Ringing at Cormorant Lake

Today was CES day. We went to Cormorant Lake for bird ringing. Our first round was accompanied by a lovely young bird — a juvenile Bluethroat (Blåhals). Throughout the morning, we caught many Reed Warblers (Rørsanger) and other species. We also had three Lesser Whitethroats (Gædesanger)— two juveniles and one adult. While we were waiting between rounds, the sun warmed us, and we could hear the call of a Bearded Tit (Skægmejse) in the background.

young Bluethroat (Blåhals)

During the last round, we caught three young male Bearded Tits (Skægmejse) — two were already ringed, so we may have caught the last unringed chick. When we closed the nets, we rescued a bumblebee that had gotten stuck.

Three young male Bearded Tits (Skægmejse)

Then we went back to the lighthouse and had lunch.

I went out to look for butterflies and dragonflies around Cormorant Lake. I found about a dozen species and saw lots of Sand Lizards. Hanelie was checking data sheets with Simon, and Pauline took a nap.

Commom Blue - Almindelig blåfugl - Polyomatus icarus

Later in the afternoon, we continued sewing the nets. We finally finished one net after two days of work and many repaired holes. Pauline caught a Sand Lizard and brought it over to motivate us to finish the net.

Sand Lizard

Link to todays observations in DOFbasen from Observers in the area.

Ringing (Skarvsøen CES):
Solsort 1
Rørsanger 6
Blåhals 1
Gærdesanger 3
Skægmejse 1
Munk 1
Gransanger 1

Total 14

People: Pauline Nähring, Hanelie Sidhu, Emma Fabre & Simon Sigaard Christiansen