April, 2022

A chilly Spring this year. I started attending a second Tuesday (early morning) club, out on the Mälarö islands (MOF in photo captions below). We also had a short visit to the island of Gotland over Easter. But now it’s time to start packing for the trip down to the Österlen in the south of Sweden for the next two weeks.

July, 2021

This post is dominated by our trip to island of Gotland, southeast of Stockholm. I’m not happy about the quality of the photos in general, blaming the often long distance, the hot weather (heat haze) and strong sun. I shoulld of course have been out early or late instead of mid day. That said, six new X’s was nice to achieve.

2021-04-29–05-15 Österlen

Another two week trip down to Brantevik via Alvesta. Our first week was mainly chilly, windy wet, but the weather picked up and the next batch of migratory birds started to arrive. I’m especially happy for getting good images of the Nightingale.

002 – Gäss (Geese)

Hybrid Grågås / Kanadagås
Grågås (Anser anser; Greylag goose)
Kanadagås (Branta canadensis; Canada goose)
Vitkindad gås (Branta leucopsis; Barnacle goose)
Gravand (Tadorna tadorna; Common shelduck)
Nilgås (Alopochen aegyptiaca; Egyptian goose)