An unsuccessful night...

Yestarday evening, we went out to try to catch nightjars (natravn) again, with Henning, Lars Bo, Anders (Rasmus’s father), Lærke and the guests.  We set up the nets in a slightly different locations, and while we were setting them up, we started to hear some nightjars singing, and soon we saw some males flying close to the nets. We waited long hours, and left the nets open until 5am, but unfortunately we did not catch any. It might be due to the weather – cloudy and slightly rainy – or it might start to be late in the season to catch them. We noticed indeed that the nightjars seemed less active this night than the previous ones we had been out.

We all came back very tired from this long night and slept until around midday.   After that, we completed different tasks including cleaning the flat, data entering, ect...  The day was rainy, and very few people came to the observatory. Lærke left in the early afternoon, and soon after Pernille arrived. She will stay at the station for a week and help us ! After a long trip by car from Germany, Viktoria, a new volunteer arrived at the station as well and will stay here for a month. We’re all looking forward to go ringing again !

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People:  Simon S. Christiansen, Lars Bo Jacobson, Amandine Doré, Rasmus Matthiesen-Juhl, Marc, Lærke and Malthe Desholm, Henning Ettrup, Uller, Lotte, Maya and Max, Anders Rasmussen