Ring Ring

Another day with only very little wind was ahead of us. Perfect conditions for ringing, a bit less so for seawatching. Nevertheless, Sarah and I headed to Worlds End 3 in high motivation. The first hour was again dominated by many passerines, most of them coming from inland and turning back before reaching the sea. Soon after the passerine migration quickly slowed down, but instead, we found some nice birds out at sea. A total of five Skuas (Kjove) appeared, three of which we were able to identify as Arctic skuas (Almindelig Kjove). Black Guillemots (Tejst), Red-necked Grebes (Gråstrubet Lappedykker) and Great White Egrets (Sølvhejre), three of each, were also very nice sightings.

Meanwhile, the others had a successful day at Kabeltromlen. In one ouf the net checking rounds, they saw a black thrush in the nets and naturally thought it was a Blackbird (Solsort) at first. But this bird had light-coloured edges on many of its feathers. Something in the ringer’s head went ring ring – it was of course a Ring Ouzel (Ringdrossel), which the ringers then ringed of course with a ring. What a nice capture!

Beautiful Ring Ouzel (Ringdrossel)

To everyone's delight, good numbers of Goldcrests (Fuglekonge), Treecrepers (Træløber) and Wrens (Gærdesmutte) went into the nets, some of the cutest species we catch here!


Wren (Gærdesmutte), just very cute!

In the afternoon, some took a nap, others went jogging or took a swim in the sea. Afterwards, we all went into town together to eat cake. On the way back, Gabriel and I checked some bushes and woods for rare warblers, but without success.

For dinner, Amira made us delicious Mexican-style wraps. We only realised later that this was in keeping with Taco Friday, as it is known in Sweden. We wondered why it is called that, because what is eaten in Sweden on this day does not look like real tacos. Nevertheless, our meal was very tasty!

Ringing (Kabeltromlen):

Gærdesmutte 5
Bogfinke 2
Rødhals 1
Træløber 1
Rørspurv 9
Blåmejse 1
Sortmejse 1
Gransanger 6
Fuglekonge 15
Ringdrossel 1

Total: 42

Highlights from Worlds End III

Almindelig Kjove 3
Sølvhejre 3
Tejst 3
Gråstrubet Lappedykker 3

List of today's observations in DOFbasen from the Skagen area

People: Gabriel Axelsson, Florian Hatt, Miles Scheuering, Amira Nuseibeh, Sarah Partridge, Simon S. Christiansen and our guests Ole and Birgitte Jørgensen