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