Loads of feisty Blue Tits

Sarah, Amira and I (Gabriel) set up the nets at Kabeltromlen this morning. Before the first net round, Simon joined us, and later Karen Marie also came to help. Today was Amira’s first day at the ringing station here, and it was clear that she already had a lot of experience with bird ringing. In recent days we have had many Coal Tits (Sortmejser), but today the nets were instead dominated by Blue Tits (Blåmejser). In total, 91 individuals were ringed, with about a third of them being Blue Tits (Blåmejser). From time to time we had a couple of heavy rain showers, but luckily they passed just as quickly as they arrived. The last net round of the day ended with a young male Sparrowhawk (Spurvehøg, han) that was caught in one of the nets.

 

 

Today’s migration count from World’s End 3 was carried out by Florian, Janna and Knud. They had several Arctic Skuas (Almindelig Kjover), as well as a Long-tailed Skua (Lille Kjove) that flew fairly close. In addition to the Long-tailed Skua (Lille Kjove), a migrating Little Gull (Dværgmåge) and 29 Black-legged Kittiwakes (Ride) were other highlights.

 

Later in the day, this year’s first Yellow-browed Warbler (Hvidbrynet Løvsanger) in Denmark was found by Karsten Klausen in Ellekrattet and later he also found a Red-breasted Flycatcher the same place.

In the afternoon, I took a nap, Sarah and Amira went for a swim in the sea, and Florian and Janna visited Skarvsøen, where they rediscovered the Citrine Wagtail (Citronvipstjert) we had found there yesterday.

 

We also welcomed Miles today, our new volunteer at the station.

 

In the evening, Janna had baked fresh Stockbrot (stick bread) for us, which we enjoyed together with our guests Karen Marie and Søren.

 

Tomorrow strong winds are expected, so there will be no ringing. Instead, we’ll be doing some migration count and hopefully get to see at least one shearwater (Skråpe).

Rødhals 16

Blåmejse 34

Munk 15

Sortmejse 9

Rødstjert 5

Løvsanger 3

Jernspurv 3

Broget fluesnapper 2

Havesanger 1

Gransanger 1

Fuglekonge 1

 

Total 91