Sanity Sunday

Today was a fairly sane Sunday for Skagen Fuglestation. I started the day opening nets at Kabletromeln with Simon, and then Cora joined us for the first round. It was a steady stream of birds today with four or five in the nets at every round, with a good range of species. I was pleased to see two Muskvit and always very excited to see the Fuglekonge. The closing round brought a highlight for everyone with one very sweet Træløber. There were few quiet moments between ringing but Cora managed to find time to capture several sand lizards (Markfirben) that we admired together. There was one Stor Flagspætte flying around but despite Cora’s encouragement did not want to come down into the nets. We also saw some Redpolls (Gråsisken), Linnets (Tornirisk), and a couple of Whimbrels (Småspove) flying overhead.

A Handsome young Gransanger

An adder feasting on a sand lizard

Rosemary and Markus went to Wrold’s End 3 for observing, enjoying a luxurious lie-in with the later sunrise of 05:59. There they did not see any rarities or much migration, but had a nice time counting the regular suspects and saw one arctic skua (Almindelig Kjove), which we were also able to see from Kabletromeln. Rosemary joined us for the last couple of rounds of ringing, and Markus stopped by after a chat with Eric. Louise did not join us today as she was at the wedding of her best friend, which she greatly enjoyed.

After a swim and lunch together, we all had naps this afternoon to stockpile some sleep for the next couple of nights out ringing.

Ringing Totals:

Solsort 1
Musvit 2
Løvsanger 6
Gærdesanger 2
Rødstjert 1
Jernspurv 1
Rørsanger 1
Tornsanger 9
Munk 8
Rørspurv 1
Dompap 1
Gransanger 9
Træløber 1
Total 44

Highlights:

Whimbrel (Småspove)

Arctic skua (Almindelig Kjove)

Today's observations from observers in the area can be found here. 

People:  Markus Kemp Clément, Rosemary Freaky, Simon Kiesé, Louise Buksti-Ladefoged, Sarah Partridge, Cora Köberle, Lars Bo Jacobsen, Eric Christophersen.