Ringmærkning:

Hanelie og jeg stod for dagens ringmærkning. Det var ikke mange fugle det blev til, men der var blandt andet en bysvale, som jeg ikke før har haft i hånden. Dens korte, pjuskede ben var simpelthen så søde. Vi havde også en virkelig fin 1K gulspurv.

Yellowhammer/ Gulspurv 1K. Picture: Lise Mastrup

House Martin/ Bysvale. Picture: Lise Mastrup

When Joseph was out at the tern fence this morning, he had a great observation of a cookoo Cuckoo "Gøg" on a bunker. Picture: Joseph Stephan

Ovenpå en middagslur havde vi en hyggelig, rolig eftermiddag. Jeg bladrede lidt i fuglestationens gamle logbøger fra 60'erne, hvor der er flere sjove skriv om livet på stationen dengang. Nu er Hanelie ved at lave zucchini ragout til os - det dufter dejligt!

The moths:

Ten different moths species this morning and yesterday evening. Siona lineata "Hvidvingemåler" was new for the season.

Siona lineata "Hvidvingemåler". Picture: Hanelie Sidhu

At the station: Thomas Kristensen, Joseph Stephan, Lise Mastrup, Emma Grey, Levi van den Os, Hanelie Sidhu, Marit Nillissen and her mom

The ringing:

Today Thomas and Lise joined me in the ringing. There were not many birds but getting more 1Ks was a pleasure. Besides 1K Crested Tits “Topmejse” and Tree Sparrows “Skovspurv” we had a 1K Blackbird “Solsort”. As many birds before their first moult, Blackbirds “Solsort” have spotted body and wing feathers. They are quite pretty and cute in that plumage, I will show you a picture.

Blackbird "Solsort" 1K. Picture: Thomas Kristensen

In the afternoon, Emma and I exchanged a broken net in the station garden. Lise in the meantime cut some bushes that were growing into the netlines. To see if we had done our work well, we had the new net open for a very short time. It seemed like the net worked very well, because a 1K Crested Tit “Topmejse” flew in immediately.

The moths:

I had 11 different moths species today, I got a very pretty new one, Oecophpra bractella.

Oecophpra bractella. Picture: Hanelie Sidhu

At the station: Joseph Stephan, Emma Gray, Thomas Kristensen, Lise Manstrup, Hanelie Sidhu, Marit Nillissen and her mom

The ringing:

It was a quiet but nice morning with very low wind. I got some 1K birds. While in the first rounds I thought it would be a similar slow day as the last days, but actually, the morning improoved and I cought in total 22 birds, quite some of them 1Ks. Also a nice White Wagtail couple was in the net, I will show a picture of the male.

White Wagtail male/ Hvid Vipstjert han. Picture: Hanelie Sidhu

Stonechat/ Sortstrubet Bynekefugl 1K. Picture: Hanelie Sidhu

The moths:

A quite good number of moths today, 22 different plus two caterpillars. My goal would be to reach 30 species in one of these last days of the season, let´s see if I will succeed. I will update the blog with a list of all of today´s moths tomorrow.

Hylaea fascaria "Nåleskovsmåler". Picture: Hanelie Sidhu

Tethea or "Bogstav-uglespinder". Picture: Hanelie Sidhu

News from the station:

In the afternoon, Marits mother arrived, she will stay with us for about a week and in the evening, Lise arrived, who will be here until the 9^th of June.

 At the station: Henrik Böhmer, Lise Manstrup, Joseph Stephan, Emma Gray, Thomas Kristensen, Levi van den Os, Hanelie Sidhu, Marit Nillissen and her mom