On the way back to the breeding grounds – recapture report of the Norwegian Greenfinch

With mostly 10 m/s it was too windy to open the nets this morning. Later, the rain also started.

I stayed inside the house, enjoyed some more sleep and did some work for university that took with me from the last semester. Paula enjoyed her day at Tirpitz museum.

The recapture report of the Greenfinch with Norwegian ring arrived. It was ringed last September in Sørby in Norway as a 1K bird. Probably it went to Denmark or maybe Germany in autumn to  winter in a milder climate and is now on the way back to its breeding grounds in Norway. Here is a map of where it was ringed and recaptured.

Map of the ringing and recapure site of the Greenfinch with Norwegian ring.

The next days do not look good for ringing. Tomorrow is going to be windy and the day after looks very rainy. But let´s hope for the best; maybe it turns out better than the forecast says.

At the station: Paula Feuchtmeyer and Hanelie Sidhu