Back to winter

I was the first going out to open the nets early in the morning today and what I first noticed was that it was really cold. It even had minus degrees, at 06.15, when all nets were open, it was -1,5 degrees. Back at the house, I recommended Karen and Joseph to wear very warm clothes as they were preparing to go to the obs. Henrik was already at the observation spot at sunrise and had a really good number of Red-throated Divers “Rødstrubbet Lom”, but as it was so cold and there was not so much more exciting to expect, he left quite early to do some office work at the station. Karen and Joseph came later but stayed longer until the number of Red-throated Divers “Rødstrubbet Lom” went down a lot. They had a Woodcock “Skovsneppe” which is a common bird here at this time, I often flush them early in the morning when opening the nets – unfortunately non made its way in the nets so far this early spring – but it is not so often seen at the obs.

Todays observation at Blåvandshuk can be seen here.

This morning at the obs.

Despite the cold, it was a very sunny morning and when I checked DMI I had expected it to be a better day than yesterday in the ringing. And yes, it kind of was, while I just had one new Blackbird “Solsort” yesterday, it was five new birds today. Frida joined me on the second round and then went to the beach to the others. It was unfortunately a zero round but later in the morning, when Henrik, Frida and Joseph sat at the table in the house and worked, I could show them some birds, one of them was a Goldcrest “Fuglekonge”, which was the first in the net this spring season, I had already been missing them.

Siskin "Grønsisken"

Karen was really happy to be back in Blavand and stayed outside the longest. She also took some great pictures as of this Ringed Plover “Stor Præstekrave”  fouraging at the beach.

Ringed Plover "Stor Præstekrave fouraging. Picture: Karen Koefoed

At the station: Henrik Böhmer, David Manstrup, Hanelie Sidhu, Karen Koefoed, Joseph Stephan and Frida.