SWEDEN - 25th June

A nice morning ringing at Rysjön produced a Thrush Nightingale and the first fledgling Sedge Warblers and Reed Bunting; birds seen from the tower included a female Montagu’s Harrier which flew across the back, my first two Swedish Pochard, the two Great White Egrets, a calling Wryneck, at least four Cuckoos going mad with lots of female bubbling calls heard, a brief reeling Savi’s Warbler and a Hobby.   A little look at Löten in the evening saw slight increases in wader numbers including 48+ Wood Sandpipers, 8 Spotted Redshank, 5 Redshank, a Little Ringed Plover, 22 Ruff, a Green Sandpiper, a Greenshank and the first post-breeding flock of 85 Lapwing that I’ve seen.

Fledgling Sedge Warbler

Thrush Nightingale

Male Blue-headed Wagtail

Female Blue-headed Wagtail

Red-necked Grebe

Common Tern

Hobby