The ringing: We were expecting not to ring this morning due to the weather forecast... The wind was blowing too strong and it also rained several times.

At 9.30 am we decided to give it a try and opened some nets. After a small fight against the rain, we stopped because there was really no movement in the garden.

This is why it is really good that we thought about you, dear readers, and saved you two little surprises from yesterday evening!

As you know, your devoted ringing team is always keen to try other techniques and despite the stormy weather and the nice fireplace in the house, we were 4 yesterday to face the wind and chase some birds by light at the beach.

As we started moving out of the house, four eyes stared at us and we were lucky to spot their owners in the dark. Gaetan even succeeded to take a really good picture:

At the beach, we succeeded not once, but twice in a row! And the Frenchies were really happy with the two species we got, a beautiful sanderling (Sandløber):

But also, this barnacle goose (Bramgås), which was definitely a first in the hand for the four French.

The weather forecast predicts the wind will drop to almost nothing in the middle of the night, so we have high hopes for a good day tomorrow!

Trækket på odden: Trækket er i gået ind i den sene fase, og i den hårde vind søndag formiddag var der ikke mange fugle at se undervejs. Til gengæld var der omkring 1.800 Ederfugle (Eiders) en stor flok, som holdt pause på vandet tæt på odden. Der er også kommet en del Havlitter (Long-tailed Ducks) til området i de seneste dage. På trækruten var det fint med to Nordiske Lappedykkere (Slavonian Grebes) samt nogle Rødstrubede og Sortstrubede Lommer (Red-throated and Black-throated Divers).

Fire Havlitter tæt på Gedser Odde søndag formiddag. Ingen andre ænder har sådan et udseende eller lange haler, som de tre adulte/voksne hanner på billedet. Foto: Ole Friis Larsen/GFU

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Folk på stationen: Marie Chevalier, Gaetan Guyot, Aurélie Roussel, Jesper Sonne, Preben Berg, Henrik Jørgensen, Ole Friis Larsen.