5AM is Ørnhour

It was very cloudy when we went out to World’s End 3 this morning. We were just about to set up our scopes when Rasmus spotted a raptor coming in from the sea. It was an Osprey (Fiskeørn), the first one of the season. We could watch it really close flying down the beach towards Nordstrand. The passerine migration was a bit slower today and the finches were flying really high. We saw a Black-throated Diver (Sortstubet Lom) migrating and there were three Curlews resting at the tip.

In the second hour fog rolled in from the sea, the visibility became very bad and the migration on the sea slowed really down. We decided to continue the last two hours of migration count at Kabeltromeln because the seabird migration stopped and to join the ringers. But before we left we just  found the adult King Eider (Kongederfugl) again hanging around in the fogg.

Today Mara and Chris ringed some more birds than yesterday eleven in total. They catched the first Songtrush (Sangdrossel) of the season. Unfortunately it didn't want to be photographed.

Goldcrests (Fuglkonge) are so cute!

In the afternoon we welcomed Olli, a new volunteer. He will stay at the station for some Days. Later we did the data entry and Mara backed a nice lemon cake. While doing that two random farmers came by who brought us a dead Red Kite which they found in a field. 

braving the wind at Grenen

When the cake was ready we went out to Grenen to show Olli the area and to find a Pied Wagtail (Sortrygget Hvid Vipstjert). It was not hard to find it. A Pied Wagtail (Sortrygget Hvid Vipstjert) was just running around a puddle on our way. We also saw some Sanderlings (Sandløber) and Common Sandpipers (Stor Præstekrave). Maybe we will try to catch one of these cute colleagues tonight. 

In the evening Anders Rasmussen, Rasmus' father arrived who will stay there for the weekend. 

Highlights from the observations:

First Osprey (Fiskeørn) of the season

King Eider (Kongederfugl) 1

Black-throated Diver (Sortstrubet Lom) 1

Pied Wagtail (Sortrygget Hvid Vipstjert) 1

Ringing (Kabeltromlen):

Gransænger-1

Rødhals-1

Sangdrossel-1

Gædesmutte-2

Solsort-6

Fuglekonge-1

Total: 11

Today’s observations in Dofbasen from observers in the area

People: Cora Köberle, Janna Ouedraogo, Mara Glane, Rasmus Matthiesen-Juhl, Christopher Moser-Purdy, Olli Lilja and Anders Rasmussen