Sooty Shearwater & Red-footed Falcon!

After a day off yesterday, Michael and Yehonatan had the nets at Kabeltromlen open at 4.30am. They had a quieter morning than expected but still managed to catch 26 birds including our fourth Skovsanger (Wood Warbler) of the spring.

Sunrise at Kabeltromlen.

Dante again headed to the outer dunes whilst I joined Snäphor at the radar station for the day. We all had an excellent day observing including an adult, female Aftenfalk (Red-footed Falcon), 1 Topskarv (Shag), 1 Sodfarvet Skråpe (Sooty Shearwater) and 3 Dværgmåge (Little Gulls). Yet another adult, female Hedehøg (Montagu’s Harrier) was seen migrating and we even managed to observe it heading out to Sweden using the radar alongside numerous Hvepsevåge (Honey Buzzards), Rørhøg (Marsh Harriers) and Tårnfalk (Kestrels).

Yehonatan, Michael, Jesper, Mette and I spent the evening at Skarvsøen attempting to catch roosting Landsvale (Swallows) and Digesvale (Sand Martins) using playback. Unfortunately, we didn’t catch any this time, so we maybe need to rethink our technique before trying again.

A full list of today's observations can be found here.

Skagen Fuglestation: Yehonatan Ben Aroia, Michael Colley, Dante Shepherd, Lauren Evans, Jesper & Mette.

Kabeltromlen Ringing Totals:

Munk (Blackcap)- 6

Tornsanger (Common Whitethroat)- 5

Gærdesanger (Lesser Whitethroat)- 11

Løvsanger (Willow Warbler)- 2

Skovsanger (Wood Warbler)- 1

Bogfinke (Chaffinch)- 1

Total: 26

Skarvsøen Ringing Totals:

Løvsanger (Willow Warbler)- 1

Rørsanger (Reed Warbler)- 2

Rødstjert (Redstart)- 1

Total: 4