En solrig dag med let vind fra vest, så er det jo lækkert at gå at ringmærke her nede.
Især når der pludselig kommer en pirol, der sætter sig og begynder at synge, inden den fløj videre.
I dag har der været 44 fugle i nettenene, så endnu en fin dag.
Rørsanger 1/Reed Warbler
Gulbug 7/Icterine Warbler
Gærdesanger 1/Lesser Whitethroat
Havesanger 5/Garden Warbler
Munk 1/Blackcap
Gransanger 1/Chiffchaff
Løvsanger 24/Willow Warbler
Grå fluesnapper 1/Spotted Flycatcher
Rødrygget tornskade 1/Redbacked Shrike
Stillits 2./Goldfinch

Her den rødryggede tornskade/Redbacked Shrike

Folk på stationen: Andreas Pedersen, Bjørn Frikke, Jens Friis-Walsted

The day looked the same to me when I woke up and as ussual the nets were open before it was light. To my surprise I had 9 birds in the first round and it were all different species. The day turned out to be excellent, caught 79 birds in total (76 new and 3 recaptures.). Again 2 Red-backed Shrikes (Rødrygget Tornskade), 6 Pied Flycatchers (Broget Fluesnapper) and the most common one was the Willow Warbler (Løvsanger) with atotal of 33.

One could consider the garden not as a safe place for birds with all those nets around, but it is certainly a safe place for hares. They get used to humans that do not pose a danger and you can get really close to them (see picture).

This night less moths, do not know why, but that is nature. Caught 19 moths (13 species) of which 2 were new for the season here (bold in table). Of one you will find a picture below the table, it is the Lille Vinsværmer (Small Elephant Hawkmoth).

This is my last blog for the spring, so no more moths probably the next few weeks. I will be back in September for two weeks.

Till autumn

Robert

Today I caught 43 birds (highest number of the last 2 weeks). 12 Species, 40 new and 3 recaptures. There as a little influx of Willow Warblers (Løvsanger) and 19 flwew in the nets. Highlight of the day was a Bynkefugle (see picture).

 Catching moths brings always something new for me. Today I found 29 moths in and around the traps, 22 species of which 10 were new for the season here in Gedser Fugle Station. New ones are bold in table.

Brombærtiggerugle (Pale Prominent)

 Palpentandspinder  (Small Square-spot)

With kind regards

Robert

Today I had 33 birds (31 new and 2 recaptures) and 14 species. Highlights were 5 Icterin Warblers (Gulbug) and two male Red-backed Shrikes (Rødrygget Tornskade, see picture).

 One Garden Warbler is missing, so it total 31 ne ringd birds.

It is difficult to make good pictures when you are alone at the station and in particular of this species. That is the reason that I wear a glove, else it would have eaten me.

Yesterday I caught a moth that was a bit damaged. It is according to me a Poppel-dromedarspinder (Three-bumped Prominent). I was not sure about the name, but had put it in Naturbasen. This morning I caught it again and another one. This was not damage, have put that one too in Naturbasen and till now nobody said it is not that species and I got 3 likes. So I think it is this species, which is rather rare for Denmark. Both looked a bit worn out, but that is a normal thing for old moths that come to the end of their life.

It is a migratory species mostly found on Bornholm and Falster (and incidentely in Nordøstjylland and Anholt).

In total I had 20 moths (15 species) of which 3 were new for the season here. One moth the Pine Beauty (Setaceous Hebrew Character, see picture below). This species was not occuring in Falster till now according to Naturbasen.

 Pine Beauty

Till tomorrow, lets see what the day and night will bring

Ciao Robert

When I was opening the nets this morning all of a sudden there was some rain (not much). So decided to open most of the nets, was a good choice because soon the rain was gone.

The day brought 29 birds (24 new and 5 recaptures. The diversity was great: 17 species. Found 2 Marsh Warblers (kærsanger) in the nets (first of the year), 1 Reed Warbler (rørsanger, second of the year), 3 Red-backed Skrikes (Rødrygget Tornskade) and a beautifull male Common Rosefich (Karmindompap, also the first for the year). Happy man today!!!

Today I have a few nice pictures, Below you will find 2 male birds the Rosefich (Karmindompap) and a Redstart (Rødstjert).

Today I found 40 moths in or near the traps, 24 species of which were 9 new for the season. Tomorrow I will try to get nice pictures of some moths again, today only the table.

With kind regards

Robert

Today again hardly birds in the garden in total 11 (8 new and 3 recaptures). I hope the birds will still arrive, but have no idea whether this will influence the breeding result of many species. Normally many birds lay their eggs in the May month, but when they are not there they have to start later. Maybe it is the cold weather or the long period of easterly wind that we have the last few weeks. This probably also influences the number of insects available for food. Some people that catch moths, as I do, complain that there are less than normal.

 Luckely the moths gave me some more work today, still not many, but some nice ones. In total 29 moths and 18 species. Two were new for me: the Puss Moth (Hermelinskåbe) and the Orange Footman (Guldgul Lavspinder). In addition to those two I have choosen to show an additional moth: the Chinees Character (Silkevinge) a funny moth. If you do not know it is a moth you would think it is a kind of dropping.

 Hermlinskåbe (Puss Moth)

Guldgul Lavspinder (Orange Footman)

Chinese Character (Silkevinge)

Till tomorrow

Robert

As yesterday not much wind and clouded sky, good for catching birds. But because there was no real influx of birds overnight, the result was 16 birds (11 new and 5 recaptures). But in the last rounds two surprises. The first one was a Red-Breasted Flycatcher (not so colourfull, because it was not an adult male (see picture), but nevertheless a very good species to ring. And the second was a Red-Backed Shrike (Rødrygget Tornskade). Both species were the first of this year at this location.

We caugth 14 moths this night (10 species, see table). Two species were new the Bright-line Brown-eye (Haveugle, see piture) and the V-Pug (V-Dværgmåler), both rather common species in Demark.

Joakim left today and goes tomorrow to Scotland for work (guiding some people) and looking for Nessie, the monster of Loch Ness. I will stay for 5 days more.

With kind regards and till tomorrow

Robert

Almost no wind and a clouded sky. So good for catching birds. But there were only a few birds in the gardenand even less flew into the nets. We had in total 12 bird (8 new and 4 recaptures). Highlights of the day were two new Icterin Warblers (Gulbug) and a Spotted Flycatcher (Grå Fluesnapper). Of these two species you can find a pictures below.

We caught 8 moths this night and again there was not any moth twice in the trap. 3 of the 8 species were new for the season at the station.

We had a Citronmåler (Brimstone Moth). The entry for Gedser Fugke Station was the first entry for this species in Naturbasen for this year. The second new one was Bøgenonne (Pale Tussock Moth) and the third new one was an Almindige Tigerspinder (White Ermine), a predominately white moth with bsmall white dots. All 3 species are common in Denmark. I think the 3 species also show how divers the kingdom of moths is (3 completely different types of shape).

With kind regards Joakim and Robert