Of fog, birds, bats, birdwatchers and wolves

The third day in a row in fog. Morten joined me today for the first rounds but it was again very few birds. The highlight was a 3K+ Redwing “Vindrossel”.

Redwing "Vindrossel" by Hanelie

Some of the Goldcrests” Fuglekonge” of the last days flew in the nets again, but there was also one that Lua ringed last November.

DKU left Blåvand today, they successfully finished their meeting yesterday evening. On his way home from the meeting, Henrik was so lucky again to see even several wolves!

Later in the afternoon it cleared up and I went to my favorite bat bunker, the bog and the beach. Today I found a new bat species in the bunker. While it is mostly the Water bat “Vandflagermus” – Myotis dabentonii that is resting in the bunker, a bigger bat caught my attention. I found out, that it is the Pond bat “Damflagermus” – Myotis dasycneme. It is similar to the water bat but bigger and has larger nasal tubercles. A comparison with the nose of one of the water bats confirmed that. That was a quite cool discovery!

Lower, bigger bat: Pond bat “Damflagermus” – Myotis dasycneme, Upper, smaller bat: Water bat “Vandflagermus” – Myotis dabentonii, closeups of the Pondbat. By Hanelie

I continued to the beach where the ringed Plovers are already active. The bog was rather quiet but a Linnet “Tornirisk” was singing on a bush close to me, some Skylarks “Sanglærke” were singing, I saw two Stonechats “Sortstrubet Bynkefugl” and one Redwing “Vindrossel” without ring.  

At the station: Clara Delahaye, Thomas Kristiansen, Henrik Bøhmer, Hanelie Sidhu and DKU