Another windy day at Gedser with a westerly breeze gathering strength throughout the morning. This limited the nets we could open and reduced our catch to just 16 new birds, but a case of quality over quantity with the first Barred Warbler of the autumn caught in the second check of the nets. Good numbers of Redstart were using the garden too with 5 ringed and unringed birds seen through the day. Simon opened a few nets later in the day, the best of which yielded a couple more Redstarts and 2 new Icterine Warblers. The low numbers made for a relaxed start to my stay here, allowing me plenty of time to learn the layout of the garden and get used to a new ringing setup! I’ll be joining Simon for just over a month as migrant numbers hopefully begin to build. 

The totals for the day ended up as:

Redstart/Rødstjert - 5, Marsh Warbler/Kærsanger - 1, Barred Warbler/Høgesanger - 1, Lesser Whitethroat/Gærdesanger - 5, Whitethroat/Tornsanger - 3, Garden Warbler/Havesanger - 1, Willoq Warbler/Løvsanger - 2, Tree Sparrow/Skovspurv - 2.

Both Simon and I walked around the point and surrounding area at various points, though no formal counts were made. Notable passage consisted of an Osprey, a Green Sandpiper, several Common Sandpipers, 4 Grey Plover, 4 Golden Plover, 5 Dunlin and 27 Common Scoter.