So this is a farewell blog – but I will be back for sure! But for now, it is my last blog, it was a nice time in Gedser with not so many birds as expected, therefore many new moths which was not expected at all and which was a very nice thing to learn.

After this place being home for two month, it feels a bit weird to go, but it will also be good to maybe sleep a little longer than before sunrise for a while. My Great-grandmother always said, when I was little and did not want to leave “if you don´t leave, you can´t come back!” A bit of a stupid verdict – don´t know if it really ever convinced me, but there is fore sure some truth in it ;-)

There were some nice goodby-species, two Common Rosefinches “Karmindompap”, a Camberwell Beauty “Sørgekåbe” and also two new moth species. A nice moth with a nice Danish name is Meganola albula “Brombærdværg”. But let´s get to the usual elements of the blog which are…

The ringing:

The weather forecast did not look so good for today. From 06:00 on rain, at 07:00 it should be 11mm! Well, there was some cleaning and so on to do, a bit sad but maybe not to bad for today. So when it came close to that time and a slight rain began, I started to close. But the rain did not really come… I could open again which I did in the end. Karen also came down from upstairs, she, too, had expected rain in the morning and was not sure about her plans now. There were some birds to show and we decided, it would be nice to do one more round than “standart”.

Sedge Warbler "Sivsanger"

But this was a zero round, I should have closed. In the final closing round, it turned out, that it was good, that I had not closed before. I got two Common Rosefinches "Karmindompap"!

Common Rosefinch "Karmindompap"!

After ringing, I went to do the moth and put away the moth trap, which was a bit sad, because I do not have my own, but sugar wine and building my own are planned. When I passed Karen at the house who was also packing, because she was leaving in the early afternoon, I said “Would be nice, if the “Sørgekåbe” would turn up again." I had seen it briefly on one of my rounds yesterday but would have preferred to see it better but Karen and Hans had seen it very well in the afternoon yesterday in the garden. The what? I had mixed the Danish name a bit up, but shortly after, we got the right name and Karen said suddenly just after “but there it is”. And pointed at the butterfly, I was standing with the back to it. She also had just noticed it the moment I mentioned it. What a nice coincidence!

Camberwell Beauty “Sørgekåbe”

The moths:

Not so many but some moth today, and two new, Mengola albula “Brombær-dværg and Acrobasis marmorea.

Mengola albula “Brombær-dværg

Else, not so much special, it is already late, I wasn´t so good in packing and cleaning today, so there is still something to do… But I will do the moth list first, tomorrow morning won´t be time for that before I will leave.

In the evening, Jasper came to the station and we had a nice dinner together.

Bye, bye and best regards for this time,

Hanelie

På stationen: Hanelie Sidhu, Jasper Mosman, our guest Karen Koefoed