Too windy!

Today's weather was particularly windy with an average of 12 m/s and gusts of up to 18 m/s coming from the west, which of course made it too windy to open nets and do a ringing morning.

With such strong winds, the birds tend to stay sheltered in bushes and limit their movements as well as their communications with each other. I particularly hope the young fledglings who are experiencing their first big winds and big rain showers are staying dry and safe with their parents around! All of this makes for a rather quiet garden.

Tomorrow is the last standardized morning for the ringing season of spring 2026, but so far it looks like the weather won't allow me to open nets again because of strong winds. I apologize for sounding like a broken record with this weather commentary for the past days, it's been frustrating for sure! What is somewhat reassuring is that the number of birds, even on good weather days, had already lowered drastically anyways. This is normal for the end of the season!

I've had a good end of spring here nonetheless and managed to get a few new species that I had never ringed before, so that was amazing! 

I am also looking forward to a few days 'off' with some sleeping in late and other activities such as knitting or drawing, reading, etc. before my summer season starts again in July in Ottenby, Sweden. :D