Blåvand in fog

The ringing:

Blåvand went to sleep in fog yesterday evening and woke up in fog this morning. The good thing was, that the wind yesterday night and today was very low, and the wind can sometimes be a big enemy for ringing, of course, we need it to get birds, but often in the last days, it was a bit strong. So today very low wind that was not a problem at all for the nets. We had quite some Blackbirds “Solsort”. Tomorrow a little more wind, but pretty much the same, but later this night, it will clear up, let´s see if that will bring something.

Blackbird "Solsort"

The moth:

Finally, a night with very low to no wind, and some moisture in the air, that can be quite good for getting moth. Hopefully, I went two times in the evening to check both traps, there were moth, rather common ones though, but I got more species than the last nights, so it is finally worth again to make a list. The most abundant species was Phlogophora meticulosa “Agatugle”. In the morning, I found another water beetle in my trap in the lighthouse garden. It was Rhantus suturalis “Marmorvandkalv”.

Rhantus suturalis “Marmorvandkalv”

Observations:

En morgen med ret dårlig sigt, generelt meget fugtigt vejr, og ret få fugle..

De trofaste Sortænder gjorde at man ikke faldt i søvn.. og den første time kom der faktisk også en del Rødstrubede lommer..

Der var lige en en halv time hvor der kom over 200 Grønsiskener, men det gik i stå lige så hurtigt igen..

Ellers kom 2 Gråstrubede Lappedykkere, og en flok på 7 Bjergænder..

Eller var det meget stille den sidste time, og der kom meget tæt på ingen fugle..

Om aftenen var der gættefugle quiz på blåvandgård med DOFUng, da det var sidste aften de er i området..

At the station: Louis, Chung-Chi, Hanelie and 6 guests.