A decent morning but still a bit breezy; the nets were very quiet at Rysjön but they did contain a nice variety of species which included an influx of 3 Red-backed Shrikes (the first ones we’ve caught for two weeks – don’t think I’ve seen any in this period either), a young female Bluethroat, another 2 Dunnocks, a Tree Pipit (the first one we’ve caught), a Garden Warbler and 5 Blackcaps while notable for their absence were both Reed and Sedge Warblers, only a single of each were caught.
Other birds of note comprised a ringtail PALLID HARRIER in the distance over the other side of the lake (I guess technically it should be put down as a Pallid / Montagu’s Harrier as I couldn’t say for sure which it was but Pallid is the most likely!), a Hobby, a Peregrine, c60 Barnacle Geese flying around and single Little Grebe and Slavonian Grebe on the lake while at least 6 Tree Pipits, 2 Brambling and a Redpoll were overhead.
A walk along the ‘Moose Road’ to the north of Kvismaren in the windy and showery afternoon was pretty quiet but there were good numbers of raptors around including a White-tailed Eagle, an Osprey and loads of Buzzards, one good feeding flock which contained, amongst others, 2 Willow Tits, 2 Crested Tits, a few Northern Long-tailed Tits and a Black Woodpecker and my first Swedish Red Squirrels.
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