Landsort diary 2nd September 2016

Up at 0430 but strong SW winds delayed net opening until 0530 when it was light enough to see which nets could be opened. 18 nets opened with a forecast for the wind to decrease but some of these closed after 30mins because the wind increased!!!! Eventually the wind did decrease, so 19 nets were eventually opened with all closed at 1345.

 

A total of 24 new birds of 7 species.

 

Roger called out for the day, as did Anders who spent a bit of time out trying to get some decent pictures.

 

There will be 6 at the Obs tonight: Chris, Kay, Niklas, Mikael, Lasse and Peter.

 

Wind: Southwest

Wind strength: Very strong wind, 14-19 m/s

Temperature: 15

Visibility: Good, 10-20 km

Cloud cover: Cloudy, 6-7/8

Precipitation: Dry weather

Sightings of interest

• Cormorant              Storskarv      40 Migrating S 
• White-tailed Eagle  Havsörn         4 Flying overhead 
• Osprey                     Fiskgjuse        2 Migrating S 
• Kestrel                     Tornfalk         1 Migrating S 
• Peregrine                 Pilgrimsfalk  1 Foraging                                                      
• Cuckoo                     Gök                1  Flying overhead
• White Wagtail         Sädesärla     50 Migrating S 
• Raven                       Korp               2  Flying overhead 
• Siskin                       Grönsiska     15  Flying overhead    

Birds ringed

• Great Spotted Woodpecker        Större hackspett      1 
• Redstart                                        Rödstjärt                  1 
• Lesser Whitethroat                      Ärtsångare               2 
• Blackcap                                       Svarthätta                 5 
• Willow Warbler                           Lövsångare              12 
• Spotted Flycatcher                       Grå flugsnappare     2 
• Great Tit                                       Talgoxe                      1