Gedser continues to be beset by persistent north westerly(ish) winds of between 30 and 40 km/hr, which is distinctly sub-optimal for both the migrating birds and for us. Luckily the garden has some nice sheltered corners so we could still get about half of the nets up and ready for 6.15am. It was a pretty slow day but better than expected, and we ringed 40 birds and re-captured another 9 by the time we closed at 1pm. Amongst those were 12 species – nothing unusual but a very nice selection (details below).

After ringing we did a bit of gardening – some trees got a relatively severe haircut for threatening to encroach on our nets. Ramón in particular really enjoyed using the hedge trimmer (maybe a bit too much).

Sadly Adam and Nora left this afternoon but they briefly overlapped with Henrik who will be here for the next few weeks. I’m looking forward to learning from his vast experience!

2k+ male great tit

Birds ringed and (recaptured):
Gærdesmutte 1 (1)
Jernspurv 5
Rødhals 2 (1)
Rødstjert 2
Tornsanger 1
Havesanger 1 (1)
Munk 1 (1)
Gransanger 15 (3)
Løvsanger 2
Skovspurv 5
Solsort (1)
Musvit (1)
Total: 40 (9)

All in all it was a very enjoyable day, and I hope yours was too.

All the best!
Gail