Blå Glente

Today, was an exciting, busy day!! 

It beganas usual, with an early start for all of us here at the observatory. Anna and Joakim went with Simon to Grenen to do some ringing, Dante headed off to observe with Rolf, Nicole and Henrick headed to to observe and i cycled out to Nordstrand. 

The ringing was good, with 23 birds rung, including an the first Løvsanger in the net for the year. Theyre ringing was cut short by the exciting news of a Blå Glente at Grenen!! Dante had had a good veiw of it that morning, aswell as of a Citrinvipsjert! Joakim and Anna saw the kite attempt migration and Simon saw it once it had returned to Grenen again, much excitement all round! 

Meanwhile at Nordstrand, i missed the kite but was very happily counting birds migrating over the sea! 

Simon and Joakim then went off to do a Raptor tour, and then we all headed back to the obs for lunch. After lunch we bid farewel to Henrick and Nicole, Dante got on with some date inputting, including the Rapter summary report and later cleaned the bird lab with Anna. Guided by the stream of excited Zello calls, i headed out on my bike in search of the Blå Glente! Our paths crossed at last at Buttervej! I was joined by Knud and we had some really incredible veiws of the bird!!! Lovely. On returning back to the obs, i headed out to join Joakim where he was watching a beautiful Borget Fluesnapper that he had found earlier that day. I sadly missed it, but instead was lucky to see a gorgeous wee Munk!!! 

Anna and i then headed into to town to pick up supplies for a "sunday roast"! We arrived home to find that our new guests, Hans and Birgitte had arrived! They had spent the day travelling up from south of Aalborg and had had a lovely time, seeing the kite as they arrived in Skagen!!

While me and Anna got on with cooking, Hans and Birgitte headed out for a walk and spotted lots of lovely birds, including a Mosehornugle and a Vendehals!  

After dinner, we braved a piece of Anna and mines chocolately buttery easter cake creation of doom and then headed to bed!!!

A real stunner of a day. 

People: Joakim Mathiesson, Dante Shepard, Anna Moulin, Simon S Christiansen, Hebe Denny, Henrick and Nicole, Hans and Birgitte Christophesen, Knud Pederson and Rolf Christiansen. 

Ringing at Sardinkrattet and Jenne So:

Skovskade - 1, Vindrossel - 1, Rødhals - 6, Rodstjert -1, Gærdesmutte  - 2, Løvsanger - 2,  Musvit - 1, Bogfinke - 2, Fuglekonge  - 2, Gransanger - 9, Musvit - 1, Gronirisk - 1, Lille Grasisken - 10, Rorspurv - 2

Total 41