Warm Soup for a Cold Troop

Hi folks!

Autumn was well and truly here this morning so we put our thermals on and packed our flasks of coffee ready for morning observations and ringing.

Ragnar and Augustin were at World's End Three, joined by Knud and guests Helge and Inga. The team spotted 11 Fulmar (Mallemuk) and 555 Gannets (Sule). They also spotted a single Great Northern Diver (Islom) and a few Rock Pipits (Skærpiber).

Great Northern Diver (Islom).

Meanwhile, Mara and I were joined by Oluf for the ringing. The cold weather had brought with it the first Dunnock (Jernspurv) of the season in the first net. This was followed by 7 more - so we quickly got to work trying to wrap our heads around Dunnock ageing. The session also saw 14 Blackcaps (Munk), 2 Redstarts (Rødstjert), and 1 Wren (Gærdesmutte), with 40 new birds brought in with the colder weather.

After lunch we went out on some independent galavants: Augustin went on his second trip of the day to Grenen, where he counted Sandwich Terns (Splitterne) and spotted a Sparrowhawk (Spurvehøg). Ragnar went on his second trip of his stay to the Skagen Barbers, where he looked out the window wishing he was birding.

We then got on with some admin and cleaning tasks, discovering a dead Hummingbird Hawk Moth (Duehale) in the process, quite an unusual lepidoptera species for the region. We then enjoyed a warming soup cooked by Augustin and are all looking forward to an early night.

Augustin cleaning the bikes, before treating himself to a trip up the lighthouse for being such an industrious worker.

The weather tomorrow looks similar to today's, so we are looking forward to some more autumn migration action - good night!

Ringing (Kabeltromlen)

Munk - 14

Rødhals - 4

Blåmejse - 1

Rødstjert - 2

Rørsanger - 1

Gransanger - 5

Løvsanger - 3

Jernspurv - 8

Solsort - 1

Gærdesmutte - 1

Total = 40

Link to today's observations from observers in the area

People at the station: Ragnar Smith, Rosa Hicks, Augustin Sticksel, Mara Glane, Helge, Inga, Oluf Lou.

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