I dag var Robbie og Justine ude og observere ved Grenen sammen med Knud, de så bl.a. en spurvehøg og havlit. Justine fik set en storkjove tæt på, hvilket hun længe har drømt om.

Augustine og Angela tog på gåtur langs stranden ifm. Mallemuk-projektet. De fik to døde lomvier med hjem, men ingen mallemukker.

Jeg skulle i dag vise en ny praktikant rundt, Line, som skal være her til på fredag. Vi tog ud og observerede med de andre i morges og så bl.a. kortnæbbede gæs.

I eftermiddags tog de andre ud for at sætte et whoosh-net op, idet vi håber på at kunne fange bjerglærker i morgen. Simon har researchet farverringe og i eftermiddags tjekkede vi aflæsnings-ark.

Kirsten har haft en stille og rolig dag i dag og var så flink at tage med os ud og købe ind så vi kunne bruge hendes bil til de mange varer:)

Billede af Eva Hvelplund

Folk på stationen: Simon S. Christiansen, Augustin Sticksel, Rosalina Sø Leth-Nissen, Robbie Lawler, Angela Di Pumpo, Justine Costa, Knud Pedersen, Kirsten Bregn og Line.

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Another Sunday and we have to regretfully say goodbye to another set of wonderful guests; we hope to see you again Eva and Klaus. I have included some of Eva’s wonderful photography throughout today's blog, please enjoy. Esben was visiting today and helped out with the ringing along with the rest of the team apart from me (Robbie). They continued their lucky streak catching yet another Bearded Tit (Skægmejse), and also adding a real highlight with 3 Crossbills (Lille Kornsnæb). Erik Christophersen also took some great pictures of our noteworthy birds today, which I have also included.

(Erik Christophersen)

(Erik Christophersen)

My luck at the observations didn’t quite match the others with the highlights being a close Black-throated diver (Sortstrubet Lom) and a few active Red-breasted mergansers (Toppet Skallesluger). My numbers weren’t as high as usual, as I think I may have been a bit close to hypothermia at one point, Autumn is definitely progressing. I had a member of the public – Tina – deliver a deceased Chiffchaff (Gransanger) which appeared to have died from exhaustion during migration, luckily for science this individual was ringed in Stavanger, Norway. We thank Tina for bringing the individual to us.

(Eva Hvelplund)

This afternoon we spent some time learning how to age birds via skull ossification with Simon, which this week’s guests Kirsten also joined in on. Unfortunately due to the high winds tomorrow we won’t be able to practice our new skills, but I am sure we will get the opportunity soon enough.

(Eva Hvelplund)

Ringmærkning - Kabeltromeln

Blåmejse - 4

Bogfinke - 2

Dompap - 2

Fuglekonge - 2

Gærdesmutte - 4

Gransanger - 1

Kvækerfinke - 1

Lille Korsnæb - 3

Munk - 6

Rødhals - 5

Rødstjert - 1

Rørspurv - 1

Skægmejse - 1

Total - 33

Folk på stationen: Simon S. Christiansen, Augustin Sticksel, Rosalina Sø Leth-Nissen, Erik Christophersen, Robbie Lawler, Angela Di Pumpo, Esben, Justine Costa og Kirsten.

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No one went observing today because of the fog. Angela and I opened the nests and we were joined by Esben and Augustin for the first round.  The fog stayed late in the morning so we didn't have many birds but some nice species: two Siberian Chiffchaffs (Sibirish Gransanger spp. tristis) and four Bearded tits (Skægmejse)! We really enjoyed ringing them.

After a good lunch, we spent the afternoon cleaning the apartment and doing daily tasks. The Board of The Bird Observatory came to have a meeting during the day.

Ringmærkning (Kabeltromlen)

Blåmejse              10

Dompap               2

Fuglekonge         2

Gærdesmutte     12

Sibirisk Gransanger         2

Gransanger         3

Jernspurv             1

Munk                    3

Musvit                  1

Rødhals                4

Rørspurv              4

Sangdrossel        3

Skægmejse          4

Total      51

Folk på stationen: Augustin Sticksel, Rosalina Sø Leth-Nissen, Robbie Lawler, Angela Di Pumpo, Justine Costa, Esben Hansen, Jørn Kabel, Eva, Klaus, Simon S. Christiansen & the rest of the Board of the Bird Observatory.

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We all went out for a nice morning of ringing at Kabeltromlen and caught good numbers of birds and a nice variety of birds. The highlight for me were defenitely the two male Bearded tits (Skægmejse)! Simon also spottet a Richard`s Pipit (Storpiber), what a great morning!

Photo: Eva Hvelplund

In the afternoon we did some data entry and I listened to some Night Migration files from the last nights. In the evening Esben arrived to support us in the next days with the ringing, we will try to catch some Jack-Snipes (Enkeltbekassin) and Owls tonight.

Ringmærkning – Kabeltromlen

Blåmejse - 2

Bogfinke - 2

Fuglekonge - 9

Gærdesmutte - 17

Gransanger - 5

Gråsisken - 4

Grønirisk – 3

Grønsisken – 1

Jernspurv – 6

Kvækerfinke - 1

Munk – 5

Musvit – 2

Rødhals – 15

Rørspurv - 5

Sangdrossel –2

Skægmejse – 2

Total - 81

Folk på stationen: Simon S. Christiansen, Augustin Sticksel, Rosalina Sø Leth-Nissen, Robbie Lawler, Angela Di Pumpo, Justine Costa, Charlotte Stewart, Jørn Kabel og Eva & Klaus.

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I dag åbnede Angela og Justine nettene ved Kabeltromlen kl. 7, og blev mødt af Robbie og Charlotte lidt senere.

Vi fik i dag 128 fugle. Blandt dem var 3 vindrosler og en bogfinke og et par dompap. Augustine var ude ved Verdens Ende 1 og observere. Han så bl.a. rødstrubede piber, en dværgfalk, skægmejser og bjerglærker.

Jeg assisterede Simon på en guidet tur for nogle studerende fra Hjørring som læser til pædagog. Efter lidt rundvisning og fortælling om ringmærkningens historie og udførelse, spillede vi et par lege og et etikspil med dem. Det var ret sjovt og satte gang i nogle gode debatter og diskussioner.

Eva og Klaus tog ud og observerede i dag og Eva tog nogle gode billeder af bl.a. en stenpikker og to tårnfalke.

Om eftermiddagen indtastede Justine og Angela data fra de mange fugle, imens Augustin og jeg fiksede stativet til vaderne ude ved Kabeltromlen, hvor vi derefter købte ind.

Billede af Eva Hvelplund

Ringmærkning – Kabeltromlen

Blåmejse - 10

Bogfinke - 1

Dompap - 4

Fuglekonge - 11

Gærdesmutte - 19

Gransanger - 14

Gråsisken - 4

Jernspurv - 16

Kvækerfinke - 2

Munk - 10

Rødhals - 18

Musvit - 5

Rødstjert - 1

Rørspurv - 5

Sangdrossel – 5

Vindrossel – 3

Total - 128

Folk på stationen: Simon S. Christiansen, Augustin Sticksel, Rosalina Sø Leth-Nissen, Robbie Lawler, Angela Di Pumpo, Justine Costa, Charlotte Stewart, Lisa Vergin, Jørn Kabel, Rolf Christensen og Eva & Klaus.

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After some few ringing days, this morning I walked with Justine to World´s End 3 where we joined Knud, who welcomed us with a pretty view over two Horned Larks (Bjerglærke). Unfortunately the wind today was not very strong, which doesn´t make it the best day for migratng Seabirds. It was however a good training day to take notes and improve our bird counts and the number of passerines is better than the past days. Simon came by while we were there and he pointed at 7 Grey Wagtails (Bjergvipstjert) passing over our heads. On the other hand the ringing team consisting of Augustin, Robbie, Charlotte and Oluf was experiencing a good and great variety of birds, which is why Justine went helping them after some hours of observation.  After 3 hours Knud and me decided to walki down the dunes  to take notes of the ringed gulls and two hours after we were happy to see that we had found 21 rings, from Great black-backed gulls, from a Lesser black-backed gull and from Herring gulls.. that is definitely a record!

It was a pretty rich day for ringing as well, as they had 87 birds today and 15 different species. Noteworthy mentioning are the Yellow hammers (Gulspurv), the Bullfinch (Lille Dumpap), the Redpolls (Lille Gråsisken) and a Meadow pipit ( Eagpiber), but the team also heard a flock of Bearded Tits (Skægmejse) and Oluf also spotted a Rogh-legged Buzzard (Fjeldvåge). The guests, Eva & Klaus, went visiting the ringing team today and Eva, who is an art photographer, took great pictures of them while ageing and sexeing birds on the field.

Photo: Eva Hvelplund

Since two school classes were coming to the lighthouse, Rosalina helped Simon by opening the nets in the old lighthouse garden, by extracting birds and taking care of the children which showed great interest in what Simon was teaching them. They will probably become great birdwatchers one day..fingers crossed!

The afternoon went by very quickly. We had a nice lunch, we did some data entry and tonight we will all watch a movie together before another exciting day in the field!

Ringmærkning (Kabeltromlen)

Blåmejse 20

Dompap 1

Engpiber 1

Gærdesmutte 5

Gransanger 16

Gråsisken 1

Gulspurv 1

Jernspurv 1

Kvækerfinke 2

Munk 9

Rødhals 11

Musvit 1

Rødstjert 1

Rørsanger 2

Rørspurv 3

Sangdrossel 2

Ringmærkning (Fyrhaven)

Gransanger 1

Rødhals 3

Gærdesmutte 1

Rødstjert 1

Munk 1 

Total: 84

Folk på stationen: Simon S. Christiansen, Augustin Sticksel, Rosalina Sø Leth-Nissen, Robbie Lawler, Angela Di Pumpo, Justine Costa,  Charlotte Stewart, Knud Pedersen, Oluf Lou, Jørn Kabel og Eva & Klaus.

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This morning myself and Knud went observing and started off the day with a bang with a White-billed diver (Hvidæbbet Lom) early on in the session. The Horned larks (Bjerglærke) from yesterday continued to show well in front of Wold’s End 3 once again, however, the total number of birds dropped significantly after the first hour. Despite the low number of bird we were treated with a couple of Caspain gulls (kaspisk måge) later on in the session.

The others went ringing with Oluf and Simon but also didn’t see high numbers. After the session most of us went out to look for some Red Crossbills (Lille Kornsæb) near ElleKrattet and we were rewarded with great views.

Unfortunately, another weak Guillemot (Lomvie) was brought to us today, which we have fed some fish in the hope of release tomorrow; fingers crossed for the best result for the bird.

Another day of ringing and observing awaits tomorrow.

Ringmærkning – Kabeltromlen

Blåmejse – 6

Fuglekonge – 4

Gransanger – 11  

Lille Gråsisken – 1  

Jernspurv – 2

Munk – 5

Musvit – 6

Rødhals – 2        

Rørspurv – 3

Sangdrossel – 1

Total – 41

Folk på stationen: Simon S. Christiansen, Augustin Sticksel, Rosalina Sø Leth-Nissen, Robbie Lawler, Angela Di Pumpo, Justine Costa,  Charlotte Stewart, Oluf Lou og Eva & Klaus.

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This morning Robbie and Carlotte opened the nets at Kabeltromlen for a busy day of ringing, they caught 73 birds in total today, most of them were blue tits (Blåmejse) and the first Siskin (Grønsisken). They were joined by Angela and Simon, Rosalina came by later to give her first guided tour for a group of university college students from Hjørring, she had quite a lot of fun explaining the ringing and the work at the station to them.

While they were ringing me and Justine were observing with Knud and I spotted an adult Pomarine Skua (Mellemkjove) and adult Arctic Skua (Almindelig Kjove), this was very cool! We also saw the first two Horned Larks (Bjerglærke) resting in front of us this morning.

In the afternoon we had a delicious lunch and entered the data from the day. After that we all went out again to go for walks of fix nets at Kabeltromlen. The new guests in the apartment Eva and Klaus went for a walk on the beach to do some birdwatching in town to go shopping today. In the evening we attempt to catch Jack Snipes (Enkeltbekkasin) again.

Ringmærkning – Kabeltromlen

Blåmejse - 36

Fuglekonge - 1

Gærdesmutte- 5

Gransanger- 9

Grønsisken - 1

Jernspurv - 1

Kvækerfinke - 1

Munk - 2

Rødhals - 3

Rørspurv - 3

Total - 62

Folk på stationen: Simon S. Christiansen, Augustin Sticksel, Rosalina Sø Leth-Nissen, Robbie Lawler, Angela Di Pumpo, Justine Costa,  Charlotte Stewart og Eva & Klaus.

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Yesterday during the evening, Angela and Simon went night catching to catch some Jack Snipes (Enkeltbekkasin). After one hour and a half walking in reed bed with a thermal binocular, they finally caught one!

This morning the weather was too bad to go observing or ringing: everyone slept a bit more and had the time to enter some last data. 

This afternoon, we had a session about Chiffchaffs (Gransanger): What species and subspecies can we see here at Skagen, and how can we recognize them. The second part was more about aging Chiffchaff by founding the moult limit.

Despite the bad weather, Robbie, Charlotte and Augustin went out for a walk and do some bird watching!

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Folk på stationen: Simon S. Christiansen, Augustin Sticksel, Rosalina Sø Leth-Nissen, Robbie Lawler, Angela Di Pumpo, Justine Costa og Charlotte Stewart.

Today we ringed in the morning an hour later than usual due to the bad weather. Augustin, Angela and Justine opened the nets this morning. Angela and Justine talked to Cafe Blink about a deal where the station might be able to get some of the nice leftovers they have a couple times a week. We look forward to that.

Robbie and Charlotte went observing this morning and found a guillemot (lomvie) on the beach. It was very weak, and Charlotte carried it to the lab where we let it rest for a couple of hours. Luckily it wasnt injured or anything when they found it, just starving. A couple hours later, Lisa came with some fish for it and she and Augustine fed it. We let it rest and this afternoon it was very happy and healthy, it ate and bit our fingers which is a good sign. Unfortunately we can’t ring it because we don’t have the correct ring for it. We let it go on the beach behind the lighthouse before sunset, and the guillemot, which we named Guillermo, and it swam away with a belly full of handfed fish :)

We hope it will continue to be healthy and happy.

Ringmærkning – Kabeltromlen

Blåmejse – 1

Fuglekonge – 4

Gærdesmutte – 2

Gransanger – 21

Jernspurv – 1

Løvsanger – 1

Munk – 5

Musvit – 2

Rødhals – 14

Rørsanger – 1

Rørspurv – 3

Tornsanger – 1

Ringmærkning – Jennes Sø

Gærdesmutte – 3

Rødhals – 5

Solsort – 1

Gransanger – 6

Fuglekonge – 4

Blåmejse – 4

Nordlig træløber – 1

Bogfinke – 2

Kvækerfinke – 2

Nordlig gråsisken – 3

Lille Gråsisken – 106

Rørspurv - 2

Total - 190

Folk på stationen: Simon S. Christiansen, Lisa Vergin, Augustin Sticksel, Rosalina Sø Leth-Nissen, Robbie Lawler, Angela Di Pumpo, Justine Costa og Charlotte Stewart, Pernille Roed.

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