Happy birthday Det Grå Fyr!

Today was the birthday of the Grey Lighthouse. It has now 161 years as it is working since 1858.

Our day started with Christian and Judith opening the nets. A bit later, I joined them in the ringing at Kabeltrommelkrattet. Esben went for observations at Verdens Ende 1 and he met Rolf there.
We had to go back and forth from the ringing place to the observatory (hvad du ikke har i hovedet må du have i benene) because of some forgotten stuff (but we managed to get all we needed in time!)
The ringing was really slow so we closed early but before doing that, Simon got interviewed on the TV.

Judith's family visit us in the ringing site and after that, they went for a warm-up walking towards Nordbeach.

The observations from the ringing site and Verdens Ende 1 were more interesting than the ringing today so in between of the rounds, we were doing some observations (also while ringing because one of us was able to look at the birds while the others were ringing). The invasion of Pine Grosbeaks (Krognæb) is still noticed in the area but we have seen some common birds like Eurasian Siskin (Grønsisken) and Brambling (Kvækerfinke) among others.
Michael Ancher was ringing at Jenes Sø as well and he got an Arctic Redpoll (Hvidsisken) in the net!!!

After closing the nets, Judith and I went to Sardinkrattet to sew some nets and also put them down when we finished the repairs.

At the same time, Christian went back to the Observatory and was standing in the laboratory talking and showing our work at the bird observatory (they were some tourists today!). Also, a kindergarten group came by and the kids were petting the birds that Christian showed them (not alive birds).

Later in the morning, Esben joined us at Sardinkrattet. We managed to put down 3 nets! There are 7 more to go but we had to stop due to the wind that was getting stronger. So we head up to the Observatory and eat lunch. We cleaned a bit the kitchen and put all the stuff in order.

After lunch, Judith and her family went to Råbjerg Mile and spent the afternoon there. They walked around the area and they went to the two lakes in order to do some observations. They saw some Whooper Swans (Sangsvane) and after that, they went back to the Observatory.

Meanwhile, Esben and I were entering the ringing data and afterwards, we played some card games and talk to some visitors.
Christian came to eat lunch quiet late and started to enter the observations data. After that, he started to cook our dinner (it smells really good!).
At the same time, Judith came back from the little trip and with Esben are checking rings' data until dinner time.

Simon also is heading to Blåvand to attend a meeting so we had a lot of tasks to go through before he cames back.

After dinner, Vegard (a friend of Christian) came to spend a few days with us.

Ringmærkning (Kabeltrommelkrattet, Sardinkrattet & Jenes Sø):

Musvit - 7

Gærdesmutte - 2

Fuglekonge - 1

Blåmejse - 1

Rødhals - 1

Nordlig Gråsisken - 4

Lille Gråsisken - 19

Hvidsisken - 1

Total: 36

People: Simon S. Christiansen, Christian Stolz, Judith Kloibhofer, Laia Soler Iglesias, Esben Hansen, Michael Ancher, Knud Pedersen, Lene Kappelborg, Chrystel & Flemming, Rie Voetmann, Friend Kurt, Farmand, Weatherman
Alois, Franz & Johannes Kloibhofer, Vegard Stürzinger