The first Barn Swallows in the air and a Reed Bunting in the net

Morning observations: 

Today it was a really nice weather out here. There was not much wind and it was sunny. On 07:00 I was at the beach for the morning observation, after about an hour Joseph also joined me.
We saw a Herring gull “Sølvmåge” with a coloured ring, so Joseph went down to read the ring. In the meantime, I saw 6 Barn swallows “landsvale” flying over! We also saw a lot of Northern gannets “Sule” in the back of the sea foraging and diving, which was really cool to see! It was a really nice morning.

Today’s observations can we seen here.

The ringing:

There was very low wind today so I could open all nets again. It became sunny soon and I had less birds in the nets than I expected. A nice one was a Reed Bunting “Rørspurv”, the first for the season.

Reed Bunting "Rørspurv". Picture: Hanelie Sidhu

Else I had many Chiffchaffs “Gransanger” today.

In the afternoon, Kim came to the station and discussed some things with Joseph about his thesis project about the Little Terns “Dværgterne”.

After, Joseph, Marit and I climbed the lighthouse and to the bog together after.

Hanelie, Marit and Joseph on top of the lighthouse. Picture: Joseph Stefan

We did not see many birds but some mating toads, the Great Silver Water Beetle “Stor vandkær” and I found the Creeping water bug “Vandrøver” crawling on the path near the pond. It can crawl quite fast. Marit found a Common Lizard "Skovfirben".

Creeping water bug “Vandrøver”. Picture: Hanelie Sidhu

Common Lizard "Skovfirben". Picture: Marit Nillissen

Marit and I went into two Bunkers after. In one of them we found the dead remains of possibly the Daubenton´s bat “Vandflagermus”.

Possibly the Daubenton´s bat “Vandflagermus”. Picture: Hanelie Sidhu

At the station: Joseph Stephan, Kim Fischer, Marit Nillissen, Hanelie Sidhu