Similar conditions of yesterday but slightly less drizzly, dank and windy so we managed to open the nets at Fågelsjön which turned out to be a good session, highlighted by a cracking Jack Snipe caught at first light – an expected Swedish tick!
Other birds in the nets included 30 Reed Buntings, 15 Bearded Tits, a fine male Brambling, the first Redwing we’ve caught, a Blackcap and a few Chiffchaffs, Robins and tardy Reed Warblers; there wasn’t too much else flying in the poor weather but other bits seen included a Whooper Swan, 3 Goosander and single Marsh Harrier, Hen Harrier and White-tailed Eagle.
An hour’s watch from the bridge at Ason in the evening was predictably quiet but there was a nice flock of 9 Northern Long-tailed Tits in the bushes – the first ones I’ve seen here.
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