Blooming Blåvandshuk

When I came back to Blåvand some days ago, I was surpised and amazed, how green it is now in Blåvand. The Scotch broom "Cytisus scoparius" is flowering yellow. Picture: Hanelie Sidhu

Morning observations:

Henrik joined me for the observation today, however the migration was very slow. We had a very low amount of scoters "Sortand" with not much variation. We did see an arctic skua "Almindelig kjove" flying past though, which was probably the highlight of the morning.

Today's observations can be seen here.

The ringing:

It was a slow morning today, just five new birds were ringed, the number of recaptures was higher, eight. My highlight was to ring a new Robin “Rødhals”, it is a while ago, that I had one in hand.

Robin “Rødhals”, Picture: Marit Nillissen.

After closing, I saw two mating Sand Lizards “Markfirben” in the lighthouse garden.

Mating Sand Lizards/ Markfirben. Picture: Hanelie Sidhu

The moths:

I only had three different moths species in the traps today. Actiontia polydon “Lilla perikonugle” was a new species for me.

Actiontia polydon “Lilla perikonugle”. Picture: Hanelie Sidhu

In the afternoon, I went to the bog and found a caterpillar of Malacosoma castrensis “Redespinder”.

At the station. Marit Nillissen, Henrik Böhmer, Thomas Kristensen, Joseph Stephan, Levi van den Os, Emma Gray and Hanelie Sidhu