Ringmærkningen:

Det var mere diset(dog ikke fugt, men pga sand fra sahara). Vinden var der næsten intet af kun 1-3 m/s.

Der var flere runder som var tomme. men dagen endte over gennemsnittet med 15 nye fugle og 3 kontroller.

2 rødtoppet fuglekonger blev ringmærket i dag, så det er nu 8 i år, og det er stadig tidligt for dem da tidligste ringmærkede her var 10 marts for nogle år siden. De fleste er blevet fanget sidst i marts.

Vi glemte at nævne at jernspurven som vi aflæste i går var ringmærket i 2021, og efter det har vi fanget den 64 gange, så det er helt sikkert en af havens faste fugle.

Det blev en blandet omgang af arter i dag, og træløber blev ny for året.

Dagens billede er denne sangdrossel som vi fangede på første runde.

Dagens ringmærkning og kontroller/Todays ringing and recaptures:

Gærdesmutte/Wren 2(0)

Rødhals/Robin 2(1)

Solsort/Blackbird 2(0)

Sangdrossel/Song thrush 1(0)

Rødtoppet fuglekonge/Firecrest 2(2)

Blåmejse/Blue tit 1(0)

Træløber/Treecreeper 1(0)

Grønsisken/Siskin 3(0)

Rørspurv/Reed bunting 1(0)

Total 15(3) 

Trækket på Odden: For the first time since the beginning of the season, I headed to the Odde alone. A few visitors kept me company, but no one stayed very long as the morning was quite quiet, with long periods without any migrating birds at all. Unlike previous days, when the magnificent light made every detail of the birds visible, today’s white light made it complicated to see anything but silhouettes. It seems that the hazy effect in the sky, refracting all the sun light, is due to a cloud of sand from the Sahara. Even the horizon disappeared due to that phenomenon, making the sea and the sky a continuum of a bright light grey.

The light was so bright that there was nothing but shades of grey, even for the elegant Mute swan (Knopsvane). Picture by Cyann Ménard.

Despite this difficult background, some great observations were made, making today’s count as enjoyable as usual. If most of the sea birds seemed like black silhouettes floating in the sea/sky, the mostly white plumage of an adult Gannet (Sule) was spotted flying south-west, just before displaying its characteristic and impressive dive. The passerines landing in the bushes were also really great to observe. Some branches seem more attractive than others to those who are still hesitating to fly without turning back. During the morning, a blue tit (Blåmejse), a great tit (Musvit), a yellowhammer (Gulspurv) and a reed bunting (Rørspurv) were seen using the exact same landing stick, taking some time before definitely heading south.

The reed bunting (Rørspurv) using the perfect landing branch is the only bird that stayed long enough to be photographed through the telescope.

Se alle dagens observationer ved Gedser Odde i DOFbasen.

Folk på stationen: Cyann Ménard, Sjoerd van Baal, Henrik Jørgensen.