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Friday, April 17, 2009

Birding - 17/04/09

The small reedbed at Ripagården pulls in bearded tits on a regular basis. Water rail breeds.

Walked 8 km this morning between Glimminge Plantering and Dagshög and back, hoping for a stray ring ouzel. No luck but a pleasant day with a brisk NE wind made for a great walk. Unbelievably some sections of today's walk were new to me, but I have now walked all of the coastline of Båstad kommun (it only took two years!). Good birds trickled in through the session with the highlights being: shoveler (2), gadwall (1), greenshank (2), green sandpiper (2), whimbrel (1), yellow wagtail (1 - year-tick), lesser whitethroat (singing male - year-tick), blackcap (male - long overdue year-tick!). Whenever I go to Dagshög I always think I should spend more time there - it looks good for migrants.

Had time before lunch for a quick look at Ripagården, the reedbed had a lonely bearded tit. A water rail was squealing away, saw young last year and it looks like they have taken up residence again.

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