A nice first day

Today we were ringing at Kabeltrommelkrattet, Yehonathan and I were going up early to open the nets while Michael, Simon and Christian joined later. The ringing was actually quite fun! One of the first birds in the nets was a Snipe (Dobbeltbekkasin)! It is the first one to be ringed at Kabeltrommelkrattet. Apart from that we caught the usual species. Field observations from the ringing spot were also nice with Little Bunting (Dværgværling), Lapland Longspur (Laplandsværling), Great Grey Shrike (Stor Tornskade) (flying around the nets as well, exciting!) and a Great Skua (Storkjove) passing right overhead. We closed the nets at 10:30 which proved to be exactly the right time as it was our first round without a single bird in the nets.

Judith and Laia were out doing observations with Knud from Verdens Ende 3. Their highlights included the lingering Black Scoter (Amerikansk Sortand) and migrating Brant geese (Knortegås).

After the ringing, Michael and I went to see the Black Scoter (Amerikansk Sortand) and we did! A life tick for us both! We’re enjoying a nice gin-tonic for celebration as I’m writing this.

At 13:00, Yehonathan, Simon, Christian, Judith and Laia left on a trip to Rubjerg Knude and Simons summer house in Blokhus. It was a foggy experience at Rubjerg Knude, which is a dune on a steep cliff to the ocean which slowly coming nearer to the lighthouse that is standing on top. There is already some construction work around the lighthouse going on and it is planned to move the lighthouse in around four weeks, as it otherwise will fall into the sea eventually.

Michael went out birding in the afternoon and saw some nice things such as the Yellow-browed warbler (Hvidbrynet Løvsanger) that was found this morning, a Snow Bunting (Snespurv) and a good number of ringed Great Black-backed Gulls (Svartbag): 11!

At Simons summer cabin, the others heated the house with firewood and Judith and Christian went swimming at the large beach behind the house. Birdwise nothing exciting happened to the roadtrip people during that day, except maybe the migrating Pink-footed Geese (Kortnæbbet Gås) at low height. The evening was dominated by making and having dinner and playing games.

For the rest of the day here at the station, we just did the usual stuff, went shopping and had some good talks!

Ringing (Kabeltrommelkrattet):                                       

Common Snipe – Dobbeltbekassin – 1

Eurasian Blue Tit – Blåmejse – 2               

Eurasian Blackcap – Munk – 5

Great Tit – Musvit – 1

Common Chiffchaff – Gransanger – 9

Willow Warbler – Løvsanger (Song of songs) – 1

Eurasian Wren – Gærdesmutte – 4

European Robin – Rødhals – 7

Dunnock – Jernspurv – 3                        

Total: 33

People: Simon S. Christiansen, Yehonatan Ben Aroia, Christian Stolz, Judith Kloibhofer, Michael Fink, Koen Stork, Laia Soler Iglesias, Knud Pedersen.