First Blackcap for the season ringed and Green Woodpecker in the garden!

Morning observations:

This morning I was with Henrik at the morning observation. We were hoping to see a lot of duck, because the weather conditions looked promising. Unfortunately we didn’t see that many, other than some more Common scoters “Sortand” than the other days.
Tomorrow the weather conditions are looking better, so maybe we are more lucky to see a lot of ducks!

Todays observations can be seen here.

The ringing:

I did not expect a very good day this morning, it was a bit windy and cloudy, but I was surprised, there were quite some birds in the first to third round. Then it slowed down but after 8:00, I had just one bird in the round, which was a male Blackcap “Munk”, the first for the season. This was a nice surprise and a quite early one.

The first Blackcap "Munk" for 2025! Picture: Hanelie Sidhu

There was another surprise in the morning, we heard a Green Woodpecker “Grønspætte” calling in the station garden. We also have a very nice recording for it on BirdNETPi, the AI that is identifying bird calls recorded on a microphone in the garden. It was a bit exciting, because when I went on a round, I saw the Green Woodpecker when it hit a net, but it did not get caught. I tried with sound after standard time, but it did not work, I did not even hear the Woodpecker responding. Maybe it will stay in the area, and we are lucky tomorrow!

The moths:

I also got a new moth species today, Biston strataria “Broget vintermåler”, a really pretty one, I think. Besides that, I had my daily Xylocampa areola “Gedeblad-ugle”.

Biston strataria “Broget vintermåler”. Picture: Hanelie Sidhu

At the station: Joseph Stephan, Marit Nillissen, Hanelie Sidhu, Henrik Böhmer and Henrik