Sunday, May 11, 2008 - Riverside stroll
Instead of a trip for Dotterel we took an afternoon walk along river Lärjeån (the Lärje river). As the river valley is just behind my house I went out a bit before we were supposed to meet and tried to get pics of Wood Warbler. Also found a Lesser Spotted Woodpecker.
 Wood Warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix)
 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos minor)
When we got down to the river, the first birds we observed were the resident Mandarin Ducks, which I had known about for a long time but never seen before. No tick though, since they've obviously escaped from a park or suchlike.
 Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata) Feral couple (part of the female is visible top center)
We had hoped to year tick Spotted Flycatcher but failed, so no year ticks (except Mandarin Duck) but some month- and year-month ticks. The strangest observation was a Yellowhammer, quite out of it's element, perching on a branch near the water surface.
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About Me
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
• 271: Eurasian Pygmy Owl
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