Gedser Fuglestation 2018 September 24.

Ok! What just happen? Today, at 0700 hours and throughout the day we were buffeted by the infamous nor’westerly winds.  The same winds we desperately wanted to break the boredom we experienced during the past week arrived last night as a harbringer. These winds were the slingshot for the thousands of migrating birds from the northern hinterlands. Simply put, we got wacked. On the first round Song Thrushes (48), hung in the nets. These were quickly replaced with Dunnocks on the second round and subsequent rounds. By 1000 hours many nets hung empty but by 1430 hours we managed to squeeze 229 birds through the weigh scale. 

Birds of the day: Song Thrush/sangdrossel and Dunnock/jernspurv

That was our nets. But the many hundreds of passerines and hunting or moving raptors overhead flying into the westerly winds was beyond description. I was simply awe struck and humble.  Don’t you love Gedser?