It was back to business as usual today. Up early, open some nets, check the nets regularly, close some nets one-by-one as the wind picks up during the morning, continue checking regularly until about midday. Today's reward? 2 Blue Tits. Unfortunately this continues to be the worst March for migration for a very long time, not just here at Gedser, but at other stations throughout Scandinavia as well.
Once again there were few other sightings of note, a collection of finches in the morning either pausing briefly in the tree tops or continuing straight overhead. Skylarks are still on the move with even more seen than in previous days. 9 Whooper Swan flew low over heading north and a single Red-throated Diver flew East offshore. There was a noticeable increase today in numbers of ducks passing by, in particular Eider. Regular small groups were flying East throughout the morning although totals recorded were in the hundreds rather than the expected thousands.
No photos today but here is a picture of a young female Brambling from yesterday...
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Hi Matt. It seems that things do not get much better :S
I am curious about one thing. what material have you used to record the calls?
Cheers
Luis
Hi Luis
this was recorded with an Olympus LS-5 recorder. On xeno-canto there are some more recordings I have made here with the same recorder + a sennheiser ME66 Microphone.
Cheers, Matt
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