The early ringer catches the bird...

Today was quite an exciting ringing session at Grenen for myself as I rang a Pied Flycatcher- not uncommon to catch here but a new bird for me! Gilles Hauser (an experienced ringer from Switzland) joined us for the mornings events and helped us to identify the song of a Penduline tit and Serin, quite special migrants here in Skagen! Simon did a guided ringing tour also during the morning, then we came back to the station to find the lovely Rita had Coffee ready and waiting for us after cleaning, what a gem!

A pleasant surprise since arriving in Skagen is how friendly everyone is here and also how gorgeous the weather has been, Simon and I made the most by going for a quick swim in the sea as a break from entering data and creating a new video for Facebook.

 In the afternoon, we met Jens Kirkeby who came to talk to Simon about nocturnal sound recordings here at the observatory this would be interesting as we could compare the results to the radar here, which identifies passing birds . Then in the evening, we made pizza and had a great Shuffle ball tournament (I won)!

Jens and Simon

We rung 23 birds in total: Blackcap 3, Redstart 11, Whitethroat 1, Pied Flycatchers 3, Reed Warbler 1, Lesser Whitethroat 1, Great Tit 1, Wheatear 1 and a Blue Tit.

People: Simon S. Christiansen, Lisa Vergin, Gilles Hauser, Rita Pate, Jens Kirkeby and Molly Brown.