We were keen to complete standard ringing today as we only have a week of our migration monitoring at Gedser Fuglestation remaining. Added to that, the wind forecast for tomorrow looks nigh impossible for morning ringing - and there was no ringing yesterday due to persistent rain.
We were up in time to drop nets well before first light but delayed our start as the rain had not quite cleared as the forecast indicated it would. When the time came to drop nets there were some nets that were too wind effected to use but we still had enough for standard and also deployed the large mesh sparrowhawk nets.
The species count was low but we finished on 80+ birds, mainly Fuglekonge (Goldcrest) and Siskin (Grønsisken) but thanks in part to some good afternoon captures of Lille Gråsisken (Lesser Redpoll) with the assistance of audiolures.
Totals: 86 (8)
Spurvehøg / Sparrowhawk - 1
Gærdesmutte / Wren - 4
Rødhals / Robin - 13 (1)
Solsort / Blackbird - 3 (1)
Fuglekonge / Goldcrest - 27 (5)
Blåmejse / Blue Tit - 0 (1)
Musvit / Great Tit -0 (1)
Bogfinke / Chaffinch - 1
Grønsisken / Siskin - 20
Lille Gråsisken / Lesser Redpoll - 14
Stor Dompap / Northern Bullfinch - 3
We were up in time to drop nets well before first light but delayed our start as the rain had not quite cleared as the forecast indicated it would. When the time came to drop nets there were some nets that were too wind effected to use but we still had enough for standard and also deployed the large mesh sparrowhawk nets.
The species count was low but we finished on 80+ birds, mainly Fuglekonge (Goldcrest) and Siskin (Grønsisken) but thanks in part to some good afternoon captures of Lille Gråsisken (Lesser Redpoll) with the assistance of audiolures.
Gråsisken hun (redpoll female)
Gråsisken han (redpoll male)
Totals: 86 (8)
Spurvehøg / Sparrowhawk - 1
Gærdesmutte / Wren - 4
Rødhals / Robin - 13 (1)
Solsort / Blackbird - 3 (1)
Fuglekonge / Goldcrest - 27 (5)
Blåmejse / Blue Tit - 0 (1)
Musvit / Great Tit -0 (1)
Bogfinke / Chaffinch - 1
Grønsisken / Siskin - 20
Lille Gråsisken / Lesser Redpoll - 14
Stor Dompap / Northern Bullfinch - 3