Chiffchaff from Spain

This morning was extraordinarly slow despite a change of wind direction and some cloud coverage, which are usually signs for a decent amount of birds in the ringing session.

At the 4 hour mark I had only had 4 birds in total, so I was getting a little desperate ahahah!

One of these birds though was an interesting capture, because it was already ringed from Spain! A little Chiffchaff (Gransanger) travelled all the way to Blåvand to come and breed here. This individual was a female currently breeding, which could be seen by the presence of a brood patch. My first foreign recapture since arriving in the beginning of May!

Chiffchaff (Gransanger) with Spanish ring recaptured today

After that, on the last two rounds I had a small wave of a few birds, for example two beautiful Bullfinches, a male and a female.

Male Bullfinch (Dompap)

When I came back to the station after closing the nets and ringing the last birds, Bent was visiting and we spotted a Weasel carrying a dead mouse! The little guy had had some luck and found itself a big dinner. It was both curious and shy of us, and I managed to snap a few pictures with my phone.

Our resident Weasle

Tomorrow morning might have some rain coming, so I will see how much ringing I can safely conduct!