SWEDEN - 1st July

A chilly morning with an ever-present threat of rain and a brisk wind, the ringing at Rysjön produced an Icterine Warbler, a Whinchat, a White Wagtail family and my first Swedish Chiffchaff – a recent fledgling (slightly surprising I’ve not caught up with them if they are breeding close to the ringing site.   Other birds here included 2 Black Woodpeckers flying through, 3 Great White Egrets and a big gathering of 450+ Swifts.   A little look at Löten and Hammarmaden in the late afternoon didn’t produce much new but certainly noteworthy was a big influx of 110+ Wood Sandpipers.

Wood Sandpipers