A few more birds and many moths

Morning observations:

Thomas and I were hopeful for some good migrating birds, but it was just the usual species. Even though it was slow, we still had a highlight of the day! We saw two Arctic skua’s “Almindelig Kjove” light morph flying by! We also had quite some Oystercatchers “Strandskade”.

Today’s observations can be seen here.

The ringing:

I had the nets open for 8 ½ hours today. Including recaptures I caught 2,7 birds per hour. That is not so much, but the birds were well distributed over time, I had few zero rounds. A new Collared Dove “Tyrkerdue” was a bit exciting, before this spring, I had not caught these in Denmark.Some Linnets “Tornirisk” were in the nets, always a nice bird in hand.

Linnet female/ Tornirisk hun. Picture: Hanelie Sidhu

Tornirisk male/ Tornirisk Han, picture: Hanelie Sidhu

Quite some birds had brood patches, I especially noticed it in the Linnets “Tornirisk” and Lesser Whitethroats “Gærdesanger”.

The moths:

In the time between the rounds, I was not bored as I had many moths in the traps today. The others were especially amazed by Smerinthus ocellata “Afterpåfugløje”. It is a nice, big and quite common one that is starting to fly around that time in the year.

Smerinthus ocellata “Afterpåfugløje”. Picture: Hanelie Sidhu

Phibalapteryx virgata “Snerremåler” is not so common and quite pretty, so decided to show that one as well.

Phibalapteryx virgata “Snerremåler”. Picture: Hanelie Sidhu

At the station: Emma Gray, Thomas Kristensen, Marit Nillissen, Levi van der Os and Hanelie Sidhu