Stær, stillits og gråsisken ...

Daggry - Foto: David Manstrup

Vinden var svag og fra en nordøstlig retning. Der var flere der mødte op til morgenobsen, så vi var en overgang 7 i alt, herunder bl.a. Knud Pedersen fra Skagen. Da vinden var i nordøst, og fordi vejret var meget klart og rimelig skyfrit, fik vi ikke set mange fugle som har det med at trække højt i medvind. Der kom dog nogle ænder og gæs, 31 rødstrubede lommer; dagens fugl blev en trækkende havlit, den første i dette efterår.

Fordi vinden også var svag, blev der ikke presset mange småfugle herud, men der kom dog bl.a. 4 bjergvipstjerter. Vi havde hertil. af rovfugle, 4 spurvehøge samt 1 ung blå kærhøg.

Efter morgenobsen gik jeg med på nogle netrunder og fik taget fugle ud af nettene. Det bliver efterhånden lettere og lettere, og Lisa går meget op i at jeg gør tingene korrekt, så jeg skal nok blive dygtig!

I morgen ser ud til at blive en af de gode dage, for vinden skal nemlig komme fra sydøst og være noget kraftigere end den var i dag, og det skal holde tørt og klart; morgenen bliver dog nok temmelig kølig ... Så vi forbereder os på mange fugle!

Lisa Flam:

Home, sweet home!

I joined my family for a 2-day trip to Copenhagen, enjoyed every minute, but couldn’t wait to be back here. It made me realize how much I love Blåvand. David picked me up last evening and I was finally back.

I’m still waiting for the Yellow-browed Warbler (hvidbrynet løvsanger), but I had some nice species that I was waiting to see (and ring!)

The weather seemed promising, NE wind, no rain, a bit too cold for me (can't wait to see myself handle cold November!) but not that many birds, maybe the wind was too weak.

The sunrise today was unbelievably beautiful, I love that that part of this job forces us to see the sunrises everyday.

While ringing the birds from the first round, I saw a flock of Starlings (stære) flying back-and-forth above the nets and I knew I’ll catch at least 1, next round we had 2! First time for me ringing them. I will say this, they are very noisy and STINKY! But it was worth it. What a beautiful bird!


Starling (stær) and the famous lighthouse. Photo: Lisa Flam

At 10:00 we had a Lesser Redpoll (lille gråsisken) (my first one, ask Bent how excited I was) and the first Goldfinch (stillits) for the season. It seems they are uncommon in the nets: last autumn 5, in 2016 only 1! Maybe we will be lucky this autumn?


1cy male Goldfinch (stillits). Photo: Lisa Flam

Michael is learning how to extract birds from the net and he has improved a lot! He joins pretty much every day for the last hours of ringing and his hard work is paying off! I feel proud. 😊

I had a lot of help throughout the day, thanks everyone! It is so good to be back home.


1cy Lesser Redpoll (lille gråsisken). Photo: Lisa Flam

1cy female Bullfinch (dompap). Photo: Lisa Flam