This is my first time staying at Denmark's southernmost point in the spring, so it will be interesting to see what will fall into those precious nets.

Since I arrived at the weekend we have managed, each day, to open all 24 nets in the garden. A total of 284 metres. As you have read in the blog over the last few days the weather has been breezy and with some drizzle. But today when we ventured out to open the nets at 03:30 it was calm and no rain was either in the air or forecast on DMI/YR. There was a fair amount of activity in the garden with Blackbirds and Robins singing and being joined by Lesser Whitethoats, Common Whitethroats as the light grew. The local Icterine Warbler was chattering away in the corner by the road.

The first few roads bought in the usual suspects of Sylvia warblers, mainly Whitethroats and Garden Warblers. There have been a few retraps from the previous week, but most have moved on, presumably further north.

At around 06:00 I found a yellow/green bird high in one of the nets. Looking initially like a siskin, it's short stumpy beak gave it away as a female Serin a bird associated to many with hot Mediterranean squares with a glass of something cool. They do, however, breed nearer to Denmark and occasionally overshoot their normal summer haunts.

Female Serin with tick of unspecified species.

Gedser Fuglestation 28/05/2019

As the day normally pans out, things slowed down towards 09:00. My good friend Bo Kayser called on us and we had a good chat and put the world in order. Adam had been round the nets and we were just thinking about furling for the day when he returned beaming like the Cheshire Cat. He was carrying two bird bags with a Common Rosefinch in each. (I prefer the Danish name of Karmindompap). They were birds (male and female) That had been ringed at the beginning of May. Additionally they were in a net where we had not previously heard a male singing. Perhaps there are three pairs in the garden.

Male and female Common Rosefinch

Gedser Fuglestation 28/05/2019

Here are today's results:-