Ringmærkningen: Så løjede stormen af, og vi havde en rigtig fin dag med 52 nye mærkninger, heraf 19 Blåmejser (Eurasian Blue Tit) i anledning af den flotte blå himmel. De fik især gennemgnavet min højre langefinger, men det vender man sig vel til. Jeg fik også lov til at ringmærke sæsonens første Tornirisk (Common Linnet) i nettet, så min liste vokser stadig støt.

Sæsonens første mærkede Tornirisk (Common Linnet) - en ung dame. Foto: Mathilde Sif Eiby / GFU

Der blev også hørt både Spætmejse (Eurasian Nuthatch) og Gulirisk (European Serin) nær fuglestationen i dag, så vi håber at få nogle i nettet snart.

Da vi lukkede nettene kunne vi lige vise en enkelt Jernspurv (Dunnock) frem til Hans' frokostselskab, og i varmen fik vi både besøg af havens første sommerfugl - en Dagpåfugleøje (Peacock Butterfly), og en Amerikansk Fyrretæge (Western Conifer Seed Bug), som Hans fortæller, er blevet langt mere udbredt end da landets første blev indberettet i 2007.

Denne Amerikanske Fyrretæge (Western Conifer Seed Bug) sad i vores køkkenvindue og tog sol. Foto: Mathilde Sif Eiby / GFU

Trækket på Odden: As it has been foretold, the wind dropped down this morning. The sun was out and shining bright, making sunglasses, hats and sunscreen not mandatory but highly recommended. It was definitely nice to drop some layers and enjoy the nice weather of this fairly quiet morning migration-wise. It gave us time to discuss, to think about the few species we saw, and to interpret each behaviour for as long as we needed. What do you think about this Merlin (Dværgfalk), taking its time to fly along the coastline? And about this diver (Lom), what species would you say? Have you heard the Reed Bunting (Rørspurv) singing in the bushes?

We had the suprise to hear and see a Nuthatch (Spætmejse) in the bushes ! Picture through the scope by Cyann Ménard

The woodpigeons (Ringdue) displayed the most impressive flocks, appearing by hundreds out of nowhere over our heads. At the end of the count only 1 275 Eiders (Ederfugl) have been spotted, which made us realize that their migration peak might have already passed. For 2026, we already had 79 993 Eiders, which is more than the annual average.

You can see on this figure that the migration peak of Eiders is at the end of March/begining of April, which mean that we will see less and less of them in the coming weeks. Figure from Trektellen.

After this very chill morning, we now keep on waiting for the new species that spring will bring !

Se alle dagens observationer ved Gedser Odde i DOFbasen.

 Folk på stationen: Cyann Ménard, Mathilde Sif Eiby, Sjoerd van Baal, Henrik Jørgensen, Mads Elley, Hans Lind