A Dunnock with German ring!

Observation : 

Jorn joined me for his second day of birdwatching. It was a lovely sunny morning and it was (almost) too hot in our suits, which made us look like astronauts.
We saw a large number of red-breasted mergansers, more than 36 heading south, and quite a few sandwich terns as well, 24 in total, although that seems fewer than yesterday!
Jorn is gradually getting to know the various most common species and seems delighted by so many new discoveries!

Todays observations can be seen here.


Ringing :

The wind was very calm this morning, so it was good conditions for ringing, maybe only a bit too sunny. Nevertheless, we enjoyed having some birds, more in the first rounds, later in the morning, it slowed down. The first round brought a surprise: I found a Dunnock “Jernspurv” with a Helgoland ring in a net in the lighthouse garden!

Jernspurv "Dunnock" with ring from Helgoland, Germania! Picture by Rose.

We also got a pretty adult Redwing “Vindrossel” and were happy about ten new Robins “Rødhals”. Other than that, there was nothing special in the nets.

In the moths trap, I got a new species for the season, Orthosia incerta “Broget forårsugle”.

Orthosia incerta “Broget forårsugle”. Picture by Hanelie.

At the station: Clara Delahaye, Rosemary Fricke, Jorn De Jong & Hanelie Sidhu