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Nettene var fulde af fugle idag
mandag 14. marts 2022
Unfortunately, both Timmy and Leona had to leave yesterday so it felt a bit empty today. Hopefully they will come back later this season, when there will be more birds in the nets. Luckily, Bent comes over to ring, so the data of the ringing is still collected.
The migration over sea was rather slow, but I saw seven white tailed eagles on the beach and one in the dunes 8 in total. Because of the slow migration I had better time for some fresh arrival of passerines and was tested a bit in my rusty skills of flight calls. I had to record one of the migrating passerines to identify it at the station, it was a Dunnock(Jernspurv) they have a very nice silverbell like sound.
Havørn rastende på Hukket. Foto - Bello
Vindrossel. Foto - Bello
The arrival was noticeable in the ringing, resulting in the highest ringing total this season, but the best time for ringing is still there to come. Besides the numbers, the first foreign control (a Dutch robin) deserves a mentioning. This bird has probably arrived last night and was despite the long journey in good shape. When we get a response from the Dutch ringing central, we will include this in the blog. Just as my 3 hours of observation ended Menno called, we had our first Firecrest(Rødtoppet Fuglekonge). So I cheered up a bit after a, slow and according to Henrik more, Marts like morning.
Rødtoppet Fuglekonge. Foto - Bello
Ringing list (new/ recapture):
10/0 Goldcrest
13/0 Redpoll
1/0 Firecrest
12/1 Dunnock
5/0 Siskin
2/2 Robin
2/0 Blue tit
1/0 Yellowhammer
1/0 Tree sparrow
1/0 Chaffinch
1/0 Redwing
9/0 Blackbird
3/0 Wren
1/0 Song thrush
=62 new birds of 14 species
DOFbasen list:
https://dofbasen.dk/search/result.php?design=table&soeg=soeg&periode=dato&dato=14-03-2022&omraade=stor&stor=607&obstype=observationer&species=alle&sortering=dato
Folk på stationen: Bello, Menno and Bent
Arbejdsdag på stationen
søndag 13. marts 2022
Og rigtig mange trækkende fugle på Hukket
Today there was a quite powerful eastern wind, because of this not all nets could be opened again. Despite the limited meters of net, we managed to catch 9 new bird and recaught one. Just like two days ago, the easterlies provided good migration of some waders and ducks. 1313 Krikænder, 612 Lille Kobbersneppe, 351 Islandsk Ryle og 505 Almindelig Ryle. The record we said two days ago was broken. Today we did not have a black guillemot again, but we had a normal guillemot this time. Ringmærkningsliste (Nye/ Genfanget): 7/1 Dunnock 2/0 Song Thrush = 9 new birds of 2 species DOFbasen list: https://dofbasen.dk/search/result.php?design=table&soeg=soeg&periode=dato&dato=13-03-2022&omraade=stor&stor=607&obstype=observationer&species=alle&sortering=dato Der blev gået til den i dag på Blåvand Fuglestation. Vi havde arbejdsdag og der kom noget fra hånden. Rusen blev repareret og fik nyt bassinfolie, oprensning af dammen i haven, klippet langs netbaner, vaskemaskinen ned ad trapperne, snore af hegnspælene fra dværgterne udhegningen, samlet affald i vores haver, smøring af døre og vinduer, reparation af nedløbsrør, sammenrivning af kogler ved nettene med meget mere. Og mens alt dette stod på kunne der nydes overflyvende ravn, indtrækkende Skovsneppe og meget mere. Og så var der hyggelig frokost efterfølgende. En stor tak skal til alle som deltog, John Frikke, Bjørn Frikke, Svend Aage Clausen, Henrik Brandt, Bo Christiansen, Henrik Callesen, Ina og Torben, Timmy MiCallef og Milla, Leona Gottschalkson, Menno Den Uijl, Mikkel Bello og Bent Jakobsen Folk på stationen: Bello, Menno, Leona, Timmy, Milla, Bent, Svend, John and many more!
The day after...
lørdag 12. marts 2022
More wind yet the first Song Thrush ringed
Today the SE winds disrupted the standardised ringing for another morning. However, we opened a select few (well-sheltered) nets at the station garden. We ringed a couple of new birds, among them a Song Thrush – the first for the season. It was followed by a Siskin, Dunnock and Goldcrest. We also recaptured a Robin ringed last week, which increased in weight from 16 to 17g. This healthy bird could have been the ringed Robin I observed having a bath by the station yesterday afternoon. Leona also observed a Firecrest close by the nets during one of the net rounds!
This morning the counters had less birds moving than yesterday. They did manage to spot the White-tailed Eagles, with one sitting on the beach and others on nearby sand dunes. During the count they also saw a Red deer flock (c.60) in the swamp area within the military area.
The wind decreased sufficiently by mid-afternoon and should remain moderate at around 8 m/s until tomorrow morning, when we hope to continue with more bird ringing. Unfortunately it will my last day here in Blåvand, until my next visit this season!
Song Thrush, by Leona
Ringmærkningsliste (Nye/ Genfanget):
1/0 Dunnock
0/1 Robin
1/0 Song Thrush
1/0 Goldcrest
1/0 Siskin
= 4 new birds of 4 species
DOFbasen list:
https://dofbasen.dk/search/result.php?design=table&soeg=soeg&periode=dato&dato=12-03-2022&omraade=stor&stor=607&obstype=observationer&species=alle&sortering=dato
Folk på stationen: Bello, Menno, Leona, Timmy, Milla and Bent
A windy but a rewarding day
fredag 11. marts 2022
Both ringing and counting had a few good birds
Because of the rather strong eastern winds today, only two nets could be opened. Despite this, we managed to catch 10 birds of 6 species. One of the catches was a lovely adult male Brambling. We also caught the first Chiffchaff this season.
Brambling, by Menno
Because of the easterlies, the observers had a rather busy day. The wind had blown some waders too far to the west for their migration route to their breeding grounds in Siberia. Because this disorientation, they flew south to their wintering area, the Wadden sea, to fatten up for another try. This resulted in an autumn alike day with much wader migration. But not only the wader migration kept the counters busy, also the ducks flew back to the south. Mainly wigeon, pintail and teal were seen. Next to all this, Henrik was able to pick up a black guillemot and gave good whereabouts, so all the observers saw it eventually.
After the sea watch, Henrik found another rarity, two males pied wagtail. This bird is a breeding bird in Britain, but every spring and autumn multiple turn up in the countries around the North Sea. Leona and Mikkel tried to see them and found another one. They were even managing to make some nice pictures.
Pied Wagtail, by Bello
Ringmærkningsliste (Nye/ Genfanget):
4/0 Blackbird
1/0 Chiffchaff
1/0 Great Tit
1/0 Brambling
1/0 Siskin
1/1 Redpoll
= 9 new birds of 6 species
DOFbasen list:
Folk på stationen: Bello, Menno, Leona, Timmy and Henrik
An exotic guest
torsdag 10. marts 2022
Due to the wind that was over 9 m/s we only opened half of the nets. Still, we were able to put a nice ring on 8 new birds of 5 different species. Surprisingly we did not have any recaptures in our nets today. The fat highscore has been beaten today again by a Dunnock which had 5/9 fat-score.
Unfortunately we didn’t capture the many Starlings and Siskins that were seen by Menno and Bello. They saw a Little Gull and with 1160 Black-Headed Gulls and the first Lesser-Black-Backed Gulls of this spring the gull migration of is slowly starting.
While Bello did his daily Training, he was distracted by a strange sighting. An exotic cat had entered our garden. A Serval! He called the zookeepers of Blåvands Zoo which were right around the corner looking for their escapee. They arrived within 2 minutes and went into our garden. First they tried to capture it with a hand catcher but the bushes were too dense. Suddenly we heard a loud bang and asked ourselves if it was tranquilizer munition. We asked them but they said it had to be killed. Later we read a twitter post by the Jutland Police which said that the serval was caught and back with its owners in the Zoo.
Female Blackbird. Photo by Leona.
Serval by the nets in our station garden. Photo by Bello.
Ringmærkningsliste (Nye/ Genfanget):
2/0 Dunnock
2/0 Blackbird
1/0 Blue Tit
2/0 Chaffinch
1/0 Redpoll
= 8 new birds of 5 species
DOFbasen list:
Folk på stationen: Bello, Menno, Leona, Timmy
First redpolls this season
onsdag 9. marts 2022
This morning was sunny as usual. It is already the 8th day in a row that there was a nearly cloudless sky and the sun shining all day long! Also the number of birds we are catching seems to be increasing day by day now. We caught 13 birds in total of 8 different Species. One of the dunnocks we ringed stood out because it had the most fat we have seen so far with a score of 4/9. Today a new species arrived in our nets: The Redpoll! We ringed 4 of them, including a beautiful adult male.
The observers saw their first highlight, a black-throated diver which was the earliest sighting since 2012.
Another news, he carpenter finally arrived to fix the doors. Hopefully the functionality of the doors will last for some time.
In the next days there is more wind to come and we might not be able to open all nets.
Photo of two of the in total four redpolls. The topone is an adult, the lower was the second-year.
Ringmærkningsliste (Nye/ Genfanget):
2/1 Dunnock
0/1 Robin
0/1 Wren
0/1 Blue Tit
0/1 Tree Sparrow
0/1 Yellowhammer
4/0 Redpoll
1/0 Siskin
= 7 new birds of 3 species
Folk på stationen: Bent, Bello, Menno, Leona, Timmy
8 birds ringed on the 8th day of the season
tirsdag 8. marts 2022
And a Black-tailed Godwit spotted by the counters!
Today was the best ringing day so far with 10 birds in total, 8 new birds and 2 recaptures. Few birds still, but an increase nonetheless. We ringed the first Tree Sparrow for the season, as well as the first Brambling (female). At the counts, Menno and Bello found few but interesting birds such as a Black-tailed Godwit – a rather rare sighting during spring here. They also enjoyed Snow Buntings and Red Crossbills, with six more of the latter flying over the station garden as we completed the standard ringing hours around lunchtime.
Bent and Svend joined us mid-morning too. There is always work to be done in and around the station, apart from the standard ringing and counting. We're sure it would be impossible without their longterm dedication. Thanks to them for the nice fika too!
Later in the afternoon we set up (Timmy’s) trail camera to monitor for mammals and birds. Perhaps we'll get a glimpse of nocturnal visitors which frequent the site. Following a couple of Woodcock sightings in recent days, we also tried to capture one in the evening, with a strategic net open for some time before dinner. It was not successful, but we will keep attempting to ring a few of them when possible.
Finally, the kitchen mouse is still around…so capturing that is a work in progress too.
Ringmærkningsliste (Nye/ Genfanget):
2/1 Dunnock
1/0 Blackbird
0/1 Robin
1/0 Tree Sparrow
2/0 Chaffinch
1/0 Brambling
1/0 Siskin
= 8 new birds of 6 species
DOFbasen list:
Folk på stationen: Bent, Svend, Bello, Menno, Leona, Timmy
The birds didn't fly much today
mandag 7. marts 2022
A calm day with nice weather
Today there was very little wind. Although ducks are known to drift out of the waddensea when there are Southwestern winds. But today with little wind, it seemed that some ducks drifted out of the waddensea and would like to correct for this change. We had some nice groups of ducks, even in mixed flocks. Although most of them flew with their own species. The wind also meant that there was very little movement of common scoter and red throated divers, unlike the other days when these species made up for most of the count. The wind resulted in a rather slow day at the ringing, although 4 new birds were caught, including the first Blackbird for the season. Hopefully many more will follow!
Photo of Teals - By Bello
After the standardised work at the station, Bent found a group of four white tailed eagles just outside of the station. They could be observed nicely, and out of the wind and in the sun, it felt like April.
Ringmærkningsliste (Nye/ Genfanget):
1/0 Blackbird
0/1 Robin
2/0 Blue Tit
1/0 Chaffinch
= 4 new birds of 3 species
DOFbasen list:
Folk på stationen: Bent, Bello, Menno, Leona, Timmy
Sunny and active Day
søndag 6. marts 2022
Ringing, observing, training
Today we were able to open all the nets. It was above 0oC so it felt really warm and the birds were more active than in recent days. We managed to capture 7 birds of 5 different species. The Wren we recaptured today was ringed last autumn, while the Dunnock we recaptured was ringed on the first day of this season. After the first round, John came over and brought us cake. He then joined us on the rounds and visited the observers.
The observers saw two Gannets, Red Throated Divers, a White Wagtail and an oystercatcher. Also they saw 2 porpoise, which was really nice. After that all of us and John ate the cake.
Henrik and David reported that they saw a firecrest in the vicinity of Blåvand, so Bello went on a walk and tried to find it. He couldn´t find it, but instead he observed 3 mistle thrushs, 1 Long-tailed Tit and 1 White- tailed Eagle.
After we closed the nets, in the afternoon, Bello and myself trained in the garden.
2 male Siskins. Photo by Leona.
Ringmærkningsliste (Nye/ Genfanget):
0/1 Dunnock
0/1 Wren
2/0 Blue Tit
1/0 Great Tit
2/0 Siskin
= 5 new birds of 3 species
DOFbasen list:
Folk på stationen: Bello, Menno, Leona, David, Henrik, John, Timmy
God dag med god variation
lørdag 5. marts 2022
Højdepunkter så som ringmærket Spurvehøg, Mosehornsugle og Kaspiske Måger
Menno og jeg startede observationen kl 0700 sharp i dag! Der gik ikke længe, før Henrik sluttede sig til. Vi havde betydelig mindre tal af Rødstrubet Lom i dag (433), Henrik så (467). Sigtbarheden var god, og det virkede ikke så koldt som de sidste par dage.
Vi havde ikke siddet i lang tid, før Leona og Timmy ringede, da de havde fanget en Spurvehøg voksen han, som viste sig at være den kun 16. ringmærkede på stationen de sidste 10 år (2012-2022).
Spruvehøg,Han - Foto af Leona
Der skulle ikke gå meget længere tid før Henrik fandt en Mosehornsugle trækkende mod syd, så var dagen reddet! Blisgås (2) skal dog også nævnes. Det stilnede meget af til sidst, men vi var godt tilfredse.
Mosehornsugle - Foto af Bello
En god dag var det også for Timmy og Leona ved nettene. Udover høgen, fik de et par Sortmejser og en Gulspurv fanget. I alt 7 fugle i nettene.
Efter at Menno og jeg havde handlet, tog Menno ned på stranden for at finde en Kaspisk måge, der gik ikke længe, før han skrev at han havde fundet en voksen fugl, og jeg sluttede mig til ham. Vi fik fine billeder, og opdagede yderligere 3-4 andre voksne fugle. Vi havde mindst 4 fugle, som vi kunne holde styr på samtidigt. Vi havde muligvis 5 styk, men det må billederne afgøre. På vej tilbage fra stranden finder jeg 3 Havørne højt over heden, Menno og jeg var glade!
Kaspisk Måge, Voksen - Photo af Bello
Alt i alt en mægtig dag, i aften bliver der gjort rent, og Menno og Leona klare maden.
Ringmærkningsliste (Nye/ Genfanget):
1/0 Spurvehøg
1/1 Sortmejse
0/1 Blåmejse
0/1 Gulspurv
0/1 Skovspurv
1/0 Bogfinke
DOFbasen list:
Folk på stationen: Bello, Menno, Leona, Henrik, Timmy
