Stor Kobbersneppe at the beach and a big rainfront over Denmark

The morning started cloudy, but getting up early was worth it because we got some hours with okay weather before the rain started. In the ringing, we were three today, Hannah, Michael and me, Hanelie. I arrived yesterday at the station, I´ve been at Skagen and Gedser Fuglestation in the last years and last at Blåvand in 2021.

The ringing was quite slow today and we needed to close before standard time because of the big rainfront, that passed over the whole of Denmark today. We caught 14 new birds and had 5 recaps today.

Topmejse/ Crested Tit

The ringing:

Jernspurv/ Dunnock: 2

Rødhals/ Robin: 4/3

Gransanger/ Chiffchaff: 6

Topmejse/ Crested Tit: 0/1

Bogfinke/ Chaffinch: 2

Total: 14/5

I brought my moth trap here and will also catch moths, so until the end of the season, there will also be a little moth part in the blog.

This night was quite bad for the moths though, I just got three species in the trap. I will show Dryobotodes eremita “Eremitugle”. It is quite a common species that flies mainly in September. Still, it is already possible to see that species in August and there will also be individuals flying in October.

Dryobotodes eremita/ Eremitugle

This afternoon, it was raining heavily and Lærke proposed to go bowling. It was a good idea, we spent a nice hour bowling together and all improved our skills towards the end of the game.

Observations:

Der var i dag lovet godt med vand fra oven, men det begyndte først rigtigt lige som at standard tiden var ved at slutte. Så vi fik ikke brugt for de ellers medbragte paraplyer..

En hel hæderlig morgen blev det til derude, med flere gode overraskelser..

Der kom fint med småfugle lidt on/off specielt Engpibere og finker, og en god sjat Skærpibere. Over havet var der også semi gang i den, med 425 Rødstrubede Lommer, hvilket er ny sæson max på en dag. Ok med med små-flokke af svømmeænder.. det var også over havet, og over stranden at dagens største overraskelser kom.. begge kl. lidt over 8 ..først sæsonens første Islom, og lidt efter en Stor Kobbersneppe, som på hukket er en meget sjælden gæst.

Stor Kobbersneppe (th.) ..hvor man tydeligt kan se de markante hvide felter i vingen i forhold til de to Lille Kobbersneppe foran / Foto: Henrik Böhmer

..Imorgen ser meget meget våd ud i følge vejrguderne, så vi må se hvor meget obs. det bliver til imorgen...

At the station: Lærke, Hannah, Henrik, Louis, Lorin, Hanelie, Michael