Ringmærkningen: Even though the sunrise was beautiful this morning, it didn't bring us a lot of activity in the garden, so there was time for coffee, storytelling, and datacheck.

With only one bird for most rounds, we weren't expecting much, but at 9 o'clock, I (Mathilde) suddenly saw a new bird in the net, pretty dull in color. My first thought was Garden Warbler (Havesanger), which we've been waiting for, but I waited to examine it further, before I met up with Vagn and Olga in the lab.

True enough - first Garden Warbler of the season! Clear with the grey collar and the rest of it shades of pale brown. Kind of funny that we still get new species with so few birds.

Our first Garden Warbler (Havesanger) this season! Picture by Mathilde Sif Eiby / GFU

The round after we then suddenly caught three Goldfinches (Stillits), and a Great Tit (Musvit) as well, which got us up to a total of 11 new and 6 recaptures - including everyone's favourite old Dunnock (Jernspurv), clearly spending the season here, its sixth year in a row, with its first recapture of this year exactly two months ago.

On another note please remember if you come by, that the gravel road, terrace/benches and field is public, but the garden is reserved for ringing. If you're interested in ringing, you can send us an email, or take your chances in the morning and wait at the terrace, until the ringers come by, and they'll let you know if they have time to talk or even show parts of the ringing. Please don't enter the garden or go near any open nets on your own, despite your former experience with birds.

Today's numbers:

Trækket på Odden : With only 332 birds of 29 species today, I realize that each passing day gives me around a hundred bird less than the previous one. Let’s hope this trend won’t last too long…

As usual, a slow day doesn’t mean there is nothing to see : I am still enjoying the Swallows’ (Svale) ballet, the presence of the Common Whitethroat (Tornsanger) who has started building its nest, the sudden appearance of magnificent Red Kites (Rød Glente) over my head, the beautiful flights of local and migrating terns (Terne), or the nice surprise of Little Gulls (Dværgmåge) hiding among the Black-Headed ones (Hættemåge). Enjoying the little things really helps staying focus !

Se alle dagens observationer ved Gedser Odde i DOFbasen.

Folk på stationen: Cyann Ménard, Mathilde Sif Eiby, Sjoerd van Baal, Olga Fernandez Enriquez, Hans Lind, Vagn Lind