The ringing:

At the moment, mostly means keeping yourself fit by walking regularly the same route through the garden. We are always very disciplined, keeping the times. We are getting rewarded by being kept moving, I am sure, as a ringer, you do all the necessary steps a person should do a day. A very healthy job. Sometimes, we find a bird in the net, that is also a big reward, for all the steps. There will come days at the station, when all the nets will be full of birds and we will feel their weight around our necks, when we bring them to the lab. But this is not now. Today four new birds. One was a female Black Redstart “Husrødstjert”, a nice bird and just the fourth ringed in this season. Usually, they do not come to the garden so often.

 

Black Redstart “Husrødstjert”

 

 

The moths:

First of all, yesterday´s blog is updated with the moth list, it was 22 species, so quite good!

Today, there was less, 16 species and one needed to be left unidentified. Some groups a very difficult and difficult individuals can just be identified by genital analysis to be sure.

My favourite – and I think also a new species – was Paraponyx stratiotata “Vandpesthalvmøl”. I found out, that the larvae lives quite deep in the water and feeds on water plants.

 

Paraponyx stratiotata “Vandpesthalvmøl”

 

Another quite easy to recognise species of today was Campaea margeritaria “Perlemåler”.  

 

Campaea margeritaria “Perlemåler”

 

 

News of the station:

The grass in the garden is short again, thanks to Henning Gammel, who mowed the lawn this afternoon.

People: Henning Gammel, Tina and Mads Elley, Gert Jeppesen, Jasper Mosman, Jens Friis-Walsted, Hanelie Sidhu