Lamsdell Bird Ringing and Wildlife Blog: Gedser Fuglestation - 28 September 2015

Monday, 28 September 2015

Gedser Fuglestation - 28 September 2015 - Long-eared Owl

It was very cold first thing and the lunar eclipse had not quite finished. All the nets were very damp due fog that was not quite gone by our first round. It seemed that a lot of the Robins (Rødhals) had moved on over night. We still haven't had the large numbers of Blue Tits (Blåmejse) that reports from further up the coast seemed to indicate would be with us any day so the birds have either flown straight over, or are resting somewhere between Falsterbo and Gedser. We continue to work in the knowledge that we must be prepared for a sudden rush of them, (usually at around 9.30am) as they usually drop in to the observatory garden, it being the last area of trees and shrubs before birds make the hop over to Germany.

It didn't seem very busy but we had ringed nearly 150 birds before midday.

Redwing (Vindrossel)

Chiffchaff (Gransanger) with Swedish ring

Juvenile male Reed Bunting (Rørspurv - han)

Pied Flycatcher ( Broget Fluesnapper)

In the afternoon we tried for some other species in the field nets, catching some Meadow Pipits (Engpiber) and some White Wagtails (Hvid Vipstjert).

Meadow Pipit (Engpiber)

After dark we set the Sparrowhawk nets and played for Tengmalms Owl ( Perleugle) and although we did not catch our target species we did get a Long-eared Owl (Skovhornugle), a new species for me.

Long-eared Owl (Skovhornugle - hun) first year female

Totals: 175 (22)

Skovhornugle/ Long-eared Owl - 1
Engpiber / Meadow Pipit - 14
Hvid Vipstjert / White Wagtail - 3

Gærdesmutte / Wren - 14 (1)

Jernspurv / Dunnock - 7

Rødhals / Robin - 68 (15)

Sangdrossel / Song Thrush - 4
Vindrossel / Redwing - 1
Rørsanger / Reed Warbler - 1
Tornsanger / Whitethroat - 1

Munk / Blackcap - 18 (2)

Gransanger / Chiffchaff - 24 (2)
Fuglekonge / Goldcrest - 10 (2)
Broget Fluesnapper / Pied Flycatcher - 1

Blåmejse / Blue Tit - 3
Musvit / Great Tit - 1
Skovspurv / Tree Sparrow - 1
Bogfinke / Chaffinch - 1

Grønirisk / Greenfinch -1
Tornirisk / Linnet - 1

Rørspurv / Reed Bunting - 1

About us

Chris and Denise Lamsdell

We have both been birders for about 40 years based in South Bucks near the West London reservoir complexes.

Since September 2021 we have been based in North Norfolk. We have done our bit of twitching in the past, but with other priorities this has become a much reduced activity with a preference for seeing new birds where ever our travels take us.

We both have been ringing since 2005. Our local group was the Runnymede RG while based in Buckinghamshire. Since moving to Norfolk we have started a new group called The Iceni Bird Monitoring Group, aimed at increasing public engagement through colour ringing projects on Black-headed Gull, Turnstone and Lapwing. We ring at several sites including Sculthorpe Moor, Sandringham Estate, Deepdale Farm and also monitor bird populations for the Norfolk Rivers Trust. We do ringing at home and support with foreign projects when opportunities allow. Chris also has an interest in Butterflies and Dragonflies and contains his limited photographic skill to them.