Stille vind og skønne havpattedyr

Morgen observation:

Det blæste idag kun to (!) meter i sekundet fra nordvest da vi satte os til rette de de sammenklappelige observationsstole. Ligesom jeg havde sat mig kom der en stor flok på 46 strand forbi bølgernes sagte skvulpen langs strandbreden over videre sydpå. Derefter kom der en smule ryler og en smuk lys kjove. En enkelt storspove og to krikænder trak sydpå. Thomas og jeg nød to marsvin som periodisk dukkede op af vandet ude ved revet. De er åbenbart sjældnere langs vestkysten end ved østkysten hvor jeg kommer fra. Jeg har også fundet et stykke af et kranie fra hvad jeg tror er et marsvin eller en delfin.

 - Del af et havpattedyrs kranie
Derudover brugte vi et (for mig) nyt observationspunkt som fik os lidt tættere på de vadefugle som trak langs kysten. Alt i alt en stille men dejlig lun og som altid smuk morgenstund.

- SDP

Ringmærkning:

Today was the first day since I arrived that had virtually no wind, so I wanted to get the most out of it and opened all nets in the morning. It started off really good with a few birds in every net check but never too many to worry I couldn’t handle them. There were also some migrants but a lot were just local birds (unless migration is already coming to an end in which case robins and chiffchaffs can count as migrants as well – but let’s assume this is not so).

So, it all went well and quite pleasantly so, but then suddenly it started to rain just a little bit. I checked the rain radar to see how it was going to develop – also because there were no birds and I finally had time. But, of course, the radar lied and it turned out to be a lot more rain than expected, so by and by I had to close all the nets apart from the station garden.

Sverre and Thomas joined me again after 9 and also helped close the lighthouse garden, which was very welcome help as it was starting to rain quite hard by then. We left the station garden open, hoping for birds after the rain but they did not come, so we closed around noon. Well, it was a good first half of the morning, in any case, it’s just sad that the rain had to stop the fun.

But tomorrow…

MH

Folk på stationen:
Martina Hillbrand, Sverre Dahl Porsgaard og Thomas Kristensen