Slow, slower, slowest

Observation:

A sunny and slow morning on the dunes of Blavand :) There were still quite a few northern gannets [sule] resting above the reef! I’m trying to make the most of these lovely sightings and the bird station because I’m leaving soon – in a week’s time now.

This morning Hanelie, Robert and Morten left us. It was really nice to meet them. We started the season together with Hanelie; back then it was really cold and we used to wake up later too, haha! I really enjoyed the lovely time together at the station :)

Todays observations can be seen here.

Ringing:

This morning was the goodbye of my dear Hanelie, Robert, as well as Morten who had all been helping me and teaching me everything I need to know about the station since I arrived.

I took the last two rounds alone and will be continuing the ringing for the rest of the standard season alone as well. I am looking forward to seeing what I’ll be able to catch, and hope for some challenging and interesting species from time to time!

This morning the ringing was once again rather slow, but we had the chance of starting the first round with the first bird caught and ringed being a Northern Wheater (Stenpikker). A beautiful adult female.

Adult female Northern Wheatear (Stenpikker)

We then had our usual visitors such as Lesser Whitethroats (Gærdesanger) or Willow Warblers (Løvsanger).

I’m looking forward to my first fully independent ringing session tomorrow morning, as I feel I have been well prepared by my predecessors :)

Little tern project: