Seabirds and reedbeds

Today I went to ringing where I went around the net lanes in waders for the first time where the nets weave throughout a large reedbed through several wet channel, a very new experience for me. The sound of Eurasian Bitterns (Rørdrum) and Water Rails (Vandriske) echo throughout the area and I assume as more of the African reed specialists return on their migration it will get even more lively with sounds. We caught a few birds today but there were more birds in the skies than the nets including a good migration push of 52 Ring Ouzels (Ringdrossel). While we were working around the station a Great Northern Diver (Islom) flew over and later on a White-billed Diver (Hvidnæbbet Lom) passed along the shoreline as well. There were a few mammals about with 4 Orca close enough to be seen from shore and several Brown Hares.
In the afternoon we did the Northern Fulmar (Mallemuk) beached bird survey looking for any birds that had been washed up. We walked along the beach for 10 kilometers where there were many cuttlebones from European Common Cuttlefish scattered across the beach. Near the end of the survey we found the usual second cycle / 3K Glaucous Gull (Gråmage) had moved over to this end and we got a close view as it flew past, nearby it there was and adult Omissus Variety European Herring Gull (Sølvmåge) with yellow legs and a crimson orbital ring which was nice to see.

White-billed Diver (Hvidnæbbet Lom)

Glaucous Gull (Gråmåge)

European Herring Gull - Omissus variety (Sølvmåge var. Omissus)

Ringing (Kabeltromlen):
Eurasian Wren (Gærdesmutte) 2
European Robin (Rødhals) 2
Common Chiffchaff (Grasanger) 1                                                                                                                                     Eurasian Blackcap (Munk) 1

Highlights from the observations:
White-billed Diver (Hvidnæbbet Lom) 1                                                                                                                                Great Northern Diver (Islom) 1                                                                                                                                                    Ring Ouzel (Ringdrossel) 52
Glaucous Gull (Gråmåge) 1                                                                                                                                                             European Herring Gull - Omissus variety (Sølvmåge var. Omissus) 1

People: Cora Köberle, Rasmus Matthiesen-Juhl, Tue Baaner, Lucas Corneliussen, Andrew Jacobs, Mio Brix, Simon Sigaard Christiansen and our guests Hans and Birte.