A few birds again, finally!

The rain was once again around in the early morning, forcing me to open the nets with a few hours delay. I had the nets open for 4h from 8:00 in the morning until 12:00, and a mix of rather strong winds, clouds and a few drops of rain here and there brought me a few birds actually!

The ratio of new birds to recaptured birds is interesting today, because I caught more recaptures than unringed birds. All of them were birds previously ringed at the station as well, which makes them our resident birds.

Amongst them were some babies, which I was so happy to see again after a few days break where they stayed put in bushes because of the weather. I have caught the first 2 Chiffchaff (Gransanger) babies, which was ADORABLE!

Young Chiffchaff (Gransanger) fledgling caught today! Notice the 'baby mouth' with the yellow corners. Very cute!

Along with that I was surprised to catch 2 new Icterine Warblers (Gulbug). By now I feel like I am close to having ringed all the resident Icterines, so it’s always a surprise to get some new ones! But what a treat. Funny birds they are!

In the afternoon I went to the area I had found a Stock Dove nest last week, (I was supposed to go yesterday but didn’t end up going because I still felt ill). I was very happy to see that the 2 eggs that were in the nest 6 days ago, had both hatched and the babies have already grown quite a bit!

I would love to ring those babies when they are grown and big enough, but we are still working on getting permission from the land owner. I’m crossing my fingers!

On the way there I saw a beautiful Adder (Hugorm) who was crossing the road. Be safe little one!

Adder (Hugorm) seen on my way to the Stock dove nest checking

I also wanted to mention that yesterday evening, while I was on a short walk around the dunes close to the station, I found 2 gorgeous Grey Partridges (Agerhøne) foraging in the tall grasses. They were a lifer for me, and from what I understand not so common around here, so a nice find!

Grey Partridge (Agerhøne) seen in the dunes yesterday evening.

Excuse the mediocre quality of the picture, I took it with my phone through my binoculars ahahaha! We can still identify the bird, which is good enough for me at this point. Someday I dream of investing in a good camera…