Diving Gannets in strong easterly winds

Morning observations:

Morning observations on a windy day. Picture: Marit Nillissen

This morning it was very windy at the morning observation. Some people from DKU where also at the observation. There was some variation in species, such as the Avocet “Klyde”, Garganey “Altingand” and Ruffs “Brushane”. We even saw two Northern gannets “Sule” diving, which was really cool to see! Around 09:15, I went back to the station.

Todays observations can be seen here.

The ringing:

I woke up this morning to see if it was okay to open the nets, but it was very windy, so I went back to bed and enjoyed sleeping in. When I came down, Morten, who is here for the DKU meeting had opened four nets in the station garden. He caught in total 8 new birds, mostly Dunnocks “Jernspurv” and recaptured tree. At 11.30 we closed the nets.

Dunnock "Jernspurv". Archive picture by Hanelie Sidhu

I used the slow day to do some data check, so all full sheets are checked and archived now.

At the station: Marit Nillissen, Hanelie Sidhu, Henrik Böhmer, David Manstrup, Morten Jenrich Hansen and the DKU meeting