A surprisingly nice morning, bright and sunny with lighter NW winds than expected (although they inevitably picked up later on); the nets had a few birds but nothing really different, another three Dunnocks, a Brambling and some Reed Buntings the highlights.
There was a good selection of other stuff around, some of which was encouraged by the fine weather and slight swing of the wind into the NW with my first Rough-legged Buzzard of the autumn over and a massive influx of Geese onto Rysjön comprising 1,190+ Barnacle Geese and 100+ Taiga Bean Geese with the millions of Greylags along with 2 Little Grebes, a ringtail Hen Harrier, 2 White-tailed Eagles, a Peregrine and a bit of an irruption of 17+ Jays (including a flock of 13).
A good walk in the afternoon to Löten and back was also productive especially for raptors with another beautiful Rough-legged Buzzard in the fields opposite Vallen and many, many White-tailed Eagles – I don’t really know how many there were, the most I saw together was five but there were four very high ones just before this; other birds included plenty more Barnacle and Taiga Bean Geese, a Great White Egret and a Tree Pipit.
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