European Bird Watch Day

Hej!

As today was the European Bird Watch Day, we started highly motivated to see and count some birds. This day came with the challenge to count all the birds we see. The ringing team, consisting of Rosa and me, quickly realised while opening the nets that the bushes where a little quit. Not many birds to be heard. And we had the same result with the ringing. A total of 29 birds were ringed today at Kabeltromlem. But in perfect timing for when Ragnar came by with the people he was giving a guided bird tour for, we had 7 Reed Buntings/Rørspurv in one round.

Ragnar then continued the bird watching walk with the paticipants of the tour and they saw the Shore Larks/Bjerglærke, a Merlin/Dværgfalk and a Rough-legged Buzzard/Fjeldvåge flying over Kabeltromlen. Pink-footed Geese/Kortnæbbet Gås were also a highlight on the tour.

Watching birds at World's End 3 on the guided tour by Ragnar

Thomas and Rasmus at the observation, busy with counting all the gulls, also saw the geese  and some Shore Larks/Bjerlærke again. Otherwise they hadd not many birds, but a still a great time.

In the afternoon we did some much needed cleaning and a trip to the grocery shop to return the pand of the last 3 weeks. The day ended with some admin, chat about birds and a nice lasagna by Rosa. Overall the we have seen 74 bird species today.

Sunset on my evening walk

Highlight of the observations:

Pink-footed Goose/Kortnæbbet Gås - 88

Shore Larks/Bjerlærke - 6

Rough-legged Buzzard/Fjeldvåge

Crested Lark/Toplærke

Caspian Gull/Kaspisk Måge

Ringing (Kabeltromlen):

Gærdesmutte - 2

Rødhals - 1

Rørsanger - 1

Munk - 3

Lille Dompap - 3

Rørspurv - 7

Blåmejse - 1

Gransanger - 9

Fuglekonge - 2

Ringing (Jennes Sø - Michael Ancher):

Gærdesmutte - 1

Rødhals - 2

Gransanger - 2

Fuglekonge - 3

Blåmejse - 2

Lille Gråsisken - 17

Ringing (Nordstjernevej - Michael Ancher):

Munk - 1

Kvækerfinke - 1

Total = 58

Today’s observations on Dofbasen from observers in the area

People at the station: Ragnar Smith, Mara Glane, Thomas Weston, Rosa Hicks, Rasmus Matthiesen, Simon Sigaard Christiansen, John Stenum, Iben Jørgensen, Michael Ancher