28th May
Staff: Daniel (DWE), Carles (CDF), Laila (LAR), Cristina (CSP), Gintaras (GMA), Dennis (DHT), Maja (MTA)
Weather: Sunny morning and early afternoon but raining for the later evening.
Projects: Ortolan Bunting, Goose Count, GRW
Ortolan Bunting.
4 hours of observations were made by CDF and CSP around the pair near Sörön, unfortunately few observations were made as the male preferred singing to feeding in the good weather conditions. There was also some observations of the male feeding in the tree tops (presumably on insects).
Goose Count
The second count of pairs and goslings was made around the whole of Kvismaren this morning by DWE. 103 pairs with 428 chicks were observed with the most chicks being located on Hammarmaden and Löten as would be expected.
GRW.
Today the GRW team put loggers on 3 birds in Kvismaren and discovered the first case of nest predation this season, leading to a debate over likely culprits over dinner.
DWE