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Golden & White-tailed Eagles

The 2.nd session for the season was equally successful with Golden & White-tailed Eagles coming close to the hide, offering good views and photo possibilities. Ulf Jonfelt got these pictures. If...

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Hawk Owls moving around

There´s been a few Hawk owls reported this late autumn. However they don´t seem to stay in one place for very long. Remains to see if we will get some in wintering territories.

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100´s of Waxwings

100´s of Waxwings where foraging along my street downtown Västerås today. Poor light all day so high iso but irresistable birds.

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Goshawk presence

Great day for raptor photography from our hides in the Black River Valley yesterday. Snow and brilliant light. This Goshawk female was present for a long time in front of Lennart Hyse and Lars...

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The Skulker

The most skulking bird in the swedish forest is the Hazel Grouse. After perhaps a year without even a glimpse of this descrete, little beauty, 2 males walked up on the forest track in front of my car....

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Hawk & Ural owl in the Black River Valley

It´s been a good last few days for birds and photography in the Black River Valley, Västmanland. Here´s a few samples. Hawk- and Ural Owl, Nutcrackers, Whooper Swans.

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Three Owls in a day

It was a great day yesterday (despite low clouds and poor light) with a bunch of great birds in the Black River area. Starting with a very unshy Great Grey Owl in broad daylight, soon after a Hawk Owl,...

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Another Hawk Owl

Another at least two Hawk Owls was spotted near Västerås recently. Got reasonably close to one of them just before dusk today. Always a great bird to see!

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Great Grey Owls in new places

There seem to be Great Grey Owls around in some new places this spring. We are starting to hope this might be a better breeding season than last year. Although we had summering GGO´s in the area but...

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White-fronted Geese on passage

Yesterday there where White-fronted Geese present on several locations in my local area. The clear morning sky saw a flock of 60-70 flying northwards rather high up at Asköviken. I heard their piercing...

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Scarce Tortoiseshell pop-up!

This weekend I saw a Scarce Tortoiseshell (Videfuks in swedish) at the birding site Asköviken near Västerås - a - still scarce - butterfly that is one of my favorites and that I feel I have a special...

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Capercaillie high season

The leking season of Capercaillies are in full swing now. After a cold period with northerly winds the last few days have been more calm and slightly warmer. And that gives effect on the leking Grouse....

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Northern Lynx sightings

There seem to be several Northern Lynx in the Black River area right now. Local nature conservation authorities report from camera traps of one or possibly two different females with cubs. I got lucky...

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Montague´s Harrier arrival

Last week I saw the first Montague´s Harrier for the season, a female near Fläcksjön in the Black River Valley. Today the first male appeared as we drove past the large open fields of Saladamm, north...

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Irish Damselfly! Finally!

Crescent Bluet, a.k.a. Irish Damselfly (Coenagrion lunulatum) is one of few damselflies I have not (knowingly) seen before. Damsels have just started to fly here and last week when I was out...

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Eurasian Baskettail in Fläckebo

Yesterday when doing garden work, a larger Dragonfly passed by and caught my eye. I noticed the wings where very smokey brown and it puzzled me. Luckily it landed in the rough grass not far away. I...

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Frejas Fritillary at last

On my third attempt I finally spotted my first two Frejas Fritillaries in the county of Västmanland. It flies in the same habitat as Pearl-bordered Fritillary here, but in comparison it´s slightly...

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Yellow-spotted Whiteface memories

Yellow-spotted Whiteface (Leucorrhinia pectoralis) is a nice, not so common little dragonfly that I am lucky to know some sites for. I saw at least a dozen on a real hotspot for dragons and damsels...

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Good times for Osprey

Had a really good session with fishing Ospreys on Lake Mälaren the other day. Wind and light worked to our advantage and boy did we get Ospreys coming….close and repeatedly. And the best part of the...

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White-letter Hairstreak garden tick

The White-letter Hairstreak (Satyrium w-album) is a butterfly not very easy to see here in Västmanland. With the Elm decease it seems to have disappeared (since Elm is the host plant for the species)...

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Deciphering damselflies

As you might remember I was happy about finding Irish Damselfly (Coenagrion lunulatum) on a bog in my area earlier this year. The other day I went out and did my best to photograph damsels on another...

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Record Great Grey Owl season!

The Great Grey Owl colonized this part of Sweden from the mid 1990´s and since the year 2000 we have had an active breeding site not far from Västerås. For long it´s been known as the southernmost...

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Montague´s Harrier breeding

After many days of unsuccessful Harrier-hunting I finally found a breeding site yesterday. Interestingly also 2 females around the nesting site at the same time and after 3,5 hours of waiting the male...

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Grey phalarope visit

A Grey Phalarope from some arctic shore landed on a tiny islet in the inland lake Hjälmaren and spent at least 4 days. We got lucky to see it on it´s last evening present. It´s very unusual that rare...

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Exceptional Swallowtail

The Common Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) is one of the most stunning butterflies in the north of Europe. It really looks too exotic to be flying even north of the Arctic circle…but it does. Normal...

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