Successful ringing day with a Bluethroat (Blåhals)!

This morning Viktoria and I left early at half past four to open the mist nets in Grenen, Kabeltromlen. Lisa, Simon and Kirsten then joined us for the first round. For Kirsten it is the last day in Skagen today, so she was very happy to be able to join the ringing today. She will come again at the beginning of October and practice even more!

Meanwhile Amandine was at World’s End 1 to count the migrating birds with some talented birdwatchers.

We had a really good, sunny ringing day with many visitors and a lot of birds. Viktoria ran for a Sparrow Hawk (Spurvehøg) and we were able to ring it! Lisa helped me very well, so I managed it quite okay and this was definitely a highlight for me!

This is a juvenile female, which you can, among other things, see by the bigger size. A female can have wings up to 256mm, while the male’s wings only reach a size up to 212mm.

In one of the last rounds we catched a Bluethroat (Blåhals) which you don’t catch often here in Skagen! Amandine was really happy to ring it.

We had a nice morning and a lot of people came by. Igor was happy to watch us ringing, as well!

Now we will hopefully have a good sleep, because at seven we will leave for catching Sandwich Terns (Splitterne) at night at Jerup Strand!

Ringmærkning (Kabeltromlen):
Blåhals - Bluethroat - 1

Blåmejse - Blue Tit - 2

Tornsanger – Common Whitethroat – 11

Gærdesanger – Lesser Whitethroat – 7

Gransanger - Chiffchaff - 4

Gråsisken, Lille -  Common Redpoll - 1

Grønirisk -  European Greenfinch - 1

Havesanger - Garden Warbler - 2

Kærsanger - Marsh Warbler - 5

Løvsanger – Willow warbler – 7

Munk – Blackcap – 5

Rørsanger – Reed warbler – 6

Rørspurv -  Reed Bunting - 3 

Sivsanger - Sedge Warbler - 2 

Spurvehøg - Sparrowhawk - 1

Tornsanger - Common Whitethroat - 11

Total: 59

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People: Amandine Doré, Viktoria Mader, Lisa Vergin, Simon S. Christiansen, Amelie Zeller, Kirsten, Knud Pedersen, Jørgen Kabel & Igor, Pernille Roed and her kids, Erik