Today we split up again. Judith and Koen went for the observations at Verdens Ende 1 where they could see two Shags (Top Skarv) and a Sooty Shearwater (Sodfravet Skråpe) among other cool stuff.

At the same time, Yehonathan, Christian, Henning and I were ringing at Kabeltromelkrattet. The rain stopped the ringing as we had to close the nets but after this, some of us went out to the beach to observe the birds. Some Purple Sandpipers (Sortgrå Ryler), Lapland Bunting (Lapværling) and Reed Buntings (Rørspurve) were found but we had to stop due to the rain again.

When we came back, we found Rita. She was putting up together a hanger in order to hang our clothes. She also brought us some other very nice things. Thank you Rita!

Henning left the Observatory today but he will be back soon to ring with us.

Another important spot of today was the Greater Short-Toed Lark (Korttået Lærke) found late in the afternoon by Søren Skov. Unfortunately, we didn’t manage to see it, but maybe it will stay until tomorrow?

Photo by Søren Skov

Ringmærkning (Kabeltromlekrattet):

Rødhals 5

Sangdrossel 1

Blåmejse 1

Rørspurv 10

Gransanger 5

Gærdesmutte 7

Rørsanger 1

Fuglekonge 5

Jenspurv 1

Total 36

People: Simon S. Christiansen, Yehonatan Ben Aroia, Christian Stolz, Judith Kloibhofer, Koen Stork, Laia Soler Iglesias, Henning Ettrup, Anders Jørgen Jensen, Ulla Popp, Rolf Christensen, Søren Skov.

We’re still with quite many people at the station so we splitted up again. Me, Yehonathan, Henning and Judith went ringing at Sardinkrattet while Laia and Christian were doing field observations at World’s End 3.

Yehonathan and me went up early to open up the nets and Henning and Judith joined later for the first round. The ringing was not very productive but we caught 18 birds including a 2cy+ Dunnock (Jernspurv). We took some photos of it. Most of the Dunnocks we catch here are young birds and therefore it’s good to have a proper look at the older birds we catch to get to grips with ageing. Interesting stuff. We caught a Reed Bunting (Rørspurv) as well, which is not really special to catch here but I took a few pictures to compare with pictures of Reed Buntings I have taken in Romania. It was very nice to see the different between the Black Sea subspecies and ‘our’ subspecies!

Many Reed Buntings (Rørspurv) roosting at Grenen these days

In the meantime, Laia and Christian were experiencing some Gannet (Sule) bonanza! They counted over 1,500 birds. The rest of the count was decent, but they expected to see more Great Skuas with this strong wind. Luckily, three Horned Larks on the tractor track made up for that! They had nice views of the birds as they were foraging around the track.

After lunch, most of us went out and all together we saw some good stuff such as a good count of Reed Buntings (Rørspurv) (even more than yesterday), Purple Sandpiper (Sortgrå Ryle) and again the Black Scoter (Amerikansk Sortand).

In the afternoon, me, Laia and Christian went to check on the garden nets if they were still in good shape. The evening before there was a discussion about how many nets there actually were in the garden. It was kind of a funny thing. There were seven nets in total and luckily they were all in good shape! It was also fun to see the garden for the first time!

Ringing (Sardinkrattet)

Wren – Gærdesmutte – 4
Dunnock - Jernspurv - 2
Robin - Rødhals - 5
Blackbird - Solsort – 2
Song Thrush – Sangdrossel – 1
Blackcap – Munk – 2
Goldcrest – Fuglekonge – 1
Reed Bunting – Rørspurv - 1

People: Yehonatan Ben Aroia, Christian Stolz, Judith Kloibhofer, Laia Soler Iglesias, Koen Stork, Simon S. Christiansen, Henning Ettrup, Ulla Popp, Anders Jørgen Jensen.