Ringmærkningen: Juste enough, not to much, but never bored. If I had to sum up this morning, it would be like that. Given yesterday's events, I decided to open only 140 metres. The birds were nicely spread out all morning, with only one round with just a few birds, which gave me time to prepare an apple pie for lunch.

The Fuglekonge (goldcrest) is still the most commonly caught bird. There were still some new Solsort (blackbirds) and Vindrossel (redwings), and the surprise of the day was this young male Rødtoppet fuglekonge (Firecrest) that came back twice in the nets. Fifteen Blåmejse (blue tits) were in the nets at the eclosing round, it's always nice to ring these little blue dinosaurs.

Rødtoppet fuglekonge (Firecrest). Foto: Théophile Fontaine

It was also an interesting day in and over the garden, with
A lone waxwing flew over the garden, sadly without stopping. The nearly bird of the day was th probable Olive-backed pipit that was flying around the garden. I heard it for the first time without being sure what I had heard. I was ringing an angry blue tit with the windows open; the bird was far away, so I wasn't completely sure what I had heard. But an hour later, I heard a second flight call, much closer. It was impossible to see the bird, but the impression was the same. Nevertheless, the difference in the flight call of the tree pipit is very subtle, so I’m not 100 per cent sure – it's very frustrating! I searched in the afternoon without success.

The ringing will increase a bit tomorrow. Hopefully I'll catch more birds than leaves in the nets.

Trækket på Odden: En yderst beskeden i efterårstrækket, men vi var tre fra fuglestationen, og vejret var klart, så vi havde fine forhold til at træne med de fugle, der kom, og til at holde øje med, hvilke fugle, der faktisk trak, og hvilke, der vendte om ude over havet og kom retur. Mest bemærkelsesværdige var syv Gråsæler (Halichoerus grypus). Vi er vant til at se 2-3 af Danmarks største rovdyr ved Gedser Rev, men dagens forekomst er en sjældenhed. Først så vi tre sammen, og mens de stadig var at se, kom der endnu en flok på fire. Måske så vi endda endnu flere, da der lidt senere var en flok på 2-3 lidt længere ude, men det var ikke til at afgøre, om det var nye sæler eller nogle af dem, vi allerede havde set.

Dagens beskedne træk er slet ikke udtryk for, at dette efterårstræk er ved at være overstået. Der er grund til optimisme for de næste dage. Kollegerne ved Põõsaspea neem talte 11.000 fugle, hvoraf næsten en fjerdedel var Bramgæs (Branta leucopsis), men også næsten 2.800 Fløjlsænder (Melanitta fusca), 650 Gråænder (Anas platyrhynchos), næsten 1.000 Bjergænder Aythys marila) og 1.400 Havlitter (Clangula hyemalis).

Det var blot en pause, vi oplevede med 566 fugle på træk fordelt på 23 arter.

Se dagens observationer fra Gedser Odde i DOFbasen.

Folk på stationen: Anna Beluga Gade-Jørgensen, Mads Jensen, Théophile Fontaine, Ole Friis Larsen