Søndag 29. oktober 2023

Hello everyone!
Another very quiet day on Store Færder. With the wind picking up it seemed as if only the raptors felt like flying: the usual rough-legged buzzard was around, and we also got to see a peregrine falcon, and an enormous female Sparrowhawk that later came into our nets. Waxwings are back, with a flock of 35 birds among which 2 nice adult females flew down in the nets.
 
The forecast for tomorrow is rainy and windy, chances are we won’t be able to open the nets at all, but we stay hopeful... and if the weather is indeed that bad – more sleep for us!
 
Total ringed: 18 (Sparrowhawk 1, Waxwing 2, Robin 1, Fieldfare 1, Wren 1, Treecreeper 2, Common redpoll 6, Lesser redpoll 4)
Dagens ringmerking: 1 spurvehauk, 2 sidensvans, 1 rødstrupe, 1 gråtrost, 1 gjerdesmett, 2 trekryper, 6 gråsisik, 4 brunsisik.
 
Marie, Melina and Nicolas