Marts en lille oversigt (Happend in March)

Marts var relativ varm og først halvdel bød også på rigtig meget sol men der var også dage med frost men ingen sne.

På Gedser Fuglestation kunne der derfor ringmærkes alle dage – udtagen én - dagen hvor Simon fra England havde sin første dag!

Det var ikke overraskende at der var mange mejser – musit var den art der blev ringmærket flest af. Nænves skal også to musvitter fra Polen.

 

Genmelding af en Polsk musvit - Recapture of a Polish Great tit

Oversigen over de ringmærket fugle indeholder disse arter:

Data-marts

Art	Antal
Lille Korsnæb	1
Hvid Vipstjert	1
Lille Gråsisken	1
Vindrossel	1
Sjagger	1
Sortstrubet Bynkefugl	1
Stor Gråsisken	1
Gråspurv	2
Husrødstjert	2
Tornirisk	3
Kvækerfinke	4
Træløber	4
Stillits	5
Rødtoppet Fuglekonge	8
Rørspurv	8
Skovspurv	9
Grønsisken	12
Sangdrossel	12
Gulspurv	16
Gærdesmutte	26
Solsort	40
Gransanger	40
Grønirisk	44
Blåmejse	47
Bogfinke	54
Fuglekonge	56
Jernspurv	137
Rødhals	161
Musvit	220

Lille Korsnæb - Red Crossbill

Gulspurv - yellowhammer

Rødtoppet Fuglekonge - Firecrest

Hey English readers

March was warm relatively sunny, though on a few mornings we did have frost but luckily no snow so we were able to ring birds all days - except one - Simon's first morning!

It was no surprise that tit dominated the nest the first weeks - with robins gradually taking over.

For a total list see above.

Regards, hans, Simon and Louis

Re-trap Robins

A somewhat surprising day with very good conditions - almost calm, overcast and a bit of rain overnight with what wind there was still in the east producing very little!   We managed to catch 14 new birds with a few Dunnocks, Robins, Song Thrushes and Chaffinches in the mix; there were still plenty of Robins in the garden but they were all re-traps from the previous days!

It was pretty quiet over the sea as well with two Sandwich Terns, a Black-throated Diver and 21 Curlews passing east through the morning.    Kroghage in the afternoon then produced a pair of Stonechats, a male Wheatear and three Black Redstarts.

However, we got back to the station after birding to be told by Rune and company that there had been a big flock of 130 Fieldfares in the garden shortly after we had closed the nets - slightly frustrating but hopefully it bodes well for tomorrow!

Windy Windy!

A very windy day so only a few nets could be opened in the morning - just enough to be classified as a standardised session but it was clear that there were very few birds around anyway, so a quiet day was predicted and a quiet day was achieved admirably!  We managed to catch 11 new birds with 4 Robins, 3 Dunnocks, 2 Wrens and single Chaffinch and Blackbird.

 

There weren't many birds to photograph so here's a Hare from the kitchen window!

 

Unfortunately the sea was also unproductive this morning with 9 Sandwich Terns drifting east and 13 Teal the only birds of note seen.   Rune arrived early evening for a few days of hopefully ringing and a Danish Bird Observatories / Ringing Stations meeting tomorrow.

Quantity and quality

Another excellent arrival of birds greeted us in the morning with similar weather conditions - moderate easterly wind and clear with 126 new birds trapped; although there was again a big influx of Robins (80 new birds caught) and Dunnocks (15 new birds caught) there was some nice variety as well with a cracking male Ring Ouzel and a smart female Northern Bullfinch the highlights along with a Lesser Redpoll, single Fieldfare and Redwing, a couple of Reed Buntings and a Siskin.

Ring Ouzel and Northern Bullfinch

 

The only other birds of note through the busy morning was an early Tree Pipit which flew over the garden early morning and three Common Cranes near the station in the afternoon.

   An afternoon walk round the Marina / Kroghage produced a good mix of things with another male Ring Ouzel, a Green Sandpiper, an adult male Marsh Harrier eating a Song Thrush, two Black Redstarts, two Firecrests, a group of five Common Cranes and a light sprinkling of Robins, Song Thrushes and Goldcrests across the whole area.

Lesser Redpoll

After the Lord Mayor's Show

Even though it was still good ringing conditions with a lightish easterly wind and overcast, it was definitely back to usual numbers after the bonanza of the last couple of days; a total of 34 new birds were caught with single Black Redstart, Fieldfare, Reed Bunting and Siskin in amongst mopping up yesterday's leftover Robins (16 new ones caught).

Reed Bunting, Black Redstart and Siskin - today's highlights

 

With fewer birds in the hand this morning we could spend a bit of time looking out to sea which proved to be very successful as there was a good variety of species moving east; the highlight however was the first Osprey of the year which came in low across the sea early morning along with two Merlins which also came in although these may have just been hunting the trickle of Linnets etc. heading south!

   The numbers were made up of 80 White-fronted Geese, 55 Pintail, c480 Wigeon, c270 Teal, c100 Shoveler, 6 Tufted Ducks, 9 Gadwall, 10 Curlew and a Sandwich Tern along with flocks of Eider, Red-breasted Merganser, Common Scoter, Goldeneye etc. (this is just what we saw between net rounds - the real totals would have been much higher!)   In local terms though, another Gannet drifting around offshore was much more noteworthy.

 

There were 63 Golden Plover on the tip in the afternoon many of which were looking very spangly in their summer gold and black while a White-tailed Eagle caused havoc by drifting over the sandbanks out beyond the ferry port.

 

Dawn breaks over the station!

 

Robins!

Slightly breezier conditions through the morning nonetheless produced an excellent arrival of birds but unlike yesterday there was very little variety in the birds present around the station!   The most obvious feature of the day were the 200+ Robins in the garden, of which we managed to ring 152; the day's ringing total was 164 birds which shows how few other birds accompanied the Robins - three Chiffchaffs, three Goldcrests, two Dunnocks and single Song Thrush, Wren, Blackbird and Chaffinch the other species ringed.

With a lack of anything else to photograph - here's a Robin!

 

Being very busy with the ringing through the morning there was little time to look around so other observations were limited although 300+ Barnacle Geese moved along the coast and a flock of Cranes were heard but not seen.

   A walk in the afternoon produced the first Wheatear of the year near the front field, a Red Kite which thought about heading south and of course lots more Robins with every garden, hedge or clump of bushes holding at least a couple!