A nice morning ringing at Rysjön, calm and bright but the wind did pick up later; the nets were pretty busy, especially at the start with a good turnover of Chiffchaffs, Blackcaps, Goldcrests, Robins, Dunnocks, Redpolls, Siskins and Reed Buntings but there were no real stand-out birds in the catch.
Other birds seen included a confusing array of Geese on the lake which included at least 19 Pink-footed Geese and c20 Tundra Bean Geese in amongst 250+ Taiga Bean Geese but despite great views there were several that I couldn’t really put a name to, a Little Grebe, a Grey Plover heard overhead, 2 Ruff, a Bittern flying across the back, at least 3 Hen Harriers quartering the back fields including an adult male, a White-tailed Eagle and at least 2 Tree Pipits still in the fields.
I didn’t do too much else but an hour spent on the bridge at Hammarmaden in the evening was productive with my first Swedish White-fronted Goose (a single adult) with 600+ Taiga Bean Geese and 1,800+ Barnacle Geese, 2 Great White Egrets, 2 Hen Harriers, 2 distant Rough-legged Buzzards, my first 4 Mistle Thrushes for Kvismaren and a decent flock of 65+ Goldfinches.
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