The result of the bird competition

af Emma Fabre

Today, there was more wind than yesterday. The passerine migration was good with,134 Jay (Skovskade). Two Snow bunting (Snespurv) flew over us for a few minutes before landing at our feet. On the sea a Great Skua (Storkjove) appeared above the horizon. When the seabird migration calmed down, Ragnar checked the gulls on the beach and he found a total of 5 Caspian Gull (Kaspisk Måge).

For the ringers, it was a nice morning, 38 birds were ringed, with 6 Eurasian Wren (Gærdesmutte), Common Chiffchaff (Gransanger) and Blackap (Munk).

The Bullfinch/Dompap, Lille (europaea)

After the ringing and the observation, we tried to find some birds in Elle Krattet, but we found nothing...

In the afternoon, Ragnar found a Great Grey Shrike (Stor Tornskade) and a young Red-footed Falcon (Aftenfalk) at Højen Fyr, so everyone went to see them. The Red-footed Falcon (Aftenfalk) flew over us and landed at a top on a tree, for an hour. It was nice. We also saw the Great Grey Shrike (Stor Tornskade) at the top of a bush for a few minutes - So I think we won the bird competition against Simon this weekend!

The Red-footed Falcon

Highlights from the observations:
Caspian Gull (Kaspisk Måge) - 5
Snow bunting (Snespurv) - 2
Great Skua (Storkjove) - 1
Jay - 134

Ringing (Kabeltromlen):
Sangdrossel - 1
Musvit -1
Rørsanger - 5
Gærdesmutte - 6
Rødhals - 2
Jernspurv - 2
Munk - 6
Dompap, Lille (europaea) - 3
Gransanger - 6
Fuglekonge - 1
Total 38

People at the station: Ragnar Smith, Rosa Hicks, Augustin Sticksel, Emma Fabre

Link to today's observations from observers in the area