Fog over Blåvandshuk

The ringing:

Instead of sun, we were welcomed by another foggy morning. Which meant that the observers joined us in the ringing again today.

The way up to the lighthouse garden in the fog. Picture: Anne Hjortlund Hansen

There was nearly no wind but also very few birds flying in this weather. We got 4 new and 8 recaptures. The first Linnet “Tornirisk” of the year went into the net, it was a recapture that was ringed in spring 2024 as 2k+, but no matter if it was a 2k or a 3k+ last spring, it is now at least in its 3^rd calender year, and we aged it correctly as 3k+. It was a pretty female.

Linnet female/ Tornirisk hun. Picture: Anne Hjortlund Hansen

When it had cleared up a little bit, Thomas went to the beach and did a count of the roosting birds, but the visibility was still not good and there were not many birds.

Todays observations can be seen here.

The bottom line of one net broke today, maybe the cute hare that I saw sitting next to my moth trap yesterday evening, ran into it. Else the net was fine, so I spent some time in the afternoon exchanging the bottom line, now the net looks as good as new.

 The moths:

Earophila badiata "Brungul bladmåler". Picture: Hanelie Sidhu

I had many moths, but mainly of the same species and no new for the season today. Phyllodesma iliciflolia “Hede-takspinder” sat on the trap again this morning, I put it in a tree in the station garden yesterday and it went up to the light in the lighthouse garden again. I guess it is the same as it is not so common. Today, I walked a bit further with it and put it in a tree in the bog to give it the chance to go back to nature and not be at the light again tonight. I always collect the moths from the trap and walls and put them in a bush a bit away from the trap, so they can go back to nature.

At the station: Thomas Kristensen, Marit Nillissen, Joseph Stephan, Anne Hjortlund Hansen and Hanelie Sidhu