Enjoying the beauty of the common

Morning observations:

It was a very quiet morning again today. Even more quiet than it was yesterday. Andreas and Bjørn joined me again at the observation which was nice! Our highlight of the day was 6 Common terns “Fjordterne” migrating! Other than that, it wasn’t that crazy. Tomorrow, Thomas will join me at the morning observation. He will be joining us for almost everyday for the morning observations. Hopefully tomorrow will be better with the migration.

Todays observations can be seen here.

The ringing:

Cold air, that I did not expect awaited me when I went out to open the nets today. Early in the morning, it was minus degrees again. Luckily, the sun was out very soon and heated all up.

First, it was still northeasterly winds, that turned more to east in the late morning. This did not seem to have helped birds with migration, I got 14 new today and 10 recaptures of the last days.

My highlight was a beautiful 2k+ male Yellowhammer “Gulspurv”, that was in the net without ring.

Yellowhammer, male/ Gulspurv, han. Picture: Hanelie Sidhu

The moths:

Although it had been cold, I had again nine different moth species. Just one was new for the season, Gymnoscelis rufasciata “Rødbandet dværgmåler”. However, it is not a new one for me. Nevertheless, very nice to find it on the wall today. It is a species that can be found every moth of the year, although it flies mainly from March to October, so it is a good one to remember!

Gymnoscelis rufasciata “Rødbandet dværgmåler”. Picture: Hanelie Sidhu

Little Tern project:

Joseph came back to the station early in the evening today, after they have put up the Little Tern “Dværgterne” fence at Rømø. It is an even larger fence than the one here, so it was quite some work. But now just  one more fence is left, the one on Fanø, which they will put up next weekend.

Bjørn and Andreas left the staion after the morning obs, they had a great journey home with Pallid Harrier "Steppehøg" and Black Kite "Sort Glente", we would wish that they bring these species with them to Blåvand next time they visit!

At the station: Marit Nillissen, Hanelie Sidhu, Bjørn Frikke, Andreas Pedersen, Joseph Stephan