Same yet again although the sun broke through for about an hour late morning, the nets were quiet with just a handful of Common Redpolls but there was plenty of other stuff to see.
The highlight was finding a drake Green-winged Teal feeding just below the house, it hadn’t finished its moult yet (especially the flanks) so the pattern was indistinct so it was a case of grilling it to make sure the less-than-complete vertical white stripes were even on both sides and they were!
Other birds included a redhead Smew flying high over the house, a Woodcock flushed from just outside the house, 14 Whooper Swans (including a new family party which flew in from the north), 14 Pintail and a Grey Wagtail.
The point was quiet at lunchtime before a look at the mouth of the bay from Sillhallsvik produced the usual wildfowl including a female Scaup, 16 Shoveler and 15 Whooper Swans while a Bullfinch was new for me there, 3 White-tailed Eagles were feeding on something and a big female Sparrowhawk flew across the water from the north.
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