An old Great tit

Morning observation

The wind was a bit hard today with 10 m/s. We were hoping for a good migration day, but it was very slow. It was just Thomas, Henrik and me today, as Levi wished to sleep in. We didn’t see many species, we mostly saw the birds we usually see at the obs such as the Common scoter “Sortand” and Northern gannets “Sule”.

Todays observations can be seen here.

After the morning observation, Kyle (my boyfriend who arrived Sunday) and I went for a walk around the area. I showed him the Lighthouse garden and the bunkers. We even saw a Sand Lizard “Markfirben” very closely!

Sand lizard. Picture: Marit Nillissen

Ringing

The ringing was also quite slow today. In total there were 10 birds in the nets. We caught a Great tit “Musvit” who was ringed here at the station in 2021! We also caught a Lesser whitethroat “Gærdesanger” who was ringed on the Isle in Fanø last spring in April 2024! Other than that, we had a nice Siskin “Grønsisken” which we don’t catch that often.

Siskin. Picture: Morten Jenrich Hansen

The old Great tit. Picture: Morten Jenrich Hansen

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