Beautiful day

Weather: Temperature 7°C; gentle breeze from West (260°) 5 m/s, Visibility 15 km. Clouded 5/8.

Bird ringing:

1 Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes - Gærdesmutte - Zaunkönig),
1 Dunnock (Prunella modularis - Jernspurv - Heckenbraunelle),
1 Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus - Rødstjert - Gartenrotschwanz)
1 Northern wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe - Stenpikker - Steinschmätzer)
4 Lesser whitethroat (Sylvia curruca - Gærdesanger - Klappergrasmücke)
1 Common whitethroat (Sylvia communis - tornsanger - Dorngrasmücke)
3 Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla - Munk - Mönchsgrasmücke),
4 Common chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita - Gransanger - Zilpzalp),
9 Willow warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus - Løvsanger - Fitis)
3 Lesser Redpoll ((Acanthis Cabaret) - Lille Gråsisken (Acanthis Flammea Cabaret – Alpen-birkenzeisig))

A total of 28 birds identified into 10 species. None of them was caught in the Helgoland trap (Blåvandrusen).

The first common whitethroat of the season was caught. Today a dunnock was recaptured who got its ring 2014 as a juvenile. So it is in its 5th year now.

Common whitethroat (Sylvia communis - tornsanger - Dorngrasmücke), picture: H. Schinke

David Manstrup came for his normal bird monitoring during the week. Bent changes some poles at the nets.

HS