Grey Lighthouse getting slowly ready for Christmas!!!

Yotam was opening the garden nets today and we ringed subsequently in the morning hours. Next to the usual greenfinches (grønirisk), we ringed a yellowhammer (gulspurv) and a chaffinch (bogfinke). When the rain got heavier during the later morning, we had to close the nets again.

Judith and me were doing observations from the Grey Lighthouse at the same time, but a constant drizzle prevented us from having a good seawatch. Nonetheless were two male long-tailed ducks (havlit) seen and some very close red-breasted mergansers (toppet skallesluger).

The rain progressed and the rest of the day we stayed inside. Yotam started packing as he will leave tomorrow, but found the time to listen to and analyse more of our night recordings. Esben and Judith were fixing the old nests for most of the day. Laia was studying Catalan and Spanish bird names. I was entering our colour-ring readings of different gulls into the database.

In other news, the Grey Lighthouse is changing its appearance into a christmas-outfit. See it here:

In the evening Knud, Inge, Jørgen and Simon came by for a collective dinner.

Ringing (Fyrhavene):

European greenfinch - grønirisk - 7
Common chaffinch - bogfinke - 1
Yellowhammer - gulspurv - 1

Total: 9

People: Christian Stolz, Judith Kloibhofer, Laia Soler Iglesias, Esben Hansen, Yotam Lehnardt, Knud & Inge Pedersen, Jørgen Kabel and Simon S. Christiansen.