tirsdag den 16. oktober 2012

Jay day

This morning ringing was quiet, as was migration. 1 species however turned up in force, the Jay. At least 90 Jays were noted passing before midday. Ringing as mentioned was slow, 34 new birds is all.
Blue Tit 6, Goldcrest 4, Robin 4, Sparrowhawk 4 and JAY 4, 3 of each Great Tit and Song Thrush and singles of Wren, Dunnock, Chiffchaff, Chaffinch, Redpoll and Bullfinch. Rune also joined the ringing today and with his help we were able to measure all birds fully. Below is a picture of 1 of today's 4 Jays.

Jay - Garrulus glandarius
Notable sightings today: 90+ Jay, Common Buzzard 6, Red Kite 1, Raven 4. Grey Wagtail 1 over the garden. 

Gert and Rune started the work on a new elevator net. Rune's friend came to stay at the station. Jon left mid morning, hopefully he enjoyed his stay here. We must thank Jon for all of his migration counts over the past few days as very few people brave the conditions as he did.

Photo: Heather McGinty
Blog: Craig Brookes

1 kommentar:

Unknown sagde ...

Hey Craig, Heather, Rune, Gert and Hans.

Thanks a bunch for some very nice days at gedser - even though the wind was tearing me apart. I really enjoyed the stay and the facilities at gedser, i will certainly return next season.

And whau - what a picture you have of the purple sandpiper ... ;-)

Craig you were talking about putting up the picture of Heather in the nurse suit ... ?? ... still waiting :-)

Best to you all - have fun.
See you
Jon