Hey Little Terns why don't you like us :´´(

Observations:

Today was the last observation day for the Spanish team, as we're heading back home tomorrow. A quite slow seawatch due to the northwesterlies was followed by helping in the removal of the Little Tern fences around the suitable breeding habitat on the beach.

An enjoyable lunch with many people and local food and a goodbye walk around the area were the main thing after the observations, but that was also really nice!

Midday and afternoon brief observations did not provide that much. Not many migrants in the bushes today, and a lot of wind that doesn't help when looking for warblers.

Ringing:

Ringing today was what it was. The wind was quite strong and northwest so none of us were poitively inclined from the getgo but the effort had to be out in. 3 ringed European Fly Catchers (Ficedula hypoleuca) and 1 recap, was some consolation. Every ringer at the station at the moment has them as one of the favourites, so when you only get 4 out 9 total birds in that species you can't be too mad.

After standardized work at the station we had a visit from the people over at the National Park Wadden Sea. They enlisted our help in removing the netting and monitoring equipment from a site for nesting Little Terns (Sternula albifrons).

The only Little terns getting it on at Blåvand bird station

Regrettably we haven't had nesting terns this year or the year before, but the same program has seen great success on Fanø island, so maybe next year with revisions we'll get some baby Little Terns (Sternula albifrons) of our own.

We sadly also had to say goodbye to Ida today, as she is headed onwards to greener fields. It has been a joy to have Ida join us for ringing and general good mood around the station, and we're hoping for a return season with more birds for her one day.

Ringing numbers 15/8

At the station: Lois, Nicolas, Miguel, David, Strummer, Alba, Jonas, Ida, Johan