The Eagle-week

After the Lesser Spotted Eagle (Lille Skrigeørn) was seen yesterday afternoon close to Skagen, everyone in the stations team was excited for the eagle to come up to Grenen today. But we had to wait for that a bit longer. Still, Lisa, Fanny, Esben, Joakim, Simon and I had a successful ringing day and were also able to tag two new Robins (Rødhals). All in all, the species in the nets showed us how rapidly the Spring is coming. We ringed the first Lesser Whitethroats (Gærdesanger) and Common Redstart (Rødstjert) for this year. Moreover, we had an increasing number of Willow Warblers (Løvsanger) in the nets. Besides the ringing team, also our two observers, Frederik and Bjørn, had nice observations at Grenen. For instance, a calling Wryneck (Vendehalse), Wood Sandpiper (Tinksmed), Artic Skuas (Almindelig Kjove) or Gannets (Sule).
In the afternoon, some of us got suddenly woken up out of their nap by the Lesser Spotted Eagle which was observed moving towards Grenen. Luckily, we all were in time in front of the Lighthouse to observe this eagle in perfect light. It decided to turn around at the tip, so that we had two great opportunities to observe the eagle and take some pictures. That was a really nice gift for Joakim, rounding up his last day at the Observatory perfectly.

Lille Skrigeørn (pic by Frederik)

Ringing (Kabeltromlen):
Sangdrossel (Song thrush): 2
Gulspurv (Yellowhammer): 2
Rødstjert (Common Redstart): 1
Løvsanger (Willow Warbler): 9
Rødhals (Robin): 13
Gærdesanger (Lesser Whitethroat): 3
Gærdesmutte (Wren): 3
Gransanger (Chiffchaff): 19
Grønsisken (Eurasian Sisken): 1
Munk (Blackcap): 6
Bogfinke (Chaffinch): 1
Blåmejse (Blue tit): 3
Fuglekonge (Goldcrest): 2
Total: 65

Klik her for at se opsummeret observationer af rovfugle i Skagen

Klik her for at se dagens observationer indtastet i Dofbasen af observatører i området

People: Simon S. Christiansen, Esben E. Hansen, Bjørn Frikke, Lisa Vergin, Fanny Rey, Joakim Matthiesen, Frederik R. Johansen, Jørgen Kabel + Igor and Daniel Bloche