Sad day for the ringing & the little tern observations

Observations:

The northern gannets [sule] are on their way! Today, 223 migrating north and 33 over the reef!

Later in the morning, Jorn joined me! It was nice to have some company and we were able to spot a magnificent arctic skua [almindelig kjove] – dark morph.

Todays observations can be seen here.

Ringing:

Bogfinke han, picture by Alix.

Not many birds in the nets today so with four people in the ringing, there was not much to do. Alix got to know the gardens and we looked together at data entry and where spare rings are. Morten kept the nets in the station garden open in the afternoon, but did not catch any birds at all. He heard a Wryneck in the neighbouring garden, but it did not come close to the nets.

Little tern project:

Today was a short day for little tern observations because the military was unexpectedly training this morning. I wasn’t aware of this, so I was only able to observe for 45 minutes before I was asked to leave. During that time, I saw a total of 12 little terns flying, which landed in the fence 22 times.

Moths of the day

Today we had a few more moth species, 8 different ones, but still not many as I would normally expect at this time of the year. Two were new for the location for this year: see the bold marked name in the table. The Common Carpet Moth (Almindelig Bladmåler) and the Silver Y (Gammaugle). Both Common moth in Denmark (see pictures). The first generation of Silver Y’s migrate from the South to here and lay eggs and the second generation goes back to the south again.

Common Carpet Moth (Almindelig Bladmåler) and the Silver Y (Gammaugle).

 At the station : Robert Luttik, Hanelie Sidhu, Clara Delahaye, Jorn de Jong, Alix Bortolussi and Morten Jenrich Hansen.