Dagbok SFOS

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.

The weather
was nice again this morning at 4, with almost no wind again and a bit more

clouds than yesterday. However, it felt like there were less birds around and
the first rounds
were indeed more quiet.

We kept the
nets open until the evening and caught 101 new birds.

In the end,
it was an interesting day with a good diversity ( 12 species). A woodcock was

caught in the middle of the day, we have had our first tree pipit in the nets
today and we
also got a willow warbler wearing a belgian ring which is always
exciting.

From the
beginning of the season we have now reached 740 ringed birds. To sum up a
little
bit, here are the species and number we have ringed from the beginning
of the season up to
now:

Woodcock:1

Wood
pigeon: 1

Great
spooted woodpecker: 1

Meadow
pipit : 1

Tree pipit:
1

Wren: 21

Dunnock: 3

Robin: 226

Redstart:12

Fieldfare:
1

Blackbird:40

Song trush:
35

Redwing: 7

Lesser
whitethroat: 1

Whitethroat:
1

Blackcap: 2

Chiffchaff:
83

Willow
warbler: 144

Goldcrest:
63

Pied
flycatcher: 4

Spotted
flycatcher: 1

Blue tits:
11

Great tit:
2

Chaffinch:
12

Brambling:
8

Greenfinch
: 4

Linnet: 15

Redpolls:9

Lesser
redpoll: 29

Reed
bunting: 1

Today, the
weather forecast predicted some wind and clouds. When we got up at four, we
realized
it was really wrong and the weather was really nice with clear sky and no wind.
It
stayed like that until the evening where the wind direction changed and
clouds increased
through the day.

So these
were quite perfect conditions to open the nets. We also were hearing a lot of trushes

in the morning and willow warblers and redpolls through the day. We also hear a
trush
nightingale today but there still are not really here yet. The first
rounds were nice with about
30 birds
each time. We kept the nets open until 8pm. All in all we ringed 135 birds
today,
including new arrivals for the season: we got our first reed bunting in
the net, as well as a
whitethroat and 2 pied flycatchers.

The rest of
the birds were the usual ones with still a lot of robins (38), willow warblers
(49),
chiff chaffs (9) but also song trushes (10) and redpolls (12).

Thanks to
these good numbers today, we just beat the number of bird ringed in april last
year!
Whereas 521 birds were ringed in April 2018, we reached 577 birds ringed
in April this year!
Just on time!

Svak nordøstlig vind dreiende på sør og tiltagende i løpet av dagen.
5-16 grader og stort sett skyfritt.

Rolig morgen med nett oppe 4.30, noe aktivitet i buskene men sett mer før.

23 ringmerket, ikke allverden, men årets første bøksanger er ok:

Rødstrupe
Gransanger
Løvsanger
Bøksanger
Fuglekonge
Brunsisik

Elers i felt en hunn ringtrost på morgenen.

Rain was still threathening this morning when I opened the nets but in
the end it has been alright
through all morning. The wind picked up slowly
around 9 and very few birds were trapped today.

All in all, i ringed 5 birds today: a robin, a redpoll cabaret,
a chaffinch, a brambling and a
willow warbler. But I also had 7 retraps
including the first lesser whitethroat of the year!

Im the afternoon, the wind stayed strong until around 5pm. Let’s see what brings tomorrow!