SWEDEN - 11th July

Frequent showers through the morning was enough to cancel the ringing session but a little look at Löten in the morning produced the highlight of 2 Temminck’s Stints close to the watchpoint; other birds included 3 Little Ringed Plover, a Bar-tailed Godwit, 9 Ruff, 5 Curlew Sandpipers, 14 Dunlin, 14 Greenshank, 25 Wood Sandpipers, a Great White Egret and a distant White-tailed Eagle.   

The afternoon was spent in the forests in Garphyttan NP (40 minutes to the west) where the highlight comprised a juvenile Wryneck, a female Red-backed Shrike, 2 Black Woodpeckers, a pair of Wood Warblers carrying food (a Swedish tick!), a Sparrowhawk, 2 Spotted Flycatchers and at least 12 Tree Pipits.

Swallows

Wood Warbler