New Arrivals at the Station!

Yesterday I (Paula) arrived at the station to join the ringing team. Coming from the southern of Germany I am really excited for the danish birdlife.

It felt like I brought some good weather with me: the morning started off a bit foggy, but as the day went on it cleared and turned into a sunny day. There weren´t many birds in the nets, but that meant there was plenty of time for Hanelie to show me around and explain everything. Because of that, I was able to ring my very first bird today – a Song Trush "Sangdrossel".

Later we realized that I wasn´t the only new arrival at Blåvand. Along with me, we also welcomed the first Bullfinch "Dompap" and the first Yellowhammer "Gulspurv"of the season.

First Bullfinch "Dompap" with the first Phigalia pilosaria "Fjer-måler" of the season in Blåvand in the background. Don´t worry, we did not feed it to the bird ;-)

Yellowhammer "Gulspurv"

All it all, it was a great first day at the station, with sunshine, lots of new impressions, and several different bird species.

Paula blowing fat on a Yellowhammer "Gulspurv"

At the station: David Manstrup, Sverre Dahl Porsgaard, Paula Feuchtmeyer and Hanelie Sidhu