The Wind Continues

Ah, back again in Skagen. After a small holiday, I am once again back in Skagen. This time focusing on ringing rather than observing. Today, we woke up bright and early once again and headed out to Kabeltromelen to open the nets for another cold morning of ringing and obs. Much to our surprise and dismay, it was even windier than the previous day which allowed the crew to only open seven nets as the strong northwesterly winds made open the remainder too risky.

After only three rounds, the wind reached a speed where ringing was no longer able to be conducted and we were forced to shut the nets. Our only bird of the day was a 2k female Rørspurv (Reed Bunting). Similarly, the observations were also quite slow as the weather slowed much of the migration. The continuing Gråmåge (Glaucous Gull) was the best bird of the morning along with lower numbers of finches (Bogfinke, Grønsisken, Kværkefinke). 

 The remainder of the day was fairly slow. Isabella and Chris went into town to buy some groceries at the shops and go for an ice cream and the rest of us had a slow day around the station completing overdue tasks and dat entry as well as our weekly deep clean. In other news, our newly installed noctural flight call recorder has been installed and is now fully operational! We are very excited to see the results over the coming months!

And so, another day passes at Skagen Fuglestation. What will tomorrow bring? We will have to wait and see.

Ringing Highlights:

 Kabeltromelen:

Rørspurv 1

Observation Highlights:

Glaucous Gull (Gråmåge) 1

Today’s observations in Dofbasen from observers in the area

People: Lucas Corneliussen, Cora Köberle, Rasmus Matthiesen-Juhl, Christopher Moser-Purdy, Tue Baaner, Simon Sigaard Christiansen, Isabel Hunter,  guests Marianne & Kurt.