Ringmærkningen: I dag kom flere net op da der ikke var tåget.

Hejsenettet var det som gav alle fugle på nær spurvehøgen som røg i høgenettet. 

Spurvehøgen viste sig kun at være den tredje som er ringmærket her nede i vintermånederne(december-februar). De 2 andre er ringmærket i 2 forskellige år i december. Grunden er dog nok at der normalt holdes pause fra 15 november til 1 marts.

Dagens første fugl blev denne blåmejse som allerede havde ring på(ringmærket af mig selv i start september), så den havde overlevet sin første vinter.

Næste runde gav 5 grønsiskner. Foto: Henrik Jørgensen

I morgen loves der ret flot vejr og vind fra syd, så det burde kunne give lidt fugle igen.

Dagens ringmærkning og kontrol/Todays ringing and recapture:

Spurvehøg/Sparrowhawk 1(0)

Blåmejse/Blue tit 0(1)

Grønsisken/Siskin 5(0)

Total 6(1)

Trækket på Odden: The temperature this morning was lower than yesterday, but at least there was no fog. A strong  wind was coming from the South-East, so it was difficult for us to find a spot where we could both be protected and see the birds properly. Despite the good visibility, the really cold weather convinced us to head back to the station after three hours of counting.

During those three hours, we counted 1291 individuals from 21 different species. Around 50% of them were Eiders (Somateria mollisima), flying both southwards and northwards. When we were hiding from the wind, a single and solitary Crane (Grus grus) flew over our head, coming from the station towards the Odde. It is the first record of the species for this year’s spring migration season. Later in the morning, a flock of Eurasian White-fronted geese (Anser albifrons) flew over the sea heading northward. While we were counting them, we realized that one bird among them was only pretending to be a goose : it had a lighter tone, and a large white stripe was going from its tail to the middle of its back, in place of the characteristic goose’s white tail. After some discussion and comparison with different pictures, the clues we had to identify this bird led us to a Common curlew (Numenius arquata) who, for some unknown reason, was migrating along with the geese.

Se alle dagens observationer ved Gedser Odde i DOFbasen.

Folk på stationen: Anne-Marie Reith, Cyann Ménard, Henrik Jørgensen, Ole Friis Larsen