Dagbok SFOS

It was a bit windy while opening in the early morning and cloudy. I didn’t really know what to
expect from the weather so I decided to open 12 nets. I opened the other ones at 5am. The first
couple of rounds were good, and I was lucky enough to get my second red breasted flycatcher of
the year during the second round! The sylvia’s warblers were also present and I thought that they
might overcome the willow warblers but they didn’t in the end. Instead, the 1000e willow warbler
of the month of may was ringed today!

All in all 54 birds ringed: willow warbler (24), garden warblers (3), whitethroats(3), lesser
whitethroat (12), greenfinch (1), tree pipit (1), redstart (1), spotted flycatcher (4), redpolls (5)
and of course the red breasted flycatcher constitute the catches of the day!

Nets were open at 3.45 this morning, knowing there was going to be some rain later. It was
cloudy and already a bit windy and the wind picked up slowly up to 10m/s at 7am. The rain started
as well half an hour later and I decided to close, since the weatherforecast was predicting it would
just get worse and worse. At the end of the day, the rain stopped and I opened a couple of nets
just for two hours.

15 birds were ringed today: 6 willow warblers, 1 whitethroat, 3 lesser whitethroat, 2 spotted
flycatchers, 1 superb male brambling, 1 young greenfinch and 1 linnet.

The rosefinch was singing near the house again in the early morning but didn’t get caught.
A goshawk was also seen on the island in the afternoon.

Nets were open at 3.45am, with heavy clouds above our heads and no wind. It had
probably been raining a tiny bit during the night, so the conditions looked good and they
were! With Stig, tommy and Anders, we have had a busy and very interesting day. It
started directly with a red backed shrike but above all a red breasted flycatcher in the
first round! I had never had one in the hand, so I was so very happy about it! It continued
with a very good diversity through all day. The first wryneck of the year was trapped
today as well as the first two siskins. We also had a retrap of a blackcap, this time from
Denmark!

In the afternoon, the sun chased the clouds and from 2pm it got quiet. Nets were closed
at 4pm with 254 birds ringed! It means we passed the 2000 birds this spring! We have now
2073 birds ringed this year. You will find here under the list of thespesies and numbers ringed
today.

Moreover, it was also a good day in birdwatching with 65 species seen today. Among these, a
carrion crow, a citrine wagtail and a grasshopper warbler.

Now, the guys have left the island and I’m on my own once more. I really want to thank Tommy,
Anders and Stig for their great team spirit and the very good company!

Species and numbers of individuals ringed today:

Wryneck: 1

Tree pipit:
1

Wrens: 2

Robins: 9

Redstarts: 15

Song trush:
1

Icterine warbler:
4

Lesser
whitethroat: 45

Whitethroat:
4

Garden
warblers: 32

Blackcaps:
17

Chiffchaff:
1

Willow
warblers: 108

Spotted flycatchers:
2

Pied flycatchers:
4

Red
breasted flycatcher: 1

Red backed
shrike: 2

Greenfinch:
1

Siskins: 2

Redpoll: 1

Sedge warbler:
1

Nets were open at 3.45 this morning but it was already slightly raining at some times. It got
worse and worse and at 6.30 we called it off. We waited for the rain to stop and the wind to
calm down and open them again at 10. We didn’t expect much but in the end, it has been an
interesting afternoon with 60 birds ringed. Among these, we caught the second wood warbler
for the season! As well as the first sedge warbler and the first wheatear! And also a retrap of
a blackcap female ringed in Sweden. So it was definitely worth it!

We also got 3 icterine warblers, 1 blackcap, 2 garden warblers, 5 lesser whitethroat,
1 whitethroat, 4 spotted and 1 pied flycatchers and 1 redpoll. Of course, willow warblers
were the most numerous with 38 birds ringed today.

Today
morning was a bit more chilly and much more windy. The wind was North to North East
once more. The first round brought more or less 10 birds, one of them being the first
bluethroat of the year! Then, it was quiet for the rest of the morning. 18 willow warblers,
1 lesser whitethroat, 2 redstarts, 1 redpoll, and the bluethroat made me reached 23 new
birds ringed today.

Even thought it’s not a lot, it is enough to overcome last year total for the season! We
have now ringed 1760 birds this spring against 1750 last year!

Some rain is predicted for the night and the early morning. These might be good conditions
for ringing tomorrow. Let’s wait and see…

There was
still a little bit of high clouds in the early morning, but there
was no wind
today and from 5.30 it was a clear forget-me-not blue sky
and a summer temperature.
It all got back to being very quiet with only
32 birds ringed today. 22 willow
warblers, the rest being 2 lesser
whitethroats, another young greenfinch, 4
redpolls, 1 chiffchaff and
1 redstart and last but not least 1 spotted flycatcher.
It was only the
second individual caught this spring.

At 4 am,
there was no wind and it was partly cloudy. It got more cloudy until 8am and
there
were some birds around. From 8am however, the sun shone and the birds
left once
more, leaving the island much more empty than it felt in the early morning.

Thanks to the 3 first rounds, I reached 127 birds ringed today. It was about
the same amount of willow warblers than yesterday ( and felt like it in the bushes
as well) with 85 of them ringed today, but there was a much nicer diversity on the
side than yesterday. 3 robins, 7 redstarts, 1 fieldfare, 1 blackbird, 3 song trushes,
12 lesser whitethroats, 4 whitethroats, 3 garden warblers, 2 blackcaps, 4 chiffchaffs
and 2 young greenfinches were ringed today.

There was
also a nice diversity on the island in the morning.

The weather
was nice this morning with a bit of clouds and it was around 8 degrees. There was
no wind. Nets were open at 4 am as usual, with a few trushes singing and the
first two rounds have been busy. Then, the sun won, the sky got clear blue, and
the birds left. It was a nice spring day with a warmer temperature until the evening.

98 birds were ringed today. 89 of them were
willow warblers! There were also : 2 chiffchaffs,
2 lesser whitethroat, 1 redstart, 3 robins and an icterine warbler. This brings us
to 1578 birds ringed this spring. Last year, 1750 birds were ringed in the whole spring season.
We are getting there.