Another summerday! It was a bit cloudy at some point but it was such a nice and warm weather throughout the day.

There were still few birds around this morning, but I ended up with 11 species which is not too bad compare to the previous days!

The highlight of the day for me was an European Nuthatch (spætmesje) from the northern subspecies: Sitta europea europea. 

Compare to the ones from central Europe which have a yellowih-buff belly, these ones have a whiter belly which contrast even more with the rufous undertail covers and the flanks. 

In the end, I caught 9 new birds and 8 retraps. We can call it a draw.

The weather is still really warm and sunny, very enjoyable for leisure but unfortunately not very good for birds! 

Although there were apparently a few migrants in the garden this early morning with 4 birds in the first round, mostly icterine warblers, it dropped drastically from round number 2 onwards and the number is comparable with the number of yesterday.

At 8, two gorgeous male of redstarts got trapped, maybe chasing each other and I could't resist to share you a picture of this common but colorfull bird.

Wind changed again this afternoon but probably not in the right direction to get some new birds :(

Today, the sky was cloudy when I woke up but it slowly turned into this bright summerly day. The birds were indeed more active this morning and I got a few probably migrating birds. With the heat, it decreased throughout the morning and I was surprised to still get that many unringed reproducing lesser whitethroats (gærdesanger) in the garden.

The reed and marsh warblers were a good training for me and I was really happy to get a reed warbler to compare them. In summer, I ring about 2000 of reed´s so that felt funny to be happy to get two!

I also got my first new born chick of the season after a couple of hour ringing. It was a really cute Tree sparrow with feathers still growing. It wouldn't behave for the picture and is even pouring its tongue out!

All in all, i was a really nice day, I got a few more birds than the previous day and I'm still waiting for a more rare birds ;)

Today morning, the weather was amazingly good zith almost no wind and full sun. It even got up to  20 degrees around 10.

Expectations were high this morning because of the wind changed. But in fact, there was almost no wind at all! However, there were more non-breeding birds in the nets and less retraps than the previous days, even though the number of captures stood low.

Tomorrow the wind is Norh West and is supposed to be stronger and a tiny bit of rain could happen: so let's keep our finger crossed for some good birds in the nets tomorrow!

... gør ingen sommer. Sådan cirka deromkring er der omtrent et gammelt ordsprog, der siger. Og sommer var det virkeligt over de få fugle, der blev ringmærket i dag. Flere med rugeplet og kun en enkelt med en fedtscore på fem, som signalerede, at den var klar til en længere rejse.

Nettene blev lukket efter standardtid og kort efter var det tid til møde i stationens styregruppe. Mødet blev holdt i en sædvanlig positiv ånd, men måtte dog afbrydes et par gange, da Louis fra odden gjorde os opmærksom på, at en Alpesejler fløj rundt omkring stationen. Vi fik alle set sejleren, hvilket naturligvis vakte stor glæde. Endnu engang havde Gedser vist sig fra sin bedste side på denne dejlige sommerdag.

Alpesejleren (Alpine Swift) over Gedser Fuglestation søndag lidt efter klokken 12. Fuglen var måske kun i Danmark nogle få timer og nåede ikke længere end til Gedser By, før den om eftermiddagen forsvandt igen mod syd ud over havet. Alpesejlere er meget sjældne i Danmark, og fund skal godkendes af DOF's sjældenhedsudvalg. Foto: Ole Friis Larsen/Gedser Fuglestation

Om et par dage drejer vinden i nordvest, hvilket nok giver mindre sommerligt vejr. Men måske er det det der skal til for at det dukker et eksotisk indslag op i nettene.

Der skal lige tilføjes, at der også blev hørt vagtel lige øst for stationshaven, og 6-7 sortstrubede lommer trak forbi Odden, her fotograferet af Jan Lindgaard Rasmussen

Sortstrubet lom/ foto: Jan Lindgaard Rasmussen

Ringmærkning:

Rødrygget tornskade/Redbacked Shrike 1

Gulbug/Icterine Warbler 1

Gærdesanger/Lesser Whitethroat 1

Tornsanger/Common Whitethroat 1

Tornirisk/Linnet 1

Med en smuk solopgang, blå himmel, drivende cumulus skyer, pæne temperatur og en let til jævn vind fra sydøst var det bare en rigtig pæn dag på Danmarks sydspids.

Antallet af fugle i nettene var yderst beskedent og uden nogle overraskelser. Til gengæld var der god tid til at kikke på de enkelte fugle og lytte til Maries mange gode råd om ringmærkning og fuglebestemmelse. Så alt i alt en god dag med ringmærkning.

Marie kunne bl.a berette om hvordan en Purpurhejre blev fanget i og taget ud af et spejlnet i Frankrig og da selv samme art pludseligt dukkede op i Jylland blev antallet af deltagere på felttræffet halveret.

Louis og de tilbageværende deltagerne på felttræffet blev dog belønnet for deres tålmodighed, da en smuk Biæder trak over Odden.

Dagen blev afsluttet på bedste vis med fællesspisning i haven og i morgen sidder der måske en rigtig godbid i nettet.

Rain didn´t allow to open the nets this morning.

I opened sone nets at 13:45 in the afernoon when the sun showed up. But it was quiet and only 4 new birds were ringed today ( still better than yesterday!)

Only one lesser white throat (gærdesanger) got retrap. It had been ringed last year as an adult bird and had a brood patch today.

Sky was really clear this morning and I opened the nets in a soft light of dawn, the birds starting to wake up when I was finishing to open. It was a very peacefull atmosphere... too peacefull!

I had a couple of birds in the first rounds so I thought it would be a better day than yesterday. Unfortunately, it stopped very soon and I had a few zero´s round. Only the local birds seemed to be around and I had more retraps than new bird ringed today. Nothing really exciting in the retraps, except a beautyfull male shrike (rødrygget tornskade) which sticked around and a blackbird (solsort) apparently born here who seems to be breeding now.

Today, a slight rain started about 15 minutes after opening. It did'nt last long but maybe kept the birds from moving. The first bird of the day was caught at 6:10 only! Empty rounds in early morning is not something we're used to. 

After such a start, no surprises that the ringing was quiet and 9 new birds were ringed today. Also 1 retrap of a female lesser white throat (gærdesanger) which has been ringed last year.

Hello everyone,

I don´t know if you remember me but it´s my third time here as a ringer! I am back after a couple of years, as are some birds, as this garden warbler (havesanger)retrap today which was ringed 30th of May 2018. But it has been more regular visitor than me because that bird was retrap every year! A Gedser addict?

The weather was perfect this morning and we ringed 37 new birds and 7 retraps. Icterine warblers (Gulbug) were the more trapped with 11 new individuals caught today. A pied flycatcher (broget fluesnaper) pleased Hans and a shrike (rødrygget tornskade) tried to eat him up, starting with fingers.