Gold in the nets & a golden walk at the sea

The morning today began with clear skies, but because of the wind, we could not open the nets in the usual way. The station garden offers a bit more shelter, that’s why we could open a few nets here. But after two hours the wind icreased a lot, so we decided to close those nets as well.

We didn’t have a lot of hope to get something in the nets today, but despite the limited netting time, we were still able to ring two Goldcrests “Fuglekonge”. We also catched one old friend - a recapture of a Blackbird “Solsort” Hanelie ringed a few days ago.

Fuglekonge 2/0

Solsort 0/1

With plenty of free time after the short ringing session, I decided to go for a long walk along the coast. After two skylarks "sanglærke" accompanied me for a while along the dunes, I encountered a few herring gulls “sølvmåge” by the sea that seemed to be enjoying the sunshine just as much as I was.

a herring gull “sølvmåge” enjoing the sun

At the station: Henrik Bøhmer, Hanelie Sidhu and Paula Feuchtmeyer