As the nights creep in and we walk ever onward to Christmas, our happy ringers are occasionally allowed an extra 15 minutes in bed.

Today was one of those special days. Out the door at 06:00 and nets open by 06:30. The wind has changed round to the west and about 11m/s. We cannot see the stars.

No movement around the networks. The first round brings a few new birds and some retraps. Mainly robins, chiffchaffs and blackcaps. We have regularly retrapped the same 2k+ redstart since it's first capture by LUR on 21st September. At 10:00 there was half an hour of that mixture of drizzle and mist, what they call dreek in Scotland.

1k male Rørspurv, Gedser fuglestation 27th September 2018

The morning went on and at the last round of the day we caught a nice 1k make Reed Bunting. A new bird for Rainer to see. Nets were closed at about 12:00 and I drove down to the village for provisions.

As you can see I have now mastered the adding of images to the blog. Thanks to Bo's excellent instructions that I only just found on the notice board next to my bed. Sorry Bo!

These images were taken yesterday at the height of the storm.

The Rostock ferry leaving Gedser 14:30 26th September 2018

One of the furled nets in east garden. The guys and poles are not out of focus - they were moving.

28th September 2018

Here are the results for today:-

Hilsen,

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