Buzzards are on the move!A half hour walk around the village in the morning revealed calling green woodpecker - a localised breeder on the patch. Migration much in evidence with skylark and lapwing moving. Small flocks of whooper swans flew north, we had 32 in total. Six grey geese (almost certainly bean) slipped by high without calling.
The weather being so good we decided to get out of the house and head for the coast. Ten minutes later we were at Ranarpstrand. The Grytskaren skerries hosted a brief immature peregrine and a careful search through the distant cormorants revealed one shag. Offshore three Slavonian grebes looked good, although no sign of any summer-plumage yet. Migration still on the go here too with a further 23 whooper swans, a buzzard in-off, a single stock dove north (year-tick) and best of all two bean geese - at an identifiable altitude and calling. The latter were a much-wanted patch tick, result!
Back at home I spent the afternoon in the garden hoping for migrating cranes - but had to make do with five waxwing that occasionally perched in the trees overhead.
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