A very windy morning for the first ringing session at my new site of Getteröns near Varberg, south of Gothenburg; despite the conditions we still struggled up to around 50 new birds, mainly Robins, Reed Buntings and Chiffchaffs.
A walk in the afternoon out to the headland west of the reserve produced a range of new Swedish ticks comprising 3 Stonechats, at least 6 Eiders offshore along with a single 1cy Black Guillemot, 5 Brent Geese and a single distant Gannet; there was also a scattering of migrants around the place consisting of Goldcrests, Chiffchaffs, Robins, Song Thrushes, Meadow Pipits, Skylarks, a Wheatear and high numbers of Reed Buntings around the coast. Other birds seen included a Hen Harrier seemingly coming in off, 2 Pintail and a Slavonian Grebe with good numbers of Goosander, Red-breasted Mergansers and Goldeneye, a couple of White-tailed Eagles and a Greenshank with a few Bar-tailed Godwits and Grey Plover.
An hour and a half in the evening spent overlooking the bay from the Obs then produced 1,190+ Cranes coming into roost, 6 Taiga Bean Geese, a ringtail Hen Harrier, an adult male Peregrine, a Marsh Harrier, at least 4 White-tailed Eagles, 13 Goosander, single Spotted Redshank and Greenshank with Ruff and Dunlin, 2 Great White Egrets, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls in with plenty of big Gulls coming into roost (presumably intermedius birds) and a Kingfisher.
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