Ringmærkningen: Only a single robin (Rødhals) was heard during the opening round this morning, which is never a good sign for ringing. As expected, the first round was really calm, as were the next ones... However, we had roughly the same number of species as in previous days, with proportionally more Chiffchaffs (Gransanger) and Backcaps (Munk) than Robins (Rødhals). Hopefully it will continue this way, not because I’m tired of Robins (never !), but because it could signal the arrival of new species.

The small number of birds gave me the opportunity to teach Aba and Mathilde how to take other important biometrics: the tarsus and tail lengths. Measuring the tail is rather easy, but measuring the tarsus needs a bit more practice, especially with the smaller ones, so mornings like this one are perfect for that !

All in all, we had 41 different birds from 10 species, with one little blue devil: a nice Blue tit (Blåmejse).

Little blue devil. Foto : Théophile Fontaine

Trækket på Odden: Louis offered Cyann two days off, he was counting out at the tip, it was a slow morning but nevertheless, it’s not all about huge numbers and rarities, those morning are very important for the database !

A varied afternoon : This afternoon, Alba did some quantum physics, Mathilde was at a hip-hop workshop in Copenhagen, Sjoerd was working and Cyann was enjoying his day off. I took a nap (that was way too long) and then did some data check (it was necessary...).

Olga has just arrived from Ottenby and will be here until the 9th of May. Welcome !

Folk på stationen: Cyann Ménard, Mathilde Sif Eiby, Sjoerd van Baal, Théophile Fontaine, Alba Maria Holmberg, Olga Fernandez Enriquez