Swallowed by fog

Hej!

To spice things up, and because Knud offered Emma to do the migration count, we all three went to do the ringing today. The wind finally took a beak and let us open all the nets. Greeted by sunshine, we had a good amount of birds in our first rounds. We caught two Redwings/Vindrossel and a Songthrush/Sangdrossel, see photo for a nice comparison. A Whinchat/Bynkefugl and a Stonechat/Sortstrubet Bynkefugl where observed by Knud at World's End 3. 

Redwing/Vindrossel and Songthrush/Sangdrossel - Photo by Søren Wilhelmsen

All of a sudden a wall of fog came from the south, first swallowing the lighthous and then surrounding us at Kabeltromlen. The fog gave the ringing a mystical atmoshere, but also caused the temperature to drop.

Kabeltromlen in the fog

With 32 new birds ringed, we closed our nets at 1 pm and drove back to the station. The sun also fought back the fog, so we quickly had lunch and cleaned the apartement, to then head out to enjoy the sun. Thomas and Emma went along the beach to look for catchable waders. They found none. Thomas later had some nice views on a Brent Goose/Knortegås (Geese are his favourite) that roosted on the beach. Emma extended her wak to the Cormorant Lake, where she found a Goldeneye/Hvinand and bushes full of Redwings/Vindrossel, Blackbbirds/Solsort and Fieldfares/Sjagger. I also went on a walk, to mainly look for Pine Grosbeaks/Krognæb, I also wasn't successfull, but I enjoyed a nice sunset from World's End 1.

Sunset from World's End 1

Ringing (Kabeltromlen):

Jernspurv - 1

Rødhals - 7

Sangdrossel - 1

Vindrossel - 2

Munk - 2

Fuglekonge - 10

Gærdesmutte - 7

Blåmejse - 2

Total = 32

Today’s observations on Dofbasen from observers in the area

People at the station: Thomas Weston, Mara Glane, Emma Fabré, Søren Wilhelsen, Knud Pedersen, Jorgen Hulbaek