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A good ringing day
Yesterday evening we installed the nets to catch Storm-petrels (Stormsvale) on the beach and Nightjars (Natravn) in the lighthouse garden. Simon and the others took the rounds during the night, while Rose, Hanelie, and I went to sleep to be ready the next morning for the migration count and the ringing.
This morning I went to the migration count. In the first hour, I had four Red-throated Divers (Rødstrubet Lom) resting together quite close to the shore, and I had some migrating terns. While I was watching the sea, I suddenly saw all the resting gulls fly away. There was a young Goshawk (Duehøg) flying over them, then it landed for a couple of minutes before leaving World’s End III.
Sunrise
During the second hour, Knud joined me. We had a really nice flock of 23 Arctic Terns (Havterne) flying northwest. On the land side, we had two nice resting birds: one Whinchat (Bynkefugl) and one Cuckoo (Gøg) being chased by starlings (Stære).
Two birders said they saw a flock of five Penduline Tits (Pungmejser) close by, so I tried to find them, but I didn’t. In the last hour, we had some raptors coming through — some Honey-buzzards (Hvepsevåge) and Common Buzzards (Musvåge).
young Bluethroat (Blåhals)
The ringers had a good number of species, with 11 species caught. In the first round, they got a young female Bluethroat (Blåhals). They also had a Willow Warbler (Løvsanger) with active molt, the first young Marsh Warbler (Kærsanger) and a Sedge Warbler (Sivanger). During the round, Hanelie heard a Bee-eater (Biæder); unfortunately, we didn’t see it from WEIII. They almost caught a Water Rail (Vandrikse), but it escaped from the net before they reached it.
Sedge Warbler (Sivanger)
After the morning in the field, Rose and I took a nap while Hanelie checked some data with Simon, then she checked her moth traps. In the evening, I went for a walk.
Ringing totals
Gransanger 2
Blåhals 1
Gærdesmutte 1
Rødhals 1
Løvsanger 1
Gærdesanger 1
Topmejse 1
Sivsanger 1
Kærsanger 1
Munk 2
Tornsanger 7
Total 20
Highlights
Sedge Warbler (Sivanger) : 1
Bluethroat (Blåhals) : 1
Arctic Terns (Havterne) : 23
At the station: Emma Fabre, Rosemary Fricke, Hanelie Sidhu,Simon S. Christiansen, Lars Askholm, Andreas, Mikkel, Knud Pedersen, Jørgen Kabel
Link to todays observations in DOFbasen from Observers in the area.