Tag: Buskskvätta (Saxicola rubetra; Whinchat)

May, 2026

My May bird photos, with exception of the “Skåne de luxe” trip. Except home grounds in Bromma and Färingsö, I visited Blidö, and the Österlen area (mainly Brantevik).

2026-05-28–31 Skåne de luxe

Another great four-day excursion with Henrik W. We saw or heard something like 130 different species of birds. I managed to capture images of three species I did not have before.

2025-05-01–04 Öland with Henrik

A four day birding excursion from Stockholm to the sothern part of island Öland. We were around 25 people in a comfortable bus and stayed at the Ottenby hostel. As usual, many early mornings.

This kind of trip often have birds far away from where we are and really requires a spotting scope, but I don’t own one and my longest camera lens is 840 mm (with the tele converter). (If I understand this corretly, that is about 30% reach as compared to a scope with 60 times magnification.) As a result I often have to crop the images significantly. Another problem is that a few photos were shot through the bus window, that does not help either. So you will have to excuse the quality of some pictures.

May, 2024, the first half

An early May update as I’m going on a birding trip. May has treated us well with the last eight days on +20 C and ony a single night with frost.

2023-05-25–28 Österlen deluxe

A luxury four day trip to beautiful Österlen with single room accomodation and breakfast + dinner included. Led by Henrik W, we observed around 135 bird species, but I was of course not able to photograph them all. And as usual, some of the ones I did get, are not identifyable by the image – you’ll have to trust us.