I checked at 4am and again at 7am, but the weather forecast was accurate: it rained all
morning and until 6pm. As a result, there was no ringing today. There was also a dense fog on
the sea, so seabirds were not easely spotted.
Hopefully, tomorrow, the conditions seem good!
The nets
were open at 4am this morning, there was a little bit more activity than yesterday
and
it was even less windy. Even though the first two rounds were quiet, it
seemed obvious that
birds were on their way and from approximately 7am to 10
am, the island has been invaded by
willow warblers. Some of them were singing
and others were just spotted going from one bush
to the other. From 10 onwards,
the wind changed to the South, increased slowly and the birds
left. In the end,
it has been a good ringing day with 89 birds ringed today among which 78
willow
warblers. This raises them to the first place of number of individuals per
species ringed
this year. Just now, they beat the robins: 238 robins were
ringed since the beginning of the
season against 305 willow warblers! All in
all, the total amount of birds ringed this year so far
reaches 947.
Apart for
willow warblers and robins, the other species ringed today were chiffchaffs(2),
blackcap(1), lesser whitethroat (1), redstart (1), blackbird(1) and songtrush(1).
Tomorrow, we are expecting some rain.
Nets were
open at 4 this morning in a very quiet and silent dawn. Very few blackbirds started
singing and there was no wind which made the atmosphere even more peaceful. The
sun came
up and it has been a bright day with almost no clouds. The wind
changed direction from North
to South during the day and picked up at some
point.
20 birds
were ringed today: 16 willow warblers, 1 songtrush, 1 robin and 2 redpolls.
It had been
raining through the night and the sky was heavy with dark clouds when I woke up
this morning. It was promising to be a good day of ringing. Some trushes and
blackbirds where
whistling. By 1 o’ clock, the wind increased again with a slight rain and I closed a
few nets,
trying to keep the one near the house open a little bit longer. These
ones allowed me to ring
the linnets and a few warblers.
In the end,
I ringed 49 birds today, with a few trushes (1 redwing, 2 songtrush, 1 blackbirds),
a
good number of willow warblers (37), 2 robins, 2 chiffchaffs, 1 wren and 3
linnets
The weather
was back to quiet and still a bit chilly this morning. We open the nets at 4. Since
it
is Sunday, Geir, Stig, Fredrik and Anders had to leave and they did so
before the wind started
to pick up around midday. I continued ringing until 4pm
although the wind made the nets too
visible and fewer birds were caught in the afternoon.
In the end,
it was better than the previous days with 26 new birds ringed, willow warbler
being
the most abundant (18) in the nets. The other species caught are: goldcrest
(1), robin (4),
chiffchaff (2) and linnet (1).
Today, we
couldn’t open the nets at 4 because of strong winds. In the end, the wind
decreased
slowly through the morning and the nets were open from 8am to 6pm.
Even so, birds didn’t
arrive on the island and the nets stayed empty. In total
we got three new birds: one chiffchaff,
one willow warbler and one
redpoll.
Hopefully,
the conditions for tomorrow seem much more optimistic.
The total
amount of birds ringed this spring is now 763.
We woke up
at 3.45 this morning to open the nets. The weather was quiet
but the birds as well!
A few blackbirds and robins were calling but all in all,
we could foreseen that
it was going to be a quiet morning. The conditions have
been nice throughout
the day and the wind even changed to the South at
some point so we were
expecting some migration and the nets were open
until 6pm. But in the end, it
stayed a quiet and lovely day, with lower
temperature than the previous days
and we got only 7 new birds and 7
control. We trapped and ringed 1 robin, 1
blackcap, 2 songtrush,
2 willow warblers and 2 redpolls today. The wind just
started to pick up
before closing and tomorrow might be quite windy.
The amount
of birds ringed this spring is now reaching 760 birds.
Concerning the observations, we were lucky enough today to hear
and then see a greater short toe lark which landed on the island!
We opened
the nets at 4 again this morning, knowing the weather was not the best and that
it
might get worse. We managed to do two rounds and ring 2 birds then it
started raining and we
closed. There was very few activity in the bushes as
well.
After a
couple of hour, the weather seemed to improve a bit and we gave it a try again
at 9.45.
The highlight was that we caught a willow warbler from Holland. At
least, it was worth opening.
After a couple of hours with variable wind and
sometimes strong gusts, we decided to close for
good at 3pm and the rain came
not long after that. The total amount of birds ringed today are
9 willow
warblers, 1 blackcap, 1 linnet and 2 redpolls.
