We went ringing this morning with Oluf. Amelie and me opened the nets, Robbie and Angela came for the first round. Angela had her first ringing experiences at Kabeltromlen and enjoyed it a lot she did great with handling the birds! Robbie also got some more practice on the ringing. Jørgen and Igor also came out to see the ringing, on later rounds the guests from the appartment came as well. Rosalina, Thor out intern for the week from Kopenhagen and Knud went out observing in the morning Thor saw his first Mediterrenian Gull (Sorthovedet måge) and black guillemot (Tejst) today.

In the afternoon Amelie and me went to town to buy some postcards while Robbie and Angela went out to explore the peninsula surrounding the lighthouse. On his way back Robbie got a reallly close look of the Marsh Harrier (Rørhøg), Thor went to the Skagen harbour to see some Shags (Topskarv) another lifer for him today! In the evening Justine arrived at the station, she’s our new volunteer at the station and will stay until decmeber now the team of volunteers for the autumn is completet.

Ringmærkning – Kabeltromlen

Rørsanger – 4

Rødstjert – 3

Rødhals – 10

Munk – 3

Løvanger – 1

Jernspurv – 8

Havesanger – 1

Gulspurv – 1

Gransanger – 7

Gærdesmutte – 1

Fuglekonge – 2

Engpiber – 1

Dompap – 2

Total – 44

Folk på stationen: Simon S. Christiansen, Augustin Sticksel, Rosalina Sø Leth-Nissen, Robbie Lawler, Amelie Zeller, Thor Vincent Hansen, Angela di Pumpo, Justine Costa, Oluf Lou, Jørgen Kabel og Knud Pedersen.

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Today we welcomed Thor for the next week, A Danish intern who is hoping to get to see some rarities this week; let’s hope the birding gods are smiling down upon us. With Simon away, we didn’t get out ringing this morning. Angela, myself and Rosalina went out observing at World’s End this morning.

It was a bit of a slow day in species today, however Autumn is heating up with a few more Razorbills and Guillemots being seen the last week.

We are heading back out ringing tomorrow, so let’s see what these recent high winds have brought onto the tip of Denmark. We have some interesting weeks ahead with a lot of people in and about the observatory, with more sets of eyes let us see if more birds can be found.

Maybe these eyes will help.

Folk på stationen: Augustin Sticksel, Rosalina Sø Leth-Nissen, Robbie Lawler, Amelie Zeller, Thor Vincent Hansen, Angela di Pumpo.

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Yesterday evening Amelie arrived in Skagen she is a former volunteer from last autumn and will be staying for a week at the station. We went ringing this morning at Kabeltromlen, we didn’t catch a lot of birds but we caugt a Whinchat (Bynkefugl) and a Song Thrush (Sangdrossel) in the first round that was pretty cool!

In the afternoon Rosalina baked some delicious Muffins. Amelie and me went to the city and had a beer at the beach, on our way home we quickly checked Batteriskoven for the wasp spider but we unfortunately couldn’t find them but we saw two Crested Tits (Topmejse) and a flock of Siskin (Grønsisken). When we came back the new volunteer Angela arrived she is from Italy and will be working here until december

Ringmærkning – Kabeltromlen

Total – 19

Folk på stationen: Simon S. Christiansen, Augustin Sticksel, Rosalina Sø Leth-Nissen, Robbie Lawler, Amelie Zeller, Angela di Pumpo, Erik Christophersen, Jørgen Kabel og Knud.

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I dag tog Augustin og Robbie ud for at observere på Grenen. Det var meget, meget koldt og blæsende og vådt. Derfor tog de også hjem lidt tidligere. 

Simon og jeg tog afsted til Foreningsfestivalen 2021 i morges kl. 7, som er en sportsdag for forskellige skoleklasser fra Skagen. Der var fem klasser som på skift skulle rundt til fem forskellige aktiviteter i løbet af dagen. Simon havde arrangeret at vi skulle spille Stratego, men med fugle i stedet. Ungerne fik uddelt en bunke kort, og de var klassificeret i forskellige styrker. Myggen var den laveste, så kom Løvsangeren der slår myggen, derefter Tornskaden som slår Løvsangeren og myggen, dernæst skaden, duehøgen, kongoørnen, og sidst men åbenbart ikke mindst: mennesket som kan slå alt bortset fra myggen. Og billedet som blev brugt til at repræsentere mennesket, dyret over alle, var ...naturligvis... Simon. Det synes skolebørnene og jeg var lidt skægt :)

Jeg deltog selv i de to første Stratego-spil, det var vildt skægt, og jeg blev virkelig opslugt af det. Jeg var dog slet ikke den eneste, børnene var virkelig engagerede, hvilket jeg har stor respekt for, da de trods alt tilbragte hele dagen i regn og blæst. Det var nogle virkelig søde unger som deltog, og jeg er rigtig glad for at jeg tog med :)

Om eftermiddagen kom Dirk og Sandra fra Tyskland på besøg. To venner til stationen som har været her ved tidligere lejligheder, og som var glade for igen at kunne komme på besøg efter at coronarestriktionerne er væk. De skal i morgen videre til vores venner på Lista Fuglestation! 

Folk på stationen: Simon S. Christiansen, Augustin Sticksel, Rosalina Sø Leth-Nissen, Robbie Lawler, Knud Krog, Lisa Vergin, Dirk & Sandra.

I dag havde vi en guidet tur for en skoleklasse der kom syd for Aalborg. Den guidede tur gik godt, trods vejret, og det var rigtig sjovt at deltage i Simons undervisning i ringmærkningens proces og i trækflyvning for børnene.

Det har ellers været meget dårligt vejr i dag, så vi har ikke ringmærket ved Kabeltromlen i dag. Til gengæld har Robbie og Augustin haft tid i dag til at reparere net, og vi har alle fået færdiggjort nogle praktiske opgaver og hængepartier. 

Ringmærkning - Fyrhaven

Rødstjert - 1

Total – 1

Folk på stationen: Simon S. Christiansen, Augustin Sticksel, Rosalina Sø Leth-Nissen, Robbie Lawler, og Knud.

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I dag var langt roligere dag på Kabeltromlen end det var i går. Vi lukkede nettene et par timer tidligere end i går, hvilket gav os mere tid bagefter til at rette op på nogle af nettene. Augustin og Robbie har også syet de fleste net her i eftermiddags, hvilket der virkelig var trang til.

Jeg selv åbnede nettene i Fyrhaven kl. 13, da Simon og jeg skulle lede en guidet tur for en 6. klasse. De var rigtig søde og meget begejstrede for undervisningen – særligt det at se en levende fugl så tæt på.

Robbie var ude og observere i morges, og han så en trækkende spidsand. Heldigvis for os alle, var der ingen regn i morges, men nogle helt fantastiske skyer, og på et tidspunkt så vi en stor flok havfugle som trak op i en tornado-lignende formation. Det så helt vildt ud.

Ringmærkning – Kabeltromlen

Rødhals – 5

Rødstjert - 1

Broget Fluesnapper - 1

Kærsanger - 1

Jernspurv – 2

Rørsanger – 1

Gransanger – 5

Fuglekonge – 1         

Total – 17

Folk på stationen: Simon S. Christiansen, Augustin Sticksel, Rosalina Sø Leth-Nissen, Robbie Lawler, Mogens Erlandsen og Knud Krog.

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I dag var en meget travl dag på Kabeltromlen, allerede da vi stadig var i gang med at åbne net sad der en rødhals med ring fra Stavanger, Norge. Vi fangede også en Landsvale i dag og den var helt utrolig smuk. Vi fik også besøg af 30 gymnasielever fra Skive, som var på besøg i Skagen, og det var rigtig fedt at kunne vise dem hvad vi laver på Kabeltromlen. Vi tog afsted fra Kabeltromlen ret sent, så vi havde lige en lille time inden vi skulle afsted igen for at reparere nettene for store huller og slid. Robbie var på observation i dag med Knud men hjalp os alligevel på hjemvejen med at lukke net og gå med på runder. Og så hørte vi også to pungmejser i morges ved Kabeltromlen, det var ret spændende.

Ringmærkning – Kabeltromlen

Rødhals – 7

Løvsanger – 1

Landsvale – 1

Gærdesanger – 1

Gærdesmutte – 1

Kærsanger - 1

Havesanger – 1

Tornsanger – 1

Munk – 5

Jernspurv – 17

Rørsanger – 2

Rørspurv – 2

Blåmejse – 1

Gransanger – 3

Fuglekonge – 6

Total – 50

Folk på stationen: Simon S. Christiansen, Augustin Sticksel, Rosalina Sø Leth-Nissen, Robbie Lawler, Knud Pedersen og Knud Krog.

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With Simon unavailable to lead the ringing session today the volunteers all went observing at Grenen, being joined by local birder Knud Pedersen, and guest Knud. There were strong northerly winds today which meant that it was a slower day for Sandwich Terns (Splitterne) than it has been the past few days, but we were treated with some great species.

We had some good views of Fulmars (Mallemuk) soon after beginning observations which set the tone for the next 3 hours. There must have been a large amount of fish close to shore today as around 500 Gannets (Sule) entered a feeding frenzy, being joined by several Grebe species, including a Slavonian grebe (Nordisk Lappedykker).

Away from the mass of Gannets we got views of a distant Arctic Skua (Almindelig Kjove) and we were also treated with great views of a migrating Hen Harrier (Blå Kæhøg) coming southwards off the sea.

Halfway through the session today we were joined by our guest Knud, but unfortunately, after around another hour we decided to try and escape the cold winds and headed back to the station; we hope Knud gets to join us on another less windy session soon.

After the session this morning we set about our usual tasks and Rosalina went to speak to tourists at Lands End about our work at the observatory.

We look forward to getting back to rining tomorrow, fingers crossed for more exciting species.

Folk på stationen: Simon S. Christiansen, Augustin Sticksel, Rosalina Sø Leth-Nissen, Robbie Lawler, og Knud.

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After no ringing yesterday we were back out today. Unfortunately, the nice weather seems to have gone and has been replaced with strong winds. Perhaps it was this wind that kept the birds away today as the nets were quite empty. We did manage to catch a Brambling (Kvækerfinke), that formerly has been ringed by Michael at Jennes Sø.

While Rosa and Augustine were out ringing this morning, I (Robbie) was out observing at the World’s End with local birder Knud. There was certainly a lot of Sandwich Tern (Splitterne) migration activity today with 58 being seen in one hour alone and 117 being seen in total. There were a couple of noteworthy birds, with a Merlin (Dværgfalk) being spotted far out at sea, and a 1st year Caspian gull (Levantmåge) showing well on the beach. A few Guillemots (Lomvie) and a single Razorbill (Alk) were seen on migration today but we are yet to see any high numbers.

A big thanks to Esben who was helping out with ringing the past few days, we hope to see you again soon.

As we say goodbye to another week, we look forward to seeing more spectacular birds over the coming days and weeks as migration continues to ramp up.

Ringmærkning (Kabeltromlen)
Gransanger – 1
Tornsanger – 2
Munk – 5
Jernspurv – 3
Rørsanger – 2
Rødstjert – 1

Ringmærkning (Jennes Sø)

Jernspurv – 2
Gransanger – 1
Broget Fluesnapper – 1
Lille Gråsisken – 2

Total – 20

Folk på stationen: Simon S. Christiansen, Augustin Sticksel, Rosalina Sø Leth-Nissen, Robbie Lawler, Esben Hansen, Michael Ancher og Dorte.

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Due to bad weather we unfortunately couldn’t go out ringing today, Esben and Lars Bo closed the nests from this nights attempt to catch a storm petrel (Lille Stormsvale), unfortunately without success. This meant we could sleep in and get some much needed sleep, in the morning we did a bit of cleaning around the lighthouse after that we had lunch and i checked some sheets with rosalina.

In the afternoon me and Robbie went out for soe observations around the lighthouse and found three resting oyster catchers (Strandskade) a turnstone (Stenvender) and some rock pipits (Skærpiber), very beautiful birds! In the eveing we went out a secont time to the tip and saw some sandwich terns (Splitterne) and a black-headed gullI (Hættemåge).And now at night we are trying to go nightcatching in batteriskoven to catch some birds there.

Folk på stationen: Simon S. Christiansen, Augustin Sticksel, Rosalina Sø Leth-Nissen, Robbie Lawler, Esben Hansen, Lars Bo og Dorte.

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