Hotdogs and Nugget

Today Mara and Christopher went out to Kabeltrommeln to open the nets at 5:10.It was frozen this night so they had to walk through the ice to open the nests. There was not so much going on at the ringing. 

They ringed two Robins (Rødhals), a Wren (Gædesmutte) and a Goldcrest (Fuglekonge). A Highlight was the recapture of a Blackbird with a transmitter which was ringed last year they named it Nugget. 

Blackbird "Nugget" with transmitter

The rest of us went out to World's End 3 early to start the migration count even before the sunrise.In the first hour there were many Gannets (Sule) migrating and we saw three Shags (Topskarv).

In the second hour the migration on the sea slowed down so more of us could observe the inland migration. There were many Chaffinches (Bogfinke) migrating today finally around 3600!

While the migration on sea was slow we found the two King Eiders (Kongederfugle) again hanging around together. We could even observe the adult male flying a few metres, that was really nice. Moreover we saw a resting Black-throated Diver (Sortstrubet Lom) and a Black-Guillemot (Tejst).

The numbers of raptors were not that high today but we saw again a beautiful adult male Hen Harrier (Blå Kerhøg), a Rough-legged Buzzard (Fjeldvåge) and the first Marsh Harrier (Rørhhøg) of the season. 

On our way back to the station we saw six beautiful Bearded Reedlings (Skægmejse).

When we came back after the migration count Simon picked us up to take the bikes from the mechanic. But first we went to the harbour to check the Gulls. Then Simon bougt us some Hotdogs and a Kradser (Hotdog without sausage). Afterwards we picked up the bikes and Simon bought a nice new orange Mountain bike for the station.

Lucas's Hotdog

We had a chilled afternoon, we enjoyed the nice sun and took a little walk.

Tonight our guests Anne-Mette and  Katrine cooked dinner for us. It was very delicious!

Highlights from the observations:

Shag (Topsarv) 3

King Eiders (Kongederfugle) 2

first Marsh Harrier (Rørhhøg) of the season. 

Ringing (Kabeltromlen):

Gærdesmutte -1

Rødhals - 2

Fuglekonge - 1

Total: 4

Link to today's observations in Dofbasen in the Skagen area

Sum of the Raptors in the area based on observations typed into Dofbasen.