A productive day

It was raining this morning, so the trap wasn’t set nor the nets opened. This allowed me to continue getting ready for my presentation at the weekend, and catch up with diary updates. It’s also cleaning day (should have been yesterday, but with people in and out I made a decision to do it today). I took a brief walk along the beach, seeing my first Danish razorbill, rock pipit and red breasted merganser for the year. I also worked out the logistics for the presentation on Sunday. 

The Eagles day presentation was finished by midday, give or take some extra information I received later in the day, and the apartment was cleaned. I went for a trip to North Strand and managed to catch up with another group of snow bunting (there’s at least seven different individuals I’ve encountered, and I’m sure many more if I did a full walk from North Strand back to the Observatory via the beach). I also saw my first Danish Sparrowhawk of the year.

Once I returned I was back onto the net repairs. As usual I lost track of time whilst repairing some particularly big holes, and I didn’t finish until almost 8pm. I may try opening the nets tomorrow, as the rain might have brought some things in.

Razorbill (Alk) one of three in Kattergat from the Obs today.

Eider (Ederfugl), a nice comparison of an adult male and a subadult male.