July, 2025

The main event this month was a two week trip to the island of Gotland. The weather was by far the warmest and sunniest this summer, make bird excursions a drag.

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.

July, 2023

A month that started out windy with a trip to the island of Gotland. Continued relatively cool with a stay at Färingsö and ended with heavy rains.

010 – Doppingar (Grebes)

Svarthakedopping (Podiceps auritus; Horned grebe)
Svarthalsad dopping (Podiceps nigricollis; Black-necked Grebe)
Smådopping (Tachybaptus ruficollis; Little grebe)
Skäggdopping (Podiceps cristatus; Great crested grebe)
Gråhakedopping (Podiceps grisegena; Red-necked grebe)