plættet-Gøgeurt) 

While walking through the meadow we also found a very beautiful Moth, the Narrow bordered Five Spot Burnet (Femplettet Køllersværmer).

noting Orchid numbers

Another highlight of the day was that the wind finally died down, we had not seen the sea so calm for many weeks now! 

In the evening Simon also came to the station after coming back from a little trip to Germany today.

Ringing Skarvsøen:

Munk 1

Musvit 2

Gærdesanger  1

Gransanger 4

Tornsanger 5

Rørsanger 7

Total: 20

Highlight of the observations:

Arctic Skuas (Almindelig Kjove) 4

Caspian Gull (Kaspisk Måge) 1

Bearded Reedlings (Sægemejse) 

Today’s observations in Dofbasen from observers in the area

People: Cora Köberle, Hanelie Sidhu, Andrew Jacobs, Pauline Nähring, Simon Sigaard Christiansen and our guests Mark Desholm and his Family.