Willow Warbler from Norway and singing Nightingale

Observations:

Ringing:

The first round today was slow and we already thought it would be a boring morning, but the following rounds did provide some birds. And we also got a special one in the net: A Willow Warbler “Løvsanger” with Norwegian ring!

Willow Warbler “Løvsanger” with Norwegian ring! Picture by Rose.

It must have been ringed in Norway, then migrated to Africa and now we caught it on its way back to it´s breeding grounds. Quite impressive, the yearly journeys of such small passerines. And it was doing very well, it had a fat score of 5! Now we are excited to find out when it was ringed, if it was last year or even some years before! The plumage of the bird does not give us any clue about the age of this species, as both adults and juveniles do a complete moult in winter.

Another nice catch was an adult female Linnet “Tornirisk”, that was ringed last spring, already then as a 3k+.

Linnet, female. Tornirisk hun. Picture by Rose

Already in the early morning, David heard a Nightingale “Sydlig Nattergal”. Later in the morning, it moved closer to the station garden, but we did not catch it unfortunately, so it remains a mystery if it was the one we ringed or a new one.

The moth:

A new species for the season was on the wall today: Cerura vinula "Hermelinskåbe".

Cerura vinula "Hermelinskåbe". Picture by Hanelie.

In total, I had seven species of moths.

At the station: Rosemary Fricke, Clara Delahaye, Jorn de Jong, David Manstrup, Bent Jakobsen, Thomas Kristiansen and Hanelie Sidhu