Vejrskifte gav ikke de forventede fugle

Vejr: Først lidt sol, senere skyet og efterhånden regn af og til. Vind jævn til frisk fra omkring sydsydvest og tiltagende i løbet af morgenen. Temp. omkring 17 grader. God sigt.

Der var forventninger om nogle havfugle og ænder på morgenobsen, men sådan blev det ikke. Der kom ikke engang en kjove forbi. Igen kom der en del sortænder der trak mod syd i den første time, men det drejer sig fortsat om fourageringstræk lidt endnu.

En ung kaspisk måge trak mod syd, og en lomvie/alk trak mod nord. En spurvehøg trak ligeledes mod syd, men ellers ingen andre rovfugle.

I løbet af morgenen dukkede der nogle biler samt folk med kameraer og andre sjove ting op ved fyret. De skulle åbenbart indspille en scene til en film her i dag, så nu kommer vi nok i fjernsynet.

David og Jimmy prøver Vejers Strand her sidst på eftermiddagen. Bent, John og Svend Aage holder møde her til eftermiddag og aften på stationen. Vi er begge lidt under vejret i dag.

Det bliver vestenvind i morgen og op til omkring 9 m/s. Det kunne måske blive lidt giftigt.

Folk: Bent, John, Svend Aage, David, Rose, Jimmy, Luke, Michael.

The moon was shining brightly again when I woke up, and looked mysterious in the calm before the dawn, which again was beautiful this morning!

Moonlight through the clouds. Photo: Luke Nelson

Dawn above the Station. Photo: Luke Nelson

Opening the nets in the lighthouse garden in the twilight. Photo: Luke Nelson

It was a little windy when I opened the nets this morning, and I could see on the forecast it would get windier later in the morning, but I thought I could get a few hours in with the nets open before that. However it was shockingly slow, with only one bird caught, a Common Redstart (Rødstjert), before I closed the nets at 9 due to the wind and rain showing on the radar, which ended up not appearing. I think because the nets were blowing a bit in the rain they were very visible to the birds, combined with their not being many migrants around. At one point I saw three Stonechat (Sortstrubet Bynkefugl) in the station garden, and watched as they flew right over the nets...

I didn't sleep well and have been feeling a little under the weather today, so actually a slow day was quite welcome as it meant I could get some rest. I made chana masala (chickpea curry) but unfortunately due to being congested neither me or Michael could taste it properly. Rose assured us it tasted good though! 

Tomorrow it looks like it will be too windy to open the nets but I will wake up and see what the forecast says before making a final decision. Hopefully I'll get a good nights sleep tonight.