We will not stand for a birdless day

Observations

Ringing

Today, the weather was too windy for us to reach the standard net amount. Because Alba and I had made an (unfortunately unsuccesful) attempt at night catching from around 2 am, we decided to sleep in and get some much needed rest. In the spirit of keeping rings on our mind, Johan and I watched The Fellowship of the Ring: Extended Edition (!) during the slow morning.

I would, however, not accept a day with no birds caught, so at 11:00 I opened a few sheltered nets, which brought us one new Icterine Warbler and one recaptured Willow Warbler! Alba and I also got to give a German visitor a tour around the nets and she was lucky enough to be present for the catching and ringing of the Icterine. After 1.5 hours of opened nets however, rain clouds started forming and we decided to close the nets again.

So all in all, another eventful day for the ringers at Blåvand:

At the station: Alba, Johan, Ida, David, Lois, Nico, Miguel