The week has been dominated by strong southerly winds, and conditions for birdwatching has not been the best. Most migratory birds hide in the vegetation, and the areas under the stockfish racks are often the most productive area to search for vagrants.

That was also where the highlight of the week was found; a nice young Citrine Wagtail (sitronerle) hang around the racks at Ystnes for three days at the end of the week.

A Spotted Flycatcher (gråfluesnapper) had also made it out to the island in the rough weather.

The number of Redwings (rødvingetrost) slightly increased during the week

The most visible passerines under such conditions are those that feed in the open, like Northern Wheatear (steinskvett) and Meadow Pipit (heipiplerke)

The Rosy Starling (rosenstær) was at Ystnes throughout the week, where it occupied the feeder and terrorised the local House Sparrows.

Ringing was reduced to a few hours when the wind slowed down, and out of the few birds ringed, a Lesser Whitetroat (møller) was the catch of the week.

Numbers of migrating shorebirds are below average, but a little group of Knots (polarsnipe) was  on the western coast of the island.

In the marshes the first flock of Pink-footed Geese (kortnebbgås) stopped over for a couple of days. A flock of European Wigeons (brunnakke) has also been present throughout the week.