Windy, 4 birds only...

This morning was still windy from the south / south west, and just on the limit of being too much to ring. Because of that some nets had to stay closed because they were too exposed.

During the 5 hours of standard time, the number of birds was unsurprisingly very low.  

Luckily Henrik was at the station as well and could keep me company in between rounds!

One of today’s very few birds was this beautiful Common Whitethroat (Tornsanger).

Beautiful adult male Common Whitethroat (Tornsanger)

Later this afternoon Amanda arrives to join me on the ringing for the weekend, and I’m really happy and excited about that! It has been a while since we last ringed together, back in Copenhagen.

The day tomorrow looks good weather-wise, with much less wind and even some easterly winds in the afternoon! We might consider keeping the nets open for longer than the standard time during the afternoon to try to take advantage of those winds, which usually bring good birds. Henrik has a feeling that we will catch something rare tomorrow based on the weather, and I could easily see that happening! Let’s hope we have a nice surprise!

Tune in to tomorrow’s blog to hear all about it :)