Waiting for the Balearic Shearwater...

Hello everyone!

We did not have many birds at the ringing today, but we did have four very pretty Siskins, which I saw for the first time in my time here.

One of the Siskins

In the meantime, we received a message, that a Balearic Shearwater had been seen in Vejers and that we might soon see it in Blåvand. During a break from ringing, Bent, Jonas and I also came to the beach. Sebastian and Jonas´ father Kurt, who was visiting us today, were alredy an the lookout. After a while, we had to go back to the nets whithout seeing the Balearic Shearwater, but the others did not spot it later eigther. 

Other highlights included 4-5 merlins and quite a lot of ducks. Probably the best day for ducks so far this season, which was nice. 

Dagens observationer kan ses her

Todays ringed birds:

Common Chiffchaff: 1

Robin: 4

Dunnock: 2

Siskin: 4

Reed Warbler: 1

Common Whitethroat: 1 

Blackcap: 1

Garden Warbler: 5 (2 of them recaptures)

Common Chaffinch 1

Blackbird: 1 (recapture)

Total: 22

In the afternoon, we went bird watching in the area around Ho. Unfortunately, there were no rare birds for us.

Nevertheless, Jonas, Sebastian and I rewarded ourselves back at the station with a delicious home-made pizza.

See you all tomorrow!

Folk på stationen: Bent Jakobsen, Sebastian Thorup Hansen, Jonas Pedersen, Kurt Willumsen og Hanelie Sidhu