A similar day to the past couple, with calm and clear conditions meaning we had a rush of birds caught in the first hour or so, followed by a significant drop-off in numbers as birds cleared out from the garden and the sun hit the nets. An increasing breeze throughout the day also limited our catching later in the day. Despite this, we still managed to ring 157 new birds of 22 species, with two Wrynecks being the clear highlights. Willow Warblers were the most numerous species, and 16 Pied Flycatcher was again an impressive total for this species.

We had a visit from a school in Nykøbing today for a few hours - the kids enjoyed seeing how bird ringing worked, and getting up close and personal with a head-twisting Wryneck!

Species totals were as follows:

Wryneck/Vendehals - 2, Tree Pipit/Skovpiber - 2, Dunnock/Jernspurv - 1, Thrush Nightingale/Nattergal - 1, Black Redstart/Husrødstjert - 1, Redstart/Rødstjert - 9, Sedge Warbler/Sivsanger - 1, Marsh Warbler/Kærsanger - 9, Reed Warbler/Rørsanger - 7, Icterine Warbler/Gulbug - 3, Lesser Whitethroat/Gærdesanger - 21, Whitethroat/Tornsanger - 19, Garden Warbler/Havesanger - 14, Blackcap/Munk - 6, Chiffchaff/Gransanger - 2, Willow Warbler/Løvsanger - 37, Spotted Flycatcher/Grå Fluesnapper - 2, Red-backed Shrike/Rødrygget Tornskad - 1, Starling/Stær - 1, Tree Sparrow/Skovspurv - 1, Linnet/Tornirisk - 1. 

 The first of today's Wrynecks - always a crowd-pleaser!

One of today's 2 Spotted Flycatchers