Back at Grenen

Today we ring at Grenen.

Preben, Peter and I leave home at 5:00 am, and at 5:30 all the nets are all up and ready!
It is a cloudy day but warm and not windy, the conditions should have been good for catching birds. The catches are not many but the day is still interesting, we ring many birds in active moult of the body and wings. Peter leaves at 8:00 am, returns to the observatory to open the nets around the lighthouse, because at 10:00 am a ringing tour for visitors is planned.
At 9:00 the number of catches drops and, after ringing a nice swallow, satisfied with the morning, Preben and I close the nets and return to the observatory at 9:30 to help with the ringing tour.
During the morning the sun came out and the day warmed up a lot. There is a large number of visitors to the lighthouse. Peter has captured a couple of birds and shows the activity of ringing visitors. Preben, Aase, Mark and his son Malthe stand in the yard to talk to visitors, it's much easier for them than for me because they speak Danish. I'm in the birder's club to work on the computer with the data and welcome the visitors who enter.

After lunch, I still work with the ringing data of the last days until 3:30 pm, and when I finish I go to Grenen for a couple of hours. Peter stays at the lighthouse and makes a video with photos, which tells the last two weeks of Mads and Joakim at the grey lighthouse.

Later for dinner, Aase prepares a very good Danish dish based on cauliflowers!

After dinner we meet everyone, including Simon who has returned a few hours earlier, for the daily meeting to plan activities and logistics for the coming weeks.

A common whiteththroat showing active moult of its greater coverts.

Lesser redpoll