A New Exhibition and a Hoopoe

It was an early start for my first day back at the station. Magnus, Hannes and I were up well before sunrise to get the nets open at Kabeltromlen and then Simon Sr joined us for the first round. It turned out to be a very quiet morning with only eight new birds ringed in total but it was still so nice to be back!

It was Magnus’ first time at the ringing so there was plenty of time to show him the process and all the measurements that are taken. There was even time to play a game: I’m a migrant! This was a lot of fun and will hopefully help us remember the moult strategy of Blackbirds (Solsort) which is the species we caught the most of today. Whilst we were ringing we also spotted several Sparrowhawks (Spurvehøg) and two Red Kites (Rød Glente).

Meanwhile, Simon Jr and Isis were at World’s End 1 doing the migration count. It was a very quiet morning for them too. Their highlights included a Hawfinch (Kernebider) and large numbers of migrating Chaffinches (Bogfinke). The Glaucous Gull (Gråmåge) was spotted again and they were also very happy to see a Goshawk (Duehøg).

On our way back from Kabeltromlen, we heard over zello that the Hoopoe (Hærfugl) had been spotted again near the car park at Grenen so we went to look for it. Sadly we didn’t manage to see it this time.

Back at the station we enjoyed a very different sort of afternoon. We all attended the opening of the new lighthouse exhibition downstairs. It was so nice to see so many people there.

We really enjoyed the cake too!

And then we had a lot of fun exploring the exhibition itself.

Thank you to the lighthouse team for inviting us!

Later on, Simon and Magnus went shopping and heard that the Hoopoe (Hærfugl) had been spotted yet again, this time to the south of the lighthouse. After returning with the much-needed groceries they headed out again to try and track it down, this time prepared in advance with the hand net. Let’s hope they are successful!

Ringing totals (Kabeltromlen):

Gærdesmutte (Wren) - 1

Solsort (Blackbird) - 1

Rødhals (Robin) - 1

Bogfinke (Chaffinch) - 1

Blåmejse (Blue Tit) - 1

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: Simon S. Christiansen, Hannes Schäfer, Hayley Land, Isis Khalil, Magnus Houen Lauritsen, Simon Kiesé