Five year old Common Whitethroat

Today Dylan opened the nets by himself because Alix was leaving the station in the early morning, and I wanted to say goodbye to her at the train station. We all hope she will have a great time in Blåvand :)

In the last round of the ringing, we caught a Common Whitethroat (Tornsanger) with an old ring on its leg. Turns out he was ringed here in 2022 as a second calendar year bird, which means he was born in the summer of 2021 and makes him almost five years old!

Five year old Common Whitethroat (Tornsanger) male

János and Julian were out counting the migrating birds and had a very calm morning, with the highlight being a Merlin (Dværgfalk).

In the afternoon, Dylan and I set up the garden net to try and catch some birds, but even though we had the net open for three and a half hours, we did not catch any birds, which was a bit of a bummer.

Sverre also arrived in the afternoon and will be staying with us for 10 days. Welcome to the team!

After dinner, all of us went out to World's End Three to do some seawatching. Because of the wind, there were quite a few Fulmars (Malemuk) and Kittiwakes (Ride).

Seawatching from Grenen 

Highlights from the observations
Merlin (Dværgfalk) - 1
Black Kite (Sort Glente) - 1

Ringing (Kabeltromlen):
Gransanger - 3
Gærdesmutte - 2
Rødhals - 1
Gærdesanger - 4
Løvsanger - 2
Munk - 5
Tornsanger - 2
Total: 19

Link to today’s observations in DOFbasen from observers in the area

People: Alvin Johansson, János Schadl, Alix Bortolussi, Julian Helbig, Dylan Daunt, Simon S. Christiansen, Sverre, Jesper & Mette