En hurtig sommer update

Selvom sommeren er over os, er det svært at mærke med det blæsende og ustadige vejr, der er i øjeblikket. På trods af vejret har jeg sammen med Kjeld T. Pedersen været rundt i store dele af Danmark og ringmærke unger af forskellige kolonirugende ynglefugle. Generelt set har de fleste arter et godt år, selvom mange er kommet langt senere igang end normalt.

Sidste uge var vi rundt på forskellige øer omkring Lolland-Falster og tog derfor en overnatning i Gedser! Vi kom først ned på stationen omkring midnat, men det var alligevel for spændende hvad der gemte sig i stationshaven til at jeg ville sove længe, så efter 3 timers søvn, stod jeg op og åbnede net.
Som forventet var der ikke de vilde mængder fugle i nettene, men en nattergal lunede på de første runder. Også en ung husrødstjert fandt vej til nettene, men ellers var det kun gamle fugle jeg fangede på nær en tornsanger, så det tyder altså også på at fuglene er kommet meget sent igang med ynglen hernede. Under mærkningen kunne der ses sydtrækkende store regnspover og lille korsnæb, så de har overstået årets yngel og er nu på vej sydover igen!

Igår kom jeg ned på stationen sent om aftenen, da der skal være styregruppemøde her idag. Selvom det var sent, blev der åbnet lidt net, og nåede da også at mærke lidt blandt andet en rødstjert. Desuden blev en karmindompap blev aflæst.
Her til morgen blæser det temmelig meget, men nettene er oppe og indtil videre har jeg fanget hele 4 karmindompapper, hvoraf de to var aflæsninger. Den ene var en hun med rugeplet, så de yngler tilsyneladende i stationshaven i år!

Nu går vi snart ind i juli og så starter efterårstrækket for alvor!

Jesper Brinkmann

Jagten II

Det er ikke kun i Jylland kragerne jager deres fjender på flugt – også her i Gedser men af et andet størrelsesforhold end gåsegrib versus gråkrage. Men her har vi så to gråkrager og en eksotisk husskade der intens mobber en musvåge.

Jagten indledes

Der styrtdykkes mod musvågen

Omringningen begynder

"Boksen" er klar

Der holdes skarpt øje og alle vender synkront

Titlen "jagten II" henviser til Gert Jeppesens blog her

God sommer og kig op!

Gedser Fuglestation

Gransanger fra Spanien til Gedser

Jeg har netop modtaget en sjov genmelding på en gransanger, som jeg aflæste på Gedser Odde den 04-04-2011 kl. 06.30. - Jeg husker at den hang i H2 lige foran stationen.

Gransangeren havde spansk ring og var blevet mærket den 19-02-2011 i Ciudad Real-området 2081km sydvest 44 dage tidligere.
  
I følge dansk trækfugle-atlas findes der kun 5 øvrige genmeldinger af spansk mærkede gransangere, genfundet i Danmark.
  

Gfu blog v./Rune Skjold Tjørnløv

Ingen stilstand på GFU!

Ringmærkningsæsonen blev afsluttet på fornem vis med to lundsangere, men der er hverken tid eller grund til at gå i sommerdvale af den grund.

Der er forsat daglig aktivitet på ringmærkningsstationen;

der skal klippes græs

der skal ryddes urter

Fie, Jesper arbejder - Gert er god til at give råd

der skal klippes lidt buske og træer

Jesper svinger kratryderen

ting køres væk

Afklippet græs og urter køres væk - Fie og Jesper

redekasser skal tilses

reparationer udføres

nye ideer skal afprøves

Rune og Jesper afprøver nye hejsenet ideer

huset skal have en overhaling fra kvist til kontor

Og bagved skrivebordet foregår der også ting;

Data indskrives

data skal gennemgås og laves backup

Til venstre med front Anders vores databasemand og til højre ved kamera - Claujannic vores hjemmesidemand

ansøgninger udsendes

nye ringmærkere findes

kontakt til gamle og nye ringmærkere styrkes

hjemmeside arbejde

PR virksomhed

PR i Gedser by - Michael til venstre i blå shorts  og lige fremme Brian i hvide shorts

Derfor er det fantastik at have en fungerende stab af M&K der er villige til at kører kilometer efter kilometer for at være med i denne daglige drift.

En aktivitet er afsluttet og der hviles (Gert, Benny, Hans og Søren)

Mvh, Gedser Fuglestation

End of spring season

Today has finished the spring ringing season and also my stay in Gedser ends. It has been two months that have passed so quickly and which I've enjoyed so much working with birds in a great place with very nice people. From here, I would like to thank to Gert, Louis, Benny and Hans since they treated me great and I really enjoyed with their company.

About the birds, we had a good day to dismiss the season with a total of 14 birds

Common Redstart: 1

Reed Warbler: 1

Icterine Warbler: 1

Common Whitethroat: 5

Blackcap: 3

Chaffinch: 1

Linnet: 2

Also today the GFU has joined to activities that have been take place in Gedser Odde and we made one hour of open house. The lighthouse was also open for visitors so I use to take a photo of the station ​​from the top of the lighthouse.

I’d like to say goodbye with the wishes to go back.

Rubén

Yesterday rain, today wind

With a very windy day the catch of birds was almost impossible. I decided to setup some of the nets that there were more sheltered from the wind, but I had no luck I had only two recaptures from this season; one common Whitethroat and one Greenfinch.

Tomorrow will be the last day of standardized spring season, so I hope to have a nice last day.

Rubén

Only two birds

Although the weather forecast showed rain at time to setup nets, it did not start to rain until 6:00. It was very slight and allowed me to continue with the session until 10:30. But those efforts have not been rewarded as only two birds have been ringed; an Icterine warbler and a common Whitethroat.

Rubén

Very few

There is not much to tell about this morning. The day has been very quiet with only six ringed birds corresponding to the following:

Robin: 1

Common Whitethroat: 1

Blackcap: 2

Linnet: 2

The weather forecast shows for tomorrow a slight rain at time to open the nets, so we will see if I am able to do or not the session.

Rubén

One day more…

A normal morning with few captures again and with the Greenfinch as a highlight bird of the day with four captures from eleven.

Regarding to the observations of birds, this morning I could see a Turtle dove, which if I remember correctly is an uncommon species here in Gedser Odde. Here is a testimonial photo of the bird that was resting behind the highest net.

Icterine Warbler: 2

Common Whitethroat: 2

Blackcap: 2

Chiffchaff: 1

Greenfinch: 4

Rubén

Last week

Today we started the last week of spring season. I started the day doing something unusual for me; I have had to extract one bat that fell in the highest net.  The bat was not entangled in the net and I could extract it without any problem.

About birds I have had more or less the same situation as in previous days. Little number of captures, birds with incubation patch but not yet birds from this year.

Icterine Warbler: 1

Garden warbler: 2

Blackcap: 1

Willow Warbler: 3

Greenfinch: 1

Linnet: 1

Common Rosefinch: 2

Rubén

Hawfinch and six other birds.

In a pretty cold morning I could ring only seven birds, which is same number of birds that I had two days ago. But the day was not bad at all because I had at least one Hawfinch that gave some excitement to the session.

Icterine Warbler: 1

Common Whitethroat: 1

Willow Warbler: 2

Red-backed Shrike: 1

Greenfinch: 1

Hawfinch: 1

Rubén

The first juvenile

Today 8th of June I had the first juvenile of the year. It was a tree Sparrow that belong to the brood of tree Sparrow that they are breeding in one of the nest box,  and that all the brood were ringed before in the box.

About the others birds, the most ringed specie of day has been the blackcap with 7 birds. Also I had four species of finches that is very strange to have them on the same day.

Marsh Warbler: 1

Icterine Warbler: 5

Lesser Whitethroat: 1

Common Whitethroat: 1

Blackcap: 7

Willow Warbler: 1

Tree Sparrow: 1

Greenfinch:  3

Goldfinch: 2

Linnet: 2

Common Rosefinch: 1

Total: 25

Rubén

Less than yesterday

The morning has been calmer than yesterday and I only ringed 7 birds. It seems impossible that three days ago I had 70 and today only 7. Anyway, the good point of the day has been the capture of a new specie for the year; the Eurasian Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)

Marsh Warbler: 1

Icterine Warbler: 2

Blackcap: 1

Eurasian Treecreeper: 1

Goldfinch: 1

Rosefinch: 1

Rubén

Barn Swallow inside the lab

Quite calm this morning with only 9 birds in the nets and one more extra that I captured by hand. When I was going back to the lab I saw how a Barn Swallow came inside the lab and then it rested on the window without bump and then I could trap it easily.

Barn Swallow: 1

Common Redstart: 1

Icterine Warbler: 2

Common Whitethroat: 2

Goldfinch:  2

Common Rosefinch: 2

Rubén

Back to normality

After several days with abundant captures and others with uncommon birds, today has been a normal day with 25 ringed birds and with mainly captures of warblers.

Common Redstart: 3

Reed Warbler: 3

Marsh Warbler:  5

Icterine Warbler: 1

Lesser Whitethroat: 1

Common Whitethroat: 3

Garden warbler: 2

Chiffchaff: 1

Willow Warbler: 5

Red-backed Shrike: 1

Rubén

A new foreign ring.

The day was similar than yesterday but with less amount of birds, for today 70. Like yesterday the most ringed bird of day has been the Willow warbler with 38. Among all the birds there was one with a foreign ring: this time from Portugal (I hope they aren’t always ringing upside downJ). 

And it seems that is the first control of Portuguese bird here at GFU. Also add, that Hans told me yesterday that one of the Nightjars has been recaptured at Sicily.

And here there is a picture of another bird that I had this morning and that is the first of season.

Common Redstart: 3

Whinchat: 1

Reed Warbler: 1

Marsh Warbler: 1

Icterine Warbler: 6

Lesser Whitethroat: 1

Common Whitethroat: 3

Garden warbler: 5

Blackcap: 2

Chiffchaff: 1

Willow Warbler: 38

Pied Flycatcher: 4

Great Tit: 1

Jay: 1

Goldfinch: 1

Linnet: 1

Rubén

130 birds

This is the number of ringed birds of today, a high number of birds for last of spring.  The wind still being the Northwest and the morning was quite cold.

The most abundant ringed birds were the Willow and Garden warblers with 55 and 22, respectively. 

Sand Martin: 1

Dunnock: 2

Blackbird: 2

Reed Warbler: 8

Marsh Warbler: 3

Icterine Warbler: 8

Lesser Whitethroat: 9

Common Whitethroat: 8

Garden warbler: 22

Blackcap: 5

Willow Warbler: 55

Spotted Flycatcher: 2

Pied Flycatcher: 8

Great Tit: 1

Yellowhammer: 1

Rubén

The Barred Warbler

Undoubtedly the highlight bird of the morning has been the Barred Warbler. Coming from a country where  the diversity of  Sylvia warblers is high, this specie is extremely rare with only two records, so ring this bird means a great pleasure to me.

Photo made by Per Bo Hansen and taken from the GFU gallery. 

Besides this bird, we had another 60 birds; being the most abundant the Pied Flycatchers with 14 ringed birds. And also to remark the Sand Martins that have been feeding around the double high net and finally we ringed six birds which is a pretty large number.

Sand Martin: 6

Robin: 1

Common Redstart: 2

Reed Warbler: 3

Marsh Warbler: 3

Icterine Warbler: 4

Barred Warbler: 1

Lesser Whitethroat: 4

Common Whitethroat: 3

Garden warbler: 5

Blackcap: 1

Willow Warbler: 7

Spotted Flycatcher: 5

Pied Flycatcher: 14

Red-backed Shrike: 1

Chaffinch: 1

Rubén

2nd Greenish Warbler.

After we had had the first capture of Greenish warbler at GFU three days ago today we had, early morning, the second one. In contrast of three days ago, today we had almost no wind and hot weather.

But that isn’t all, the morning got more exiting when I could catch a grey Partridge. Evidently, it did not fall in the mist nets of the garden, it fell in the Lark mist nets that we have in the field opposite to the house.  I saw it flying to the field and I had to do a steeplechase to trap it. The last grey Partridge ringed here was eleven years ago.

Grey Partridge: 1

Icterine Warbler: 1

Lesser Whitethroat: 2

Common Whitethroat: 1

Greenish Warbler: 1

Willow Warbler: 5

Greenfinch: 2

Linnet: 1

Lesser Redpoll: 1

Total: 15

Rubén