Back to normal

'Back to normal' is just a working title, but it remains today. Because after the unbelievably awesome Great Snipe catching action, normal everyday life returns today. That means a lot of counting and ringing and trying to squeeze out free minutes for the much loved sleep.

Gustav counted the passing migratory birds alone at World's End 3 this morning. But when there is no train, there is nothing to record. At least a Skua flew by. Plus a few Teals (Krikand). Of course, the seabirds like the gannets are a great sight every time, but slowly we hope that the migration will increase a bit and that we will see some better species.

In the meantime, we were ringing cable drums. For Antonia it was the first time she held a bird in her hand and she even managed to ring two. That made a good impression for her first experience in this birding business. Overall, there were really few birds. Pair of Wheatears (Stenpikker) and Ruffs (Brushane) passed through and I could see four Coal Tits (Sortmejse). In the net at least three birds with red tails - Common Redstart (Rødstjert) delighted us. The good thing about ringing when you have fewer birds is that you have more time to spend with each bird and learn more from each one.

As our team now consists of 5 great volunteers, we have more and more opportunities to sleep in or do other things. Rebecca took advantage of this and went birding in the heath and forest.

Back we had some stuff to do, but that didn't stop me from working the time off for a two hour nap. Then we took care of cleaning everything spotlessly and also finished the social media posts.

 The only picture of today - a smooth newt visited us early at Kabeltromlen

Ringing (Kabeltromlekrattet):

Chiffchaff (Gransanger) – 3

Common Whitethroat (Tornsanger) – 1

Blue Tit (Blåmejse) – 1

Garden Warbler (Havesanger) – 3

Blackcap (Munk) – 2

Common Redstart (Rødstjert) – 3

Lesser Whitethroat (Gærdesanger) – 2

Reed Warbler (Rørsanger) – 3

Willow Warbler (Løvsanger) – 3

Total: 21

People: Hayley Land, Gustav Nyberg, Simon Kiesé, Rebecca Cheape, Antonia Greil, Simon S. Christiansen, Kim and Bodil.

A link to today's observations from volunteers and local observers.