Summer is here!

Weather: Temperature 10° - 17°; gentle breeze from Southeast (123°) 5 m/s. Visibility 10 km. Clouded 3/8.

Bird ringing:

1 Eurasian wryneck (Jynx torquilla – Vendehals - Wendehals)

1 Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes – Gærdesmutte - Zaunkönig),
1 European robin (Erithacus rubecula - Rødhals – Rotkehlchen),
2 common blackbirds (Turdus merula - Sunsort - Amseln),
1 song thrushes (Turdus philomelos - Sangdrossel – Singdrossel),
7 lesser whitethroat (Sylvia curruca – Gærdesanger - Klappergrasmücke)
2 Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla – Munk - Mönchsgrasmücke),
1 common chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita – Gransanger - Zilpzalp),
3 willow warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus - Løvsanger - Fitis),
1 common firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla - rødtoppede fuglekonge - Sommergoldhähnchen),
1 house sparrow (Passer domesticus – gråspurv – Haussperling)
2 Eurasian tree sparrow (Passer montanus – Skovspurv - Feldsperling)
1 common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs - Bogfinken - Buchfink),
3 lesser redpoll ((Acanthis cabaret) -Lille Gråsisken (Acanthis flammea cabaret - Alpenbirkenzeisig))

A total of 26 birds identified into 13 species. None of them was caught with the Helgoland trap (Blåvandrusen).

Till now 661 birds were caught. Around one-third (219) of them were caught at the Fyrhaven and two-third (442) at the Stationhaven. This is a huge different to the years before where both gardens had caught roughly the same number of birds. Maybe the change of the vegetation could be a reason?

Just in front of us at the car park area the Dansk Militært Idrætsforbund (DMI) had a running event.

Military area closed for public, picture: H. Schinke

Military area opened for public, picture: H. Schinke

David Manstrup came for his bird monitoring during the week. Thanks for the delicious pastries from Henrik Brand. He was out with his friend Per Poulsen.

HS