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The dandelion Wagtail

fredag 6. maj 2022
af Leona Gottschalkson, Raya Mathiak

Today there was no ringing due to the strong wind.  We joined Gustav and Hanelie on the seawatch at Worldend 3. We had a White Wagtail, White Wagtail ssp. yarrellii, a Yellow Wagtail and a Yellow Wagtail ssp. thunbergi.

Obs_panorama.jpgMorning observations at Worldend 3 - Photo by Raya Mathiak

After the observation I was finally able to go check out the town with my friend Raya. I bought Puffin and Herring Gull Socks!

Haneli, Robbe and Gustav went to Batteriskoven to see a Wood Warbler, which was a lifer for Hanelie. Also they saw a Pied Flycatcher. After checking out some other places for birdwatching Haneli went back to check if the nets were still in good condition because of the strong wind. Meanwhile Alice send out some applications for universities and cleaned the birdbags.

In the afternoon we cleaned the station bikes and put oil on the bike chains.

Robbe decided to cook with natural ingredients today, so he collected nettles and dandelions. We then ate chips while extracting dandelion petals.

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Extracting the dandelion petals while eating chips - Photo by Leona Gottschalkson

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The finished Nettle- Dandelion Risotto - Photo by Robbe Cool

Klik her for at se dagens observationer indtastet i DOFbasen af observatører i området.

Sum of the raptors in the area based on observations typed into DOFbasen the same day

Persons at the station:  Simon S. Christiansen, Jørgen Hulbæk Christiansen, Hanelie Sidhu, Alice Scalzo, Robbe Cool, Leona Gottschalkson, Raya Mathiak, Gustav Nyberg, Carsten Math Iversen, Lisbet Harms Lavsew

 

Fugle der pjækker!

torsdag 5. maj 2022
af Gustav Nyberg

Dagen bød på endnu en ringmærkningsdag. En dag fuglefolkene havde store forhåbninger til efter gårdagens massefangster i nettene og observationer af store grupper af småfugle i de levende hegn, men fuglene havde andre planer. De pjækkede fra ringmærkningen og smuttede i storcenteret. I nettene var de I hvert fald ikke og tilbage stod Alice, Robbe, Leona, Raya og Simon og trillede tommelfingre.

På trods af det, holdte Raya sin første fugl. Det blev en Løvsanger. Det var hun vældig glad for, og hun nyder at få lov til at se fuglene helt tæt på.

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Imens de andre ringmærkede, skød Hanelie og jeg med laser ved Verdens ende 2. Vi håbede på nogle store flokke af rovfugle, vi kunne skyde og som samtidig ville dukke op på radaren. Det er ikke altid, de to ting lige spiller sammen. Det viste sig at være vanskeligt, da trækket mod nord kun præsterede enelige spurvehøge, der fløj uden for radarens rækkevidde.

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Foto: Erik Christophersen

Senere tog jeg til Batteriskoven I håbet om, at der skulle være en Hvidhalset- eller Lille fluesnapper. Heldet var ikke med mig denne gang, men det skal nok ske. One day.

Til slut kan jeg dufte Alice’s mad. Det skal nok blive fremragende. Tak for I dag og velbekomme.

Ringmærket fugle ved Kabeltromlen:

Gransanger - 1

Løvsanger - 2

Munk - 9

Rørspurv - 1

Bogfinke - 1

Sangdrossel - 1

Total: 15

Klik her for at se dagens observationer indtastet i DOFbasen af observatører i området.

Sum of the raptors in the area based on observations typed into DOFbasen the same day

Personer ved stationen:  Jesper Pedersen, Simon S. Christiansen, Jørgen Hulbæk Christiansen, Oluf Lou, Hanelie Sidhu, Alice Scalzo, Robbe Cool, Leona Gottschalkson, Raya Mathiak, Gustav Nyberg, Carsten Math Iversen, Lisbet Harms Lavsew.

2 New Species and Full Nets

onsdag 4. maj 2022
af Leona Gottschalkson

Today we were able to ring again. Haneli, Raya and me opened the nets at Kabletromle and weren't disappointed. The nets were full of Willow Warblers (Løvsanger) and Lesser White Throats (Gærdesanger). The Highlight of today was 2 new species. We had the first Tree Pipits (Skovpiber) and the first Common Whitethroats.

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IMG_1715.JPGFirst Tree Pipit of the season

While ringing we could hear the Cuckoo (Gøg) which was singing between Kabletromle and World End 2. It is really early this year.

Manuel and Carsten joined the observations on Nordstrand. After that he left us because he will visit Hamburg to meet his family and for the upcoming Birdrace. Because Manuel had to leave earlier Knud took over the counting.

Robbe and Alice went to World end 2 to laser shoot.They could see a flock of 40 Buzzards. We still need to adjust but every day we're making a bit of progress. It is still hard sometimes to find the birds on the radar due to technical settings that need to be refined. With the laser binocular we get better at following the birds. Robbe and Alice were able to follow a Buzzard for 4 km today.

On the way back from the laser shooting Haneli and Robbe saw a Little Ringed Plover.

Later right after our Moult lecture with Simon, Gustav arrived. He will stay here until Saturday. He took a 4 hour walk and saw a lot of Pied Flycatchers (Broget Fluesnapper), Willow Warblers (Løvsanger) and Wood Warblers (Skovsanger).

Lisbeth and Carsten were a great help today because they did the groceries and cooked a delicious meal for us.

People:  Jesper Pedersen, Simon S. Christiansen, Knud Pedersen, Hanelie Sidhu, Alice Scalzo, Manuel Tacke, Robbe Cool, Leona Gottschalkson, Raya Mathiak, Carsten Math Iversen, Lisbet Harms Lavsew

 

Ringed birds at Kabletromle
 
 
Sangdrossel: 3
 
Gulspurv: 1
 
Rørspurv: 9
 
Bogfinke: 2
 
Lille Dompap: 1
 
Munk: 15
 
Gærdesanger: 12
 
Rødstjert: 1
 
Broget Fluesnapper: 1
 
Løvsanger: 61
 
Tornsanger: 1
 
Rødhals: 12
 
Gransanger: 15
 
Skovpiber: 2
 
Gærdesmutte: 2
 
Grønsisken: 1
 
Lille Gråsisken: 1
 
Engpiber: 1
 
Total: 139
 

Today's observations in Dofbasen from observers in the area

Sum of the raptors in the area based on observations typed into DOFbasen the same day

Sum of the raptors in the area based on observations typed into DOFbasen the same day

People:  Jesper Pedersen, Simon S. Christiansen, Knud Pedersen, Hanelie Sidhu, Alice Scalzo, Manuel Tacke, Robbe Cool, Leona Gottschalkson, Raya Mathiak, Carsten Math Iversen, Lisbet Harms Lavsew

 

 

 

Next-Level-Birding

tirsdag 3. maj 2022
af Manuel Tacke

Early in the morning, Leona (who joined the station's team the day before yesterday) and Manuel stood in the wind on the northern beach. Together with our guest Carsten and some other observers, we enjoyed the stormy sea and the Gannets Sule flying close to the beach. Also quite some Fulmars Mallemuk could be observed. Otherwise, there was very little going on. This was quite convenient for us, because afterwards Hanelie and I wanted to head to Grenen for our laser project and stand at World's End 2 from 9h.

Together with Aarhus University, the exact migration routes of the birds are to be studied. For this purpose, a radar has been set up in the garden of the lighthouse and we have been equipped with high-tech laser binoculars. These can measure, among other things, the height of birds in the air and the distance to the observer. Together with Jesper, who sits at the lighthouse in front of the radar image and is supposed to find migrating birds, we started from the dunes at 9am, looking into the distance. We quickly found some migrating marsh harriers. Unlike the buzzards, which came a little later, the harriers actually made the strenuous journey across the sea, the buzzards in fact returned from the tip.

Therefore, we were able to "shoot" the harriers and transmit the data via Bluetooth from the binoculars to an app on a phone. This is really next-level-birding, isn't it? In the course of the morning, the wind died down and it became really summery. The many Barn Swallows Landsvale fund few Sand Martin Digesvale flying around did their part. Very beautiful!

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While Robbe enjoyed some free time in Aarhus, Alice worked on her (exciting but busy) online courses and Leona picked up a friend and joined for a laser shoot, afterwards they spent some time on the beach. Lisbeth and Carsten took advantage of the sun later in the day for short walks around Grenen and in the town. There is something for everyone up here ;-)

Klik her for at se dagens observationer indtastet i DOFbasen af observatører i området (Today’s observations in DOFbasen from observers in the area)

Sum of the raptors in the area based on observations typed into DOFbasen the same day

 
People: Jesper Pedersen, Simon S. Christiansen, Hanelie Sidhu, Alice Scalzo, Manuel Tacke, Robbe Cool, Lisa Vergin, Leona Gottschalkson, Carsten Math Iversen, Lisbet Harms Lavsew

Alpine Accentor "Alpejernspurv" at Grenen Parking!

mandag 2. maj 2022
af Hanelie Sidhu
Good evening everyone!

Alice and I got out of bed early again this morning because we opened the nets at Kabletromle. Simon and Lisa joined us at the first round. It was supposed to be windy later in the morning, but in the early morning, the wind was perfect for ringing. And it was a very good morning. We had two new species for this year: a Reed Warbler "Rørsanger" and a Sedge Warbler "Sivsanger".

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Sedge Warbler "Sivsanger"

 

The Reed Warbler"Rørsanger" was also a recapture from Belgium! We had a total of three foreign recaptures: a Brambling "Kvækerfinke" from the UK, a Lesser Whitethroat "Gærdesanger" from another bird station in Denmark and the Reed Warbler "Rørsanger" from Belgium. Although we had to close the nets at 10 o`clock, due to the wind, we ringed a total of 46 birds this morning! Carsten joined us at the ringing and stayed the whole morning with us at Kabletromle. He really enjoyed us seeing ringing and watching the birds from so close. After ringing we went back to the station. Once there, I started entering data. Then a Zello call arrived: An Alpine Accentor "Alpejernspurv" was found at Grenen parking. We all hurried there and we all saw it, although we wished to have seen it for a bit longer. But Leona managed to take quite a good picture of it.

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Alpine Accentor "Alpejernsurv"

 

Many birders looked for the bird later, including Alice and me, but unfortunately, we did not find it again. Robbe left us after that, but he will be back tomorrow so we will be complete again soon. He is enjoying a concert in Aarhus tonight. Manuel and Leona went to Worlds End 2 after seeing todays highlight bird, to do the laser shooting in the field, while Jesper sat in front of the radar at Birders Club. But actually, nothing to shoot today though. While Carsten was up early today, Lisbet got a little more sleep and then went to town. They met for a coffee in Skagen, then had lunch, and in the afternoon Carsten and Lisbet went on a bike tour to Nordstrand. They saw a flock of Redwings "Vindrossel" and two deers on their way. Alice and I entered the data in the afternoon, Alice did the raptor summary and I had a nap in the afternoon. In the evening Manuel cooked us a good meal and Carsten and Lisbet joined us for dinner. Tomorrow it will be too windy for ringing, so we will do observations and laser shooting, and who knows, maybe the Alpine Accentor "Alpejernspurv" will still be around and we will see it a bit longer tomorrow? That would be nice. Well then, maybe see you in the field tomorrow.

Take care,

 

Hanelie

 

 

Ringed birds at Kabletrommle

 

Sangdrossel: 1

Rørspurv: 3

Bogfinke: 4

Kvækerfinke: 1

Munk: 11

Gæerdesanger: 2

Rødstjert: 2

Jernspurv: 1

Broget Fluesnapper: 1

Løvsanger: 11

Rødhals: 4

Sivsanger: 1

Gransanger: 4

 

Total: 46

 


 


 

People:  Jesper Pedersen, Simon S. Christiansen, Hanelie Sidhu, Alice Scalzo, Manuel Tacke, Robbe Cool, Lisa Vergin, Leona Gottschalkson, Carsten Math Iversen, Lisbet Harms Lavsew

 

 

A new arrival !

søndag 1. maj 2022
af Alice Scalzo



Hanelie and I went to open the nets this morning, then joined by Lisa and Simon. We had 50 birds, a very satisfying number after a few slow days.

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Picture by Hans Christophersen

We caught again Pied Flycatchers (Broget Fluesnapper), Willow Warblers (løvsanger) and Reed Buntings (Rørspurv), highlight of our morning there, a Grey wagtail (Bjergvipstjert). Manuel joined the ringing some time after, followed by Robbe who came by foot because he forgot his keys in the appartement and was therefore unable to retrieve them after the door closed...


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Picture by Hans Christophersen

Orcas (Spækhugger) were spotted in the morning, first seen in Nordstrand going east, so we also got to see them from Kabeltrommeln ! Manuel and Robbe ran to the beach to get a closer look and had a perfect observation of the animals.  After this nice sighting Robbe went on a walk in the dunes to try to see a few birds but didn't find much to observe apart from some cool plants. Lisa and I also got a nice observation of a deer walking in the water a few meters away.

Today was open ringing day, so we had around ten visitors at the ringing site. They got to see the birds we caught, the nets, and the ringing process. Hans had a tour with a few visitors, so he also stopped by the ringing station. It was a very nice atmosphere with all these people around coming to see us and the birds, and we also got a delicious cake from Simon's father !

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When ringing was over Robbe, Hanelie and I had a little swim in the sea. According to me it was freezing cold, but Robbe and Hanelie enjoyed it a lot. Then the four of us had a nice ice cream at the lighthouse. Manuel worked on the nocmig, already a few nice species were recorded, we should soon have the final results, so we will keep you updated !

Simon worked a bit on the raptor GPS tagging project, and collected the recorder from the chairman who used it last night. He also went to nedermose to see if there were any raptors flying around but he only saw a Golden eagle (Kongeørn) so it was not worth installing the nets there. He also enjoyed some birdwatching. In the evening he went to the station to pick up Leona who just arrived ! She is our new long term volunteer. Leona started her day ringing at Blåvand, they also had an open ringing day there so they saw lots of people. They caught Chiffchaffs (Gransanger), Willow warblers (Løvsanger) and Redpolls (Lille Gråsisken). She then said goodbye to everyone there and took the train to join us. We had a late evening meeting when everyone was finally at the station, and an even later dinner that Hanelie cooked for us, but it was worth the wait as it was really delicious !

Our new guests Lisbet and Carsten arrived in the afternoon, Robbe showed them around. They left Fyn in the morning and drove four hours. They will be here for the week and will be joining us on the field from time to time.

Hans and Anders left us today. We really appreciated having them here, and we wish them a nice trip back home !


Have a good evening,

Alice.


Ringmæking Kabeltrommeln:


Rødhals (Robin) - 2

Bogfinke (Chaffinch) - 3

Rørspurv (Reed bunting) - 5

Gærdesanger (Lesser Whitethroat) - 1

Bjergvipstjert (Grey wagtail) - 1

Broget Fluesnapper (Pied Flycatcher) - 2

Munk (Blackcap) - 1

Sangdrossel (Song thrush) - 2

Gransanger (Chiffchaff) - 11

Løvsanger (Willow Warbler) - 21

Gærdesanger (Lesser Whitethroat) - 1

Total : 50



People:  Simon S. Christiansen, Hanelie Sidhu, Alice Scalzo, Manuel Tacke, Robbe Cool, Lisa Vergin, Hans Christophersen, Anders Brinkmann, guests, Leona Grottschallesoh, Gottschalkson, Carsten Math Iversen, Lisbet Harms Lavsew



Yellow-billed Diver to the pleasure of many visitors

lørdag 30. april 2022
af Hans Christophersen

Yet another sunny day – not much rain this spring. Anders and Robbe opened the nets this morning. Simon joined in and around 30 birds were ringed, the highlights being a couple of Redstarts (Rødstjert) and a Jay (Skovskade), that gave Anders a couple of scars. Line (that has stayed at the station earlier as an intern) and her father Michael were among the visitors this day.

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Hans and (a little later) Manuel did the counting at Nordstrand. On the way out there Hans saw a Racoon Dog (Mårhund). Quite a few people joined and about 30 were assembled and the spirits were high when everybody was rewarded with a nice Yellow-billed Diver (Hvidnæbbet Lom) that was passing by. More than 700 Red-throated Divers (Rødstrubet Lom) and a Black- throated Diver (Sortstrubet Lom) also showed. Other (minor) highlights were two Little Gulls (Dværgmåge) and the first Little Tern (Dværgterne) of the year. After the ringing Anders spent some time at Saftevandsbakken seeing a few raptors and two White Storks (Hvid Stork) that passed after attempting to migrate at Nordstrand. At Stald Grenen he also saw a group of 12 Ring Ouzels (Ringdrossel).

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Returning to the Lighthouse he found a Viper (Hugorm) that had found its way to the station, staying on the concrete platform. 

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Hanelie woke up a little late after an (unsuccessful) owl-catch during the night. She and Robbe went to Batteriskoven, finding a couple of Pied Flycatchers (Broget Fluesnapper). After this they visited the gallery, where Axel Thorenfeldt shows his great bird-paintings. A visit there is to be recommended.

Hans did a soundscape-count for DOF, hearing the first Reed Warbler (Rørsanger) and adding another couple of Camberwell Beauties (Sørgekåbe) to the impressive list of this species this spring.

The ’batmen’ – Johan Eklöf and Stefan from Sweden paid a visit to the station bringing a bat-detector, that now records the bats passing the station the next month.

At the evening meeting Simon told about the life as a leader of the station and the life as volunteers was also a topic. Also different (possible) projects were discussed.

Today’s observations in DOFbasen from observers in the area

Sum of the raptors in the area based on observations typed into DOFbasen the same day  

Photos: Anders Brinkmann

Todays ringed birds at Kabeltromlen:

Rødhals: 2

Rødstjert: 2

Gærdesmutte: 2

Sangdrossel: 1

Munk: 1

Gransanger: 6

Løvsanger: 8

Skovskade: 1

Rørspurv: 3

Total: 26

People/Folk: Simon S. Christiansen, Hanelie Sidhu, Alice Scalzo, Manuel Tacke, Robbe Cool, Anders Brinkmann, Hans Christophersen and more.

Daytrip to the aquarium

fredag 29. april 2022
af Robbe Cool

Today the sun woke up earlier than I did. And after enjoying the golden morning at breakfast, I went to Jesper Pedersen with Alice. We tried to figure out how to calibrate the laser binocular but we were unsuccessful. Thomas came too but only to find his glasses that he lost last day.

The others were ringing in the morning together with Lars. Unfortunately, the nets were almost empty. Hanelie was happy with the meadow pipit ‘engpiber’ they caught but she had to hurry to be at time at the station. Because today we finally made a trip.e37f0d7d-8e5a-4726-ada5-ea8b9a690ee0.jpg

Together with Alice, Lisa and Hanelie, we drove to Hirtshals to see the aquarium and get a guided tour from Anders. Marion joined us too in Hirtshals which made it a really nice reunion. In the aquarium, we discovered the fauna of the North Sea. Anders took us behind the screens and showed us a rare fish they caught: the wreckfish. We were all really amazed by the skeletons of the whales they had and the horn of the narwal. We finally had the feeling of being on holidays and profited from this day to eat nice fish and chips in the harbour. Tired but satisfied, we came back to the station. The girls took their time to set up the owl net, which will now be a stationary net as well.

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Today, Manuel took the time to enjoy the birding without having to many tasks. He first made a stop at Batteriskoven to find the flycatchers ‘broget fluesnapper’, but only the wood warblers ‘skovsanger’ were present. He continued his trip to the gallery of Axel to have a nice talk with him and in the late afternoon he had a look at the nocmig, together with the chairman of DOF.

Earlier this day, Simon also went to Batteriskoven to search the wryneck ‘vendehalse’ that was seen but without any result. He also announced that he has a new boss.

The third person that went to Batteriskoven was Anders and he had more luck with the pied flycatchers. He wanted to spend the whole afternoon on watching raptors but he had the ‘luck’ to enter the ringing data.

Hans started this day quite early and went to Nordstrand. It was too cold and foggy to see birds but he had nice company. His birding highlights of the day were 8 fulmars ‘mallemuk’ during the migration counts, a group of 12 ring ouzels ‘ringdrossel’ and a golden eagle ‘Kongeørn’. During the day he brought Birte to the station and later he also visited the harbour to find a nice gull. In the evening, Hans and Anders eased our work by doing the raptor summary.

Surprisingly, while I am writing this blog, Axel found a female citrine wagtail ‘citrin vipstjert’ at the cormorant lake!

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Good night,

Robbe

 

Todays ringed birds at Kabeltromlen:

Engpiber: 1

Gærdesmutte: 1

rødhals: 4

Munk: 3

Gransanger: 1

 

Løvsanger: 4

Bogfinke: 1

Rørspurv: 4

Total: 19

Today’s observations in Dofbasen from observers in the area

People/Folk: Knud Pedersen,Simon S. Christiansen, Hanelie Sidhu, Alice Scalzo, Manuel Tacke, Robbe Cool, Anders Brinkmann,  Jesper Pedersen, Birthe Drustrup & Hans Christophersen, Lisa Vergin, Anders Østerby, Egon Østergaard, Lars Bo Jacobsen

Little Friday

torsdag 28. april 2022
af Manuel Tacke

There is a German saying that says: "Eine Schwalbe macht noch keinen Sommer", one swallow does not make a summer. That is certainly true. But maybe 20 or so? ...At least they are really arriving now. Today Manuel and Robbe were able to observe several migrating Barn Swallows Landsvale and House Martins Bysvale during the morning observation. For the most part, however, it remained fairly quiet in Grenen. Three migrating Whooper Swans Singsvale and a few Wheatears Stenpikker in the dunes were nice observations. Otherwise, there was not much migration to observe today. At least the beautiful Kentish Plover Hvidbrystet præstekrave was sitting on the beach in Grenen today, but only Hans was able to see it at close range - and managed to get an arty shot.

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The weather forecast for the next few days remains sunny and clear. This is of course very nice for being outside, even if the wind is still quite cold. But for birdwatching, it would actually be good if there were a rainy day. When the weather is clear, the birds just move up and through and you don't get to see much of them. When the weather changes, fog or rain, they avoid long distances and come down to rest. That's better for the birdwatchers, of course. But this spring has been very dry so far and there has been exceptionally little rain so far. The sunny weather continues to attract beautiful butterflies to the sun, with Camberwell Beauties continuing to show themselves.

The fact that the birds are not in the bushes to rest can also be seen from the ringing figures: In five hours, only 25 birds were in the net, including another day without any excitement. But even with the Willow warbler Løvsanger, Chiffchaff Gransanger or Blackcap Munk, you always have to look very closely to see where the moult limits can be found in order to accurately determine their age.

In Batteriskoven there are still some Pied Flycatchers Broget fluesnapper around and in the afternoon Anders managed to get some decent shots.

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In the evening Birte and Hans cooked for us, there was delicious lasagne with a great salad for the big group. Over the weekend Anders (also a board member) is also a guest, so we have a full house at the lighthouse. At the table we talk about Pink Floyd's early work, Anders' band, our language skills and what it's like to live in Aalborg.

(Pictures by Hans Christophersen & Anders Brinkmann)

Today’s observations in Dofbasen from observers in the area

Todays ringed birds at Kabeltromlen:
Løvsanger: 6
Rødhals: 6
Gransanger: 14
Munk: 8
Sangdrossel: 1
Jernspurv: 1
Solsort: 1
Sangdrossel: 1

Total: 21

 

People/Folk: Knud Pedersen,Simon S. Christiansen, Hanelie Sidhu, Alice Scalzo, Manuel Tacke, Robbe Cool, Anders Brinkmann, Rasmus Due Nielsen, Thomas Kjær Christensen, Jesper Pedersen, Birthe Drustrup & Hans Christophersen.

The arrival of the Pied Flycatchers "Broget Fluesnapper"

onsdag 27. april 2022
af Hanelie Sidhu
Hi everybody!


Manuel and I were the first to get up today. Manuel helped me open the nets, then left Kabletromle to do the Morning Obs with Alice and Robbe at Nordstrand. Hans and Jørgen Hulbæk were the first ones at Nordstrand today and together with Andreas, they assisted Alice, Robbe and Manuel with the counting. Soon after sunrise, Hans and Jørgen had the first Harriers "Høg", but this did not last the whole morning. The Obs was quite slow, but there were some highlights, such as a Lapland Longspur "Lapværling" and a Black-throated Diver "Sortstrubet Lom", over a dozen Arctic Skuas "Almindelig Kjove" and there were an incredible number of Red-throated Divers "Rødstrubet Lom", between 800 and 900 during the whole Morning Obs.

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The ringing was also quite slow today, Lisa and Simon joined after we opened the nets, but we caught the first Pied Flycatcher "Broget Fluesnapper" of the year in the nets of Kabeltromle today!

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Pied Flycatcher "Broget Fluesnapper" 

 

We also had a Willow Warbler "Løvsanger" quite possibly of the subspecies "acredula".

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"Løvsanger" possibly of the subspecies "acredula"

 

After ringing I cut branches at Kabeltromle and watched two really nice male Bearded Reedlings "Skægmejse" for a long time. I also saw a nice male Sand Lizard "Markfirben". In the afternoon we tried out the new nets for owls and raptors in the garden with Simon. Afterwards Alice and Robbe went raptor catching with one of the new nets, but unfortunately without success. There were some raptors around, Hans watched from a dune near Batterivejen and saw several raptors, but very high: Golden Eagles "Kongeørn", Buzzards "Musvage", Rough-legged Buzzards "Fjeldvåge", Kites "Glente"... While Hans was bird watching all day, Birthe was also at the Skagen Art Museum today. Hans and Birthe also took a very long walk along the coast to Batteriskaven and then to Jennes Sø. On the way, they saw a Camberwell Beauty "Sørgekåbe", several Pied Flycatchers "Broget Fluesnapper" in Batteriscoven and a Firecrest "Rødtoppet Fuglekonge" near Jennes Sø. Simon had an interesting meeting today with other people who run CES ringing. I entered the ringing data and had a nap, Manuel went for a walk in the afternoon and cooked us a delicious lentil soup for dinner. And Thomas, Rasmus, Jesper and the "Radar Team" finished the work on the radar this afternoon. Now it is ready for use!

After the hopes for today were high and it didn't work out so well in the end, maybe it will be the other way round tomorrow? Let's hope so!

 

Todays ringed birds at Kabeltromle:

 

Løvsanger: 4

Rødhals: 3

Lille Gråsisken: 2

Broget Fluesnapper: 1

Gransanger: 4

Munk: 2

Lille Dompap: 1

Bogfinke: 1

Rørspurv: 1

Solsort: 1

Sangdrossel: 1

 

Total: 21

 




See you then, Hanelie

 

People: Knud Pedersen, Andreas Pedersen, Simon S. Christiansen, Hanelie Sidhu, Alice Scalzo, Manuel Tacke, Robbe Cool, Lisa Vergin, Rasmus Due Nielsen, Thomas Kjær Christensen, Jesper, Birthe & Hans Christophersen.

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