Little Snow Buntings, a Pipit and lectures

Hej!

Another day of sun and nice birds. The day started with Ragnar, Emma and Augustin going to the observation point, while Rosa and I had already finished opening all the nets. A little soaked from the wet vegetation and countless of spiderwebs we brushed through, we waited for the first birds under the glow of the full moon. The early hours brought many Robins/Rødhals, Chiffchaffs/Gransanger and Reed Buntings/Rørspurv. After the numbers slowed down, we caught another Jay/Skovskade. This one wasn’t as snappy as the last one a few days ago, and so an even nicer birds to ring.

At the observation at World's End 3

Over at the observation point, Ragnar spotted a Little Bunting/Dværgværling flying over – the first one of the autumn, and hopefully not the last. He also heard a Red-throated Pipit/Rødstrubet Piber, which, luckily, was recorded on our all-time recording recorders. Listen to it here.
Rosa was so kind and close all the nets on her own, giving me the chance to go for a walk, and I finally saw my first Snow Bunting/Snespurv, sitting in the sand amongst all the tourists heading to the tip of Denmark. So very cute! At 2 pm, we all gathered at the station for a little talk by Simon on identifying the Phylloscopus warblers. Naturally, Ragnar, with his years of experience, won the Kahoot quiz at the end. Now, we all feel prepared for any rare warblers or first-time records for Denmark that come our way to Skagen!

Simon challeging us with a Kahoot quiz after his talk

After the presentation, everyone went off on their own little adventures around the lighthouse to enjoy the sun and birds. Both Ragnar and Augustin spotted the same two Crested Larks/Toplærke independently. Dinner then motivated Rosa and Ragnar to now head out for night catching, aiming to capture one of them. Good luck! Meanwhile Peter Østrin gave his talk about his interesting encounters with whales and orcas once more, this time in danish for others to enjoy!

Peter Østrin and his listeners on tonights presentation

 

Higlights from the observations:

Little Bunting - Dværgværling:  1 roosting, 41st record for Skagen, first this autumn

Red-throated Pipit - Rødstrubet Piber: 1 migrating, scarce almost annual autumn visitor. 

Mediterranean Gull - Sorthovedet Måge: 3 roosting

Caspian Gull - Kaspisk Måge: 2 roosting

Great Northern Diver/Yellow-billed Diver - Islom/Hvidnæbbet Lom: 1 migr. SE, either one of those two species, but too far for identification

Ringing (Kabeltromlen):

Skovskade - 1

Solsort - 1

Musvit - 1

Gærdesmutte - 3

Rødhals - 5

Rørsanger - 3

Munk - 4

Rørspurv - 4

Blåmejse - 1

Fuglekonge - 1

Gransanger - 5

Total = 29

Link to today's observations from observers in the area

People at the station: Ragnar Smith, Rosa Hicks, Augustin Sticksel, Mara Glane, Emma Fabre, Simon S. Christiansen, Peter Østrin, Jayne Østrin