A busy day despite wintery weather

We woke up to a very cold and windy morning. There were some rain showers on the radar, so the ringing team, consisting of Rosie, Sarah and Louis-Marie, had to close some nets during the ringing session, where they caught 6 birds, with 2 recaptures. One of the new captures was a fat Blackcap (Munk), possibly an overwintering individual.

The Blackcap (Munk) caught at Kabeltromlen

The count from World’s End 3 was quite slow this morning, except for the auks that migrated in the thousands today, keeping us somewhat busy.

Saxe and I left WE3 after the second hour, to search for exact spots where the Water Pipits (Bjergpiber) are resting west of the Sandormen Track. We succeeded in finding them, seeing at least 8, and pinpointed the area they were. The reason we did it is because we want to try catching and ringing them, so stay tuned, maybe a picture of a beautiful ringed Water Pipit will find its way into the blog in the coming days, who knows?One of the Water Pipits (Bjergpiber) at Grenen. Hopefully he/she/it will get ringed soon...

Afterwards, Saxe and I hurried back to the station, because big rainclouds were on their way. We got back just in time as the rain started pouring.

Mio and Christina stayed for the third hour, before that also got cut short by the big rainfall. They did see 9 Brants (Knortegås) and a Black-throated Diver (Sortstrubet Lom)

After getting home, we all ate some lunch. Some of us stayed home and either slept or entered data. A group went into town for at big shopping trip, and also visting some other shops and the bakery. There was also a tiny amount of snowfall this afternoon, but it was not cold enough for the snow to settle. 

The shopping team returned with a lot of groceries, and after those were put away, Simon arrived and we held our evening meeting. After dinner Mio and Christina went night catching, were they caught 2 Woodcocks (Skovsneppe). I got to release one of them, which was a really nice experience. They are strong!!

Highlights from World's End 3

Brant (Knortegås) - 9

Black-throated Diver (Sortstrubet Lom) - 1

Ringing Kabeltromlen

Redwing (Vindrossel) - 2

Blackcap (Munk) - 1

Chaffinch (Bogfinke) - 1

Total: 4

Ringing Nordstjernevej (Michael Ancher)

Lesser Redpoll (Lille Gråsisken) - 2

Total: 2

Link to today's observations in Dofbasen from observers in the area

People: Mio Brix, Simon Sigaard Christiansen, Sarah Partridge, Louis-Marie Gourmelon, Christina Liu, Rosie Berkin, Saxe Lind Christiansen, Gustav Juel