A foggy morning

Observations:

This morning there was so much fog, we couldn’t even see the lighthouse !
So, unfortunately, the birdwatching had to be cancelled.

In the afternoon, I went to count the resting birds on the beach; there were lots of terns, and among them was a whimbrel [småspove] - see the photo below -, in France, that is not so common, so i was glad to take some time to observe it !  

Todays observations can be seen here.

A whimbrel, some little terns and herring gulls resting on the beach, picture by Clara



A flock of sandwich terns resting on the beach, picture by Clara

Ringing:

Bogfinke hun/ Chaffinch by Hanelie 

The morning did not look nice – a lot of fog. In the first hours the lighthouse was hardly visible from the station. But fog also means low winds so I had the nets open. But there was very little activity in that weather. The highlight came in the closing round. A Starling “Stær” in the same net as yesterday.

Stær han/ Starling male. Picture by Hanelie

This time it was a male (yesterday a female). If they are a couple?

The moths:

Despite the fog, I had ten species of moths. Two were new for the season: Ectropis crepuscularia “Birke-barkmåler” and Diurnella fagella “Bøgeprydvinge”.

Ectropis crepuscularia “Birke-barkmåler”. Picture by Hanelie

At the station: Clara Delahaye, Jorn de Jong and Hanelie Sidhu