I dag stod Martin og Amandine tidligt op, eftersom de skulle ud på Verdens Ende for at tælle trækfugle. Tågen fra i går aftes hang stadig tungt over Grenen, hvilket gjorde det ret besværligt for dem i de første timer. 

Imens åbnede Viktoria og Esben nettene ved Kabeltromlen, hvorefter vi andre stødte til senere. 

Også her var vi ramt af tågen, og vi havde således en stille morgen med få fugle. På et tidspunkt var der vist endda flere mennesker end fugle ;-)

Efterhånden som tågen lettede og solen kom frem, kom der flere fugle til - blandt andet denne perfekte kærsanger.

Dagens højdepunkt var dog en dobbeltbekkasin, som havde forvildet sig ind i vores net i sumpen. Dobbeltbekkasinen er med dens lange næb og camueflagefarvede fjerdragt en meget smuk fugl. Vi var da også meget glade for at fange den, da vi ofte har hørt dens specielle brummende lyd, når den flyver rundt omkring ved Kabeltromlen. Lyden frembringes i øvrigt af dens halefjer.

Vi lukkede nettene tidligt på grund af varmen, og Amandine gik herefter i gang med at rydde stierne ved nettene, da de efterhånden var groet godt til.

Da vi kom tilbage til fuglestationen, fodrede Martin og Amelie computeren med data fra morgenens observationer og ringmærkninger, hvorefter alle tog en lang middagssøvn, eftersom vi senere kører til Hals for at bruge aftenen og natten på at fange terner til Lisas opgave. 

Sidst på eftermiddagen kiggede Knud og Jørgen forbi til eftermiddagskaffe. I dagens anledning var der hele to kager bagt af Esben og Viktoria. Mmmm….. 

Ringmærkning (Kabeltromlen):

Total: 28

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People: Martin Grienenberger, Simon S. Christiansen, Amelie Zeller, Amandine Doré, Knud Pedersen, Jørgen Kabel, Jan Speiermann, Erik Christophersen, Esben E. Hansen, Lisa Vergin, Viktoria Mader og Pernille Roed

Today Amandine and Amelie get up early to open the mist nets at Jennes Sø for the CES, while Esben and Lisa did the same at Grenen. The Spotted flycatcher (Grå Fluesnapper) was Lisa’s highlight of the ringing, while Esben summarized the ringing at Kabeltromlen as “a lot of uncommon common birds”, such as a Fieldfare (Sjagger) and a Sedge Warbler (Sivsanger).  

At the CES we - and especially Pernille - were happy to catch a Great Spotted Woodpecker (Stor Flagspætte).

Amandine rescued a fish.

In the afternoon Esben entered the ringing data of both ringing locations of the day – with the help of Lisa and Viktoria.

Martin counted migratory birds with Knud and Jan at the end of the world 3 in the early morning. Later on, Martin joined the CES ringing at Jennes Sø, and ringed his first (wild) birds!

Jan’s highlight of the day was a Red-footed falcon (Aftenfalk) around the lighthouse! There were also Two-barred Crossbills (Hvidvinget Korsnæb) observed at Skagen today, but we were not lucky to observe them during the ringing. Amandine left the CES a bit earlier to help Henning with the guided tour, and Lisa worked on her master’s project on Sandwich terns (Splitterne) in the afternoon.

Martin also processed the audiomoth data and updated these at Trektellen.

The day ended with a delicious dinner prepared by Jan and Kristine – the “Internet-Famous Chickpea Stew”.

Ringmærkning (Kabeltromlen + Jennes Sø):

Total: 51

People: Martin Grienenberger, Simon S. Christiansen, Amelie Zeller, Amandine Doré, Knud Pedersen, Jan Speiermann, Jan and Kristine Hjort, Pernille Roed, Henning Hvid Ettrup, Olof Lou, Esben E. Hansen, Lisa Vergin, Viktoria Mader

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As usual, two teams on the bird front today : Amélie, Amandine and Viktoria went ringing, joined later by Simon, Jan, Jan and Kristine, while Martin joined Knud for migration counting at Verdens Ende 3. It's always a pleasure to wake up that early to enjoy beautiful sunrises !

It wasn't a busy day for the ringing team, but they still catched a few adult birds for the delight of the ringers. They usually catch juvenile birds, so they were happy to have some older ones !

On the beach side, we witnessed a bit of migration with a few waders coming in or to the sea : Golden Plovers (Hjejle) and Common Snipes (Dobbeltbekassine), and 2 raptors : 1 Marsh Harrier (Rorhog) and a rare juvenile Montagu's Harrier (Hedehog) !!
Since the migration is still a bit slow at that time of the year, we went on the beach to look at the waders, terns, ducks and loons wandering around, and then at the Gulls to see if we can read a few rings. A few had one and they are mainly belonging to Danish and Norvegian programs.

Sanderlings (Sandlober) and Red Knot (Islandsk Ryle)

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After such a work in the morning, nap time is always a pleasure !

In the afternoon, Amélie and Viktoria went out to Jennes So to prepare the mist nets for tomorrow morning, for a special ringing program.

We finally ended the day at Jerup Strand to look for Terns, and especially to count the Sandwich Terns (Splitterne) and to do a bit of birdwatching.

Ringmærkning (Kabeltromlen):

Gærdesanger – Lesser Whitethroat - 3

Gransanger - Chiffchaff - 1

Havesanger - Garden Warbler - 2

Løvsanger - Willow warbler - 27

Munk - Blackcap - 3

Rørsanger - Reed warbler - 2

Rørspurv - Reed bunting - 1

Solsort - Blackbird - 1

Tornsanger - Common Whitethroat - 7

Total: 46

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People: Viktoria Mader, Martin Grienenberger, Simon S. Christiansen, Amelie Zeller, Amandine Doré, Knud Pedersen, Jan Speiermann, Jan and Kristine Hjort

Dagen startede en halv time før solopgang, hvor Viktoria og Amandine åbnede nettene ved Kabeltromlen. Jan, Amelie, Simon og Jørgen og hans golden Igor stødte til senere.

Martin og jeg (Kristina) satte segl mod verdens ende 05.15 for at tælle trækkende fugle – hvor vi blev mødt af Skovsangeren (Wood Warbler), som var morgendagens første fugl. I baggrunden kunne vi høre vandriksen (Waterrail) som gav lyd fra sig. Derudover så vi blandt andet fløjsand (Velvet Scooter), en ung rørhøg (Marsh Harrier), ca. 150 sortænder (common scooters) hvilende i vandet samt Rødstrubet lom (Red-throated loon) og mange andre. Senere på dagen dukkede vores nye gæster, Jan og Kristine op ved verdens ende, og alt i mens Kristine smed i sig sandet og nød feriestemningen i solens stråler, deltog Jan i observationerne.

For mig var det første gang ved Verdens Ende, og første gang med optælling af trækkende fugle. Morgenen bød på en fantastisk solopgang og solens stråler varmede allerede tidligt. Der var lidt langt mellem fuglene, men dog var en god måde at, starte på som nybegynder, og med et Swarovski teleskop mellem hænderne, kan det på ingen måde være en dårlig dag. ” I felt like a reel birdwatcher! ”. Og med garvede fuglekikkere i ryggen, er det ingen sag at kunne at observere trækkende fugle.

Et anderledes besøg ventede sig ved Kabeltromlen i dag, der vi fik besøg af tre store flagspætter (Greater spottede woodpecker), som alle blev ringmærket.

Spætten har som ekstra støtte udviklet nogle stivehalefjer som fungere som en slags ekstra støtte til når den hakker i de lodrette stammer.

 Eftermiddagen har stået på afslapning for de fleste på Fuglestationen samt indtastning af dagens ringmærkninger samt observationer.

People: Viktoria Mader, Martin Grienenberger, Simon S. Christiansen, Amelie Zeller, Amandine Doré, Jørgen & Igor, Jan, Kristina Sønderkjær, Jan og Kristine 

Dagens Ringmærkninger (Kabeltromlen)

Blåmejse // Eurasian Blue Tit - 1

Broget Fluesnapper // European Pied Flycatcher - 2

Grå Fluesnapper // Spotted Flycatcher - 1

Dompap // Eurasian Bullfinch - 1

Gærdesanger // Lesser Whitethroat - 3

Gransanger // ChiffChaff  2 

Gulbug // Icterine Warbler - 1

Havesanger // - Garden Warbler  3

Husrødstjert // Black Redstart - 1

Kærsanger // Marsh Warbler - 1

Løvsanger //  Willow Warbler - 23

Munk // Eurasian Blackcap - 1

Musvit // Great Tit - 1

Rørsanger // Eurasian Reed Warbler - 4

Rørspurv // Common Reed Bunting - 1

Stor Flagspætte // Greater Spotted Woodpecker - 3

Tornsanger // Common Whitethroat - 4

I alt :  55

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So many nice birds today in the mist nets! Viktoria and I opened the nets today at 4:30 and Simon, Oluf and Jan joined us for the first round, which was really helpful because we were busy with many birds…

Foto: Jan Speiermann

Already in the second round we caught two waders, a Waterrail (Vandrikse) and a Common Snipe (Dobbeltbekkasine). Waders are always exciting, especially for Viktoria and me, as we both come from regions in Germany where they are not common.

In the meantime, Martin and Amandine had a rather slow morning at the migration counting. Amandine took a photo of the sunrise through the telescope which looks amazing! Also, they observed a Eurasian Nuthatch (Spætmejse) attempting to migrate East. 

Later that day, we had some more beautiful birds:

a Fieldfare (Sjagger),

an adult male Redpoll (Lille Gråsisken),

and in the last round two juvenile Bearded Tits (Skaegmejse). You can see that the right bird is a male, because it already has a bright orange-yellow bill. On the left you can see a female, as the bill is blackish.

After the ringing we had lunch and we typed in the data from the ringing and the migration counting. In the afternoon Simon gave us a lesson about skull ossification, which can help us for aging birds in autumn. He showed us some examples on birds from the freezer.

In the evening our new guests Jan Hjort Christensen and Kristine arrived. 

Ringmærkning (Kabeltromlen):

Dobbeltbekkasin - Common Snipe - 1

Dompap, Lille - Bullfinch - 2

Gærdesanger – Lesser Whitethroat - 1

Gransanger - Chiffchaff -2

Gråsisken, Lille (cabaret) - Redpoll – 3

Gulbug – Icterine Warbler - 1

Gulspurv - Yellowhammer - 3

Havesanger - Garden Warbler - 1

Kærsanger - Marsh warbler - 7

Løvsanger - Willow warbler - 5

Munk - Blackcap - 3

Rødstjert - Common Redstart - 1

Rørsanger - Reed warbler - 2

Rørspurv - Reed bunting - 2

Sjagger – Fieldfare - 1

Skægmejse – Bearded Tit - 2

Tornsanger - Common Whitethroat - 14

Vandrikse - Waterrail - 2

Total: 53

Aflæsninger (Kabeltromlen):

Dompap, Lille – Bullfinch – 1

Gærdesanger – Lesser Whitethroat - 1

Gransanger - Chiffchaff - 3

Gråsisken, Lille (cabaret) - Redpoll – 2

Munk – Blackcap – 1

Rørsanger - Reed warbler – 1

Total: 9

People: Viktoria Mader, Martin Grienenberger, Simon S. Christiansen, Amelie Zeller, Amandine Doré, Oluf Lou, Jan Speiermann, Kristina Sønderkjaer

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This morning, Viktoria and me went to open the nets at Kabeltromlen, while Amelie and Martin went for migration counting at the End of the World 1. Simon and Knud joined us later to help with the ringing. The weather stayed foggy and moist for a while, and we got very few birds in the nets.

While waiting for the next round, I wished that we would catch a Wood warbler (Skovsanger)… And very surprisingly, in the next round check, we had a Wood Warbler !

In the last net check, when we were closing, we suddenly got a lot of birds in the two last nets ! Some Yellowhammers (Gulspurv), Reed buntings (Rørspurv) and Redpolls (Lille Gråsisken) !

On their side, Amelie and Martin had a slow morning, not many birds were migrating, probably due to the weather, and they joined us for the last round.

Back to the observatory, we entered the data collected in the morning, and build up a moth trap in the lighthouse garden. Let’s see tomorrow morning if we catch anything !

At 2pm, Simon had a ringing guided tour at the Lighthouse and after helping with the practical part, Amelie, Viktoria, Martin and me decided to go to Skagen for a small excursion to the art museum.

We really enjoyed it and we discovered the history of Skagen through the painters that have lived there, especially Anna Ancher.

After the museum, we went for some waffles, something we had been talking about for weeks, but we hadn’t found the opportunity yet! This afternoon in Skagen was a nice break !

We came back home in late afternoon and shared dinner cooked by Viktoria. Tomorrow, we will go ringing and migration counting again, and we hope for a more busy day !

Ringmærkning (Kabeltromlen):

Gråsisken, Lille (cabaret) – Redpoll – 3
Gulspurv – Yellowhammer – 2
Havesanger – Garden Warbler – 1
Kærsanger – Marsh warbler – 1
Løvsanger – Willow warbler –    4
Munk – Blackcap – 1
Musvit – Great tit – 1
Rørsanger – Reed warbler – 5
Rørspurv – Reed bunting – 4
Skovsanger – Wood warbler –   1
Tornsanger – Common whitethroat – 4

Total: 27

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People: Viktoria Mader, Martin Grienenberger, Simon S. Christiansen, Amelie Zeller, Amandine Doré, Knud Pedersen, Jørgen Kabel & Igor, Kristina Sønderkjær, Gunnar Simonsen

Yesterday evening we set up mist nets at Jerup Strand in order to catch Terns during the night. Beautiful sunset!

The night started slowly, and the first bird was a first year Redshank (Rødben), followed later in the morning by a Common Tern (Fjordterne).

We slept long today and started cleaning the station and the lab!

Almost all shoes are in order now - especially wellies (rubber boots) are important here - such as for ringing in Kabeltromlen that we plan for tomorrow morning.

In the afternoon, Lisa opened the freezer and we had a very interesting dessection session with a Great Crested Grebe (Toppet Lappedykker) in the Grey Lighthose yard - that even attracted a visitor from South Africa!

Ringmærkning (Jerup Strand):

Rødben - Redshank - 1

Fjordterne - Common Tern - 1

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People: Amandine Doré, Viktoria Mader, Lisa Vergin, Simon S. Christiansen, Amelie Zeller, Martin Grienenberger, Gunnar Simonsen, Esben E. Hansen, Kristina Sønderkjær

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

Today, we went on a “road trip” around Northern Jutland to count Sandwich Terns (Splitterne) in different locations, for Lisa’s master thesis about post-breeding dispersal of this species. Victoria, Amelie and me went down south on the Eastern coast, while Lisa’s went counting on the Western coast. For the first time in a while, we went out of Skagen…. It felt like an adventure !

Goodbye Skagen !

We started our counts at Jerupstrand at 7am, and counted very few terns. This is the location where we are planning on catching terns on Sunday evening, and we hope there will be more terns ! Jerupstrand is a nice location to observe waders, and we saw some Curlews (Storspove), Oystercatchers (Strandskade), Dunlins (Almindelig ryle), Bar-tailed Godwits (Lille kobbersneppe), ….

Jerupstrand

We later on went down south to Sæby and counted around 30 individuals.

Saeby

Close to the parking lot, there was a reconstruction of a miniature Saeby, called “Minibyen Saeby ”.

Minibyen Saeby

The weather was very nice, sunny and warm and we were very happy to discover a bit more this region of Denmark ! The coastal cities are very charming, and we enjoyed driving through these landscapes.

After Sæby, we drove back north to Frederikshavn, and counted terns in the harbour…. Unfortunately, there was almost none of them… However, in Frederikshavn, we observed some nice species: a Spoonbill (Skestork), Golden plovers (Hjejle) transitioning to their winter plumage and a Curlew Sandpiper (Krumnæbbet ryle).

We then stopped at Strandby, where the bird activity was low but a lot of people were out on the beach !

Strandby

Next destination was the harbour of Aalbek, not far from Jerupstrand. Here again, we did not see any Sandwich terns…

However, we saw two Greater Black-backed Gulls (Svartbag) with color rings, that we’ve read, which made Viktoria very happy !

We ended up our little road trip in Skagen harbour, in which, once again, bird activity was very low… But this might be explained mostly by the time of the day: it was already late afternoon when we reached Skagen….

Skagen harbour

Even though we haven’t counted many terns, we have enjoyed very much this day travelling around Northern Jutland and do some bird-watching !

Lisa was more successful on her side and counted up to 118 Sandwich terns in one location !

People: Amandine Doré, Viktoria Mader, Lisa Vergin, Simon S. Christiansen, Amelie Zeller, Kirsten

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Amelie and Lisa got up early today to open the mist nets at Kabeltromlen at 5:00, so Amandine, Simon, Kirsten and me were happy to join later for the first control.

Amelie ringed her first bird today supervised by Simon - a Blackcap (Munk). Well done!

After some rainy days the last week, today was a warm and sunny summer day with low wind speed! During the morning, there was also time for teaching, explaining and calibrating the ringers.

It is not always easy to differentiate sibling species such as Reed and Marsh Warbler (Rørsanger og Kærsanger), and some species are difficult to age and we had a closer look at several moult limits. If you want to read more about ageing Pied Flycatchers (Broget Fluesnapper), you might visit our facebook page.

Furthermore, we caught the first Red-backed Shrike (Rødrygget Tornskade) for this autumn season!

Crested Tit (Topmejse)

Ringmærkning (Kabeltromlen + Fyrhaven):
Tornsanger – Common Whitethroat – 14

Munk – Blackcap – 7

Løvsanger – Willow warbler – 7

Gærdesanger – Lesser Whitethroat – 5

Gråsisken, Lille (cabaret) – Lesser Redpoll – 4

Gulbug – Icterine Warbler – 4

Rørsanger – Reed warbler – 4

Havesanger – Garden Warbler – 3

Broget Fluesnapper – Pied Flycatcher – 2

Kærsanger – Marsh Warbler – 2

Gærdesmutte – Wren – 1

Gransanger – Chiffchaff – 1

Rødrygget Tornskade – Red-backed Shrike – 1

Rørspurv – Reed Bunting – 1

Skovpiper – Tree Pipit – 1

Solsort – Blackbird – 1

Topmejse – Crested Tit – 1

Total: 59

Aflæsninger (recaptures) (Kabeltromlen + Fyrhaven):

Løvsanger – Willow warbler – 3

Rørsanger – Reed warbler – 2

Tornsanger – Common Whitethroat – 2

Dompap, Lille (europaea) – Bullfinch –   1

Gærdesanger – Lesser Whitethroat – 1

Total: 9

People: Amandine Doré, Viktoria Mader, Lisa Vergin, Simon S. Christiansen, Amelie Zeller, Kirsten

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