A lot of wind and a quiet day

Morning observation
Unfortunately, yesterday’s amazing 'Diver Day' cast a shadow over today’s observations. With winds reaching up to 10 m/s from the north, hardly any birds felt like migrating. Numbers were very low, with the common scoters "Sortand" only reaching the low hundreds during the last two time intervals. However, we did spot a white-tailed eagle "Havørn" resting nearby.

Today's observations can be seen here.

The strong winds of today visible towards the north. Picture: Levi van den Os

Ringing
Just like the observation today, the ringing was also very slow. We only caught a total of 8 birds, 2 of which were recaptures. Along the birds caught was a tree pipit "Skovpiber" and quite a special lesser whitethroat "Gærdesanger". This specific lesser whitethroat was also caught in 2022 on May the 4th! A small fun fact to brighten the slower ringing day.

Tree pipit. Picture: Morten Jenrich Hansen

At the station: Joseph Stephan, Emma Gray, Thomas Kristensen, Morten Jenrich Hansen, Marit Nillissen, Levi van den Os