Napping in the sun

Today, Alvin, Dylan, Julian and I went ringing at Kabeltromlen, where we expected a nice, but not too busy day. Alix and János went to worlds end 1 for the standardized migration count.

The ringing started off slowly with very few birds, and it unfortunately continued this way, until Simon found a 3cy male Pallid Harrier (Steppehøg), that was his first one gave us some good views. It was my first time being through the whole ringing process, and even with few birds in the nets, I still had a great time!

Anne ringing her sixth bird ever, a cute Robin (Rødhals)

Meanwhile János and Alix had some good birds at worlds end 1. In the first two hours they had lots of divers and constantly a small number of passerines flew over them. They had 9 Ring Ouzels (Ringdrossel) and 5 Red Crossbills (Lille Korsnæb). Hour 3 and 4 where very slow with almost no migration at all. Alvin joined them and helped them count between two ringing rounds.

Tomfoolery at Kabeltromlen

When everyone got home, we checked the moth trap, where there were a lot of interesting moths.

The weak winds from NW and sunshine made it a great day for raptors, so János and I stood beside the lighthouse for a bit, where we saw a White-tailed Eagle (Havørn), an Osprey (Fiskeørn) and János saw a female Pallid harrier (Steppehøg).

Migrating female Osprey (Fiskeørn)

Julian went to Batteriskoven where he saw 2 Crested Tits (Topmejse) before falling taking a nap there. Alix and Alvin went to the beach, and sunbathed. Alvin also went for a swim in the sea.

Dylan went out to look at some raptors from a hill on the heath, but he took a nap and woke up two hours later when most of the raptor migration had stopped.

I positioned myself on a nearby hill, where I saw 5 Red Kites (Rød Glente), 3 Kestrels (Tårnfalk), 4 Ospreys (Fiskeørn), 20 Sparrowhawks (Spurvehøg), 1 Merlin (Dværgfalk), 1 White-tailed Eagle (Havørn) and around 180 Buzzards (Musvåge). I also took a small nap in the beautiful weather.

Simon found a Wryneck (Vendehals) at Farmerstien and a Camberwells Beauty (Sørgekåbe) at Ellekrattet.

Huge shopping trip