Slow day

Today the weather was too bad for ringing, with some heavy rain showers and some strong winds. 

It turned out to be sort of a good timing though, because I didn't feel so well today, so I was happy to have a slow day to recover a little bit.

I did go on a relaxing walk in the dunes around the station in the afternoon though, and found some interesting things!

Beautiful area in the dunes, not far from the lighthouse.

For example, I found this poor little bumblebee stuck on a spike on a branch, which is the work of the local Red-Backed Shrikes stashing their catches. These birds hunt their small prey and are known to have this special behavior of placing their prey on vairous spikes and pointy things such as barbed wire or tree spikes. 

The bumblebee was dead and probably will be eaten very soon! 

An unlucky bumblebee caught and 'stashed' by a Red Backed Shrike 

I have also witnessed the first young fledglings out in the dunes, such as Linnets (Tornirisk) and White Wagtails (Hvid Vipstjert). The young linnets were begging for food from their parents, which was really cute to see.

I have also checked on a Barn Swallow (Landsvale) nest that I had noticed a few days ago, but it was empty at the time. Today however, eggs were present and the adults were around. So good! 

Tomorrow I will be ringing, the weather looks to be better even though the wind is still rather strong. Let's see what the day has to offer!