Saturday, April 26, 2008 - Torslandaviken adventures part one
Here, finally, is what we did in Torslandaviken April 22-23, or at least part of it. Will write more tonight.
Met up with D and arrived in Torslandaviken at about 6 AM. We wanted to collect lice from Linnets. A flock of over 30 had spent most of the early spring around the nearby golf course but were nowere to be seen this morning, so we went to mudderdammen (en: the dredge pond - Torslandaviken is a bay sealed off from the sea by a large deposit of dredging spoils on top of which a marsh-like environment has formed.). We put up two nets and scattered some hemp seed to lure the Linnets. They, however, persisted in flying past at higher altitudes and over the nets. We only got a Great Tit in five hours, so the expedition wasn't very successful scientifically. We got us some year ticks however (Willow Warbler, Blackcap, Sand Martin for me) and the weather was very nice, so it wasn't a wasted morning.
 Great Tit (Parus major) The catch of the day...
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27 year old birder from Gothenburg, Sweden.
Last year we twitched for year ticks. I ended up with 250 which is more than I had lifers when the year started. This year I'll go fairly easy on the year ticks (Though anything under 200 is shameful) but will instead aim for 300 life ticks in Sweden. A task and a half probably...
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Last ticks
• 280: Two-barred Crossbill
• 279: Atlantic Puffin
• 278: Little Egret
• 277: Rosy Starling
• 276: Ring-necked Duck
• 275: Red-footed Falcon
• 274: Black Grouse
• 273: Steller's Eider
• 272: Water pipit
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