More Long-distance migrants and more moths - four Hede-takspinder came to our lights!

Observations:

No observations today due to illness. Get well soon, Clara!

Ringing:

Lesser Whitethroat/ Gærdesanger. Picture by Hanelie.

We were expecting today to be less good than yesterday, but we still had a good number of birds and it was a nice morning. Morten too, got enough birds to sample, so no one could complain. The Trans-Sahara migrants are really arriving now, today we ringed the second Common Whitethroat “Tornsanger”, and we also had some more Lesser Whitethroats “Gærdesanger”. Morten caugth a woodpigeon, that does not happen much therefor the picture.

Woodpigeon (Ringdue)

Common Whitethroat/ Tornsanger. Picture by Hanelie.

In the closing round, I found two Vipers “Hugorm”, under a net, a male and a female. They did not come for birds – the net was empty – but to enjoy the sun, and I got some nice and close pictures of them together.

Viper female and male/ Hugorm hun og han. Picture by Hanelie.

In the afternoon, Robert and I checked the bat bunker, but there were no bats anymore – I had quite a few in March. They must be somewhere not too far to breed. I wonder where…

Moths of the day

This night was a very good night for moths, we caught 20 different species. Two were new for the location this year: the Red Sword-grass (Irisugle) and the Streamer (Rosen bladmåler). The Red Sword-grass (Irisugle) is a bit strange moth (see picture). It looks like a piece of wood.

Before I came to Blåvand Hanelie promised me that she would have 2 special ones for me and this night/day they came: it was the Small Lappet (Hede-takspinder, 4 in total) and the Small Emperor Moth (Lille Natpåfugleøje) They were new species for me, so a happy man. Also the the Small Lappet (Hede-takspinder) is a funny looking moth, see picture).

Green in the table are relative rare species for Denmark and the red one is rare for Denmark.

Red Sword-grass (Irisugle)

Small Lappet (Hede-takspinder)

At the station: Clara Delahaye, Jorn de Jong, Bent Jakobsen, Morten Jenrich Hansen, Robert Luttik and Hanelie Sidhu.