Slow Monday

Another slow day at the station today, with ringing not available to me and Mathilde alone we were left to catch up on data during the day and general upkeep of the station/ lab etc. Mathilde went shopping and made a tart from the berries she foraged near Kabletromlen and in the morning I went out to Grenen for diverse Observations. I found some more new ringed plover chicks (Stor Præsteekrave unger)  which we hope to ring tomorrow with Lisa and I sat on the beach with 3 friendly sanderlings  (Sandløber) feeding no more than 5m from me at one point. Other than the usual gannets  (Sule), scoters (Sortand) and terns (Terne), there was not too much else to see. For the rest of the day I have been reading up on moult and ageing of birds in the hand and illustrations and Mathilde has also been reading. Kirsten has also kindly offered to cook for us this evening so we are looking forward to that.

Folk på stationen: Mathilde Ducroz og Frank Osterberg

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