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Saturday, April 25, 2009

Patch tick - ring ouzel at last!

A dawn session before working on the house finally produced a ring ouzel! Hurrah! I was starting to get a bit depressed thinking I had missed it again this spring...

Drove into the car park at Ripagården, got out of the car and heard a ring ouzel straight away in nearby scrub. It flew and perched well nearby and I was chuffed. Fantastic view of a female - best look I have had for years. Next on the patch 'most wanted'-list is short-eared owl...

Walked around Ripagården in a daze but could not fail to notice the other year-ticks on view - a huge influx of house martin had obviously occurred overnight (seen at several sites during the day), wood sandpiper (1, fly-by) and a single whinchat (cracking singing male).

Checked out Flyttermossen (Torekov) on the way home and had a superb flyover 2K hobby. In the afternoon we went to grill sausages on the beach at Stora Hultstrand and had the first little terns of the year. Six year-ticks and not a cloud in the sky - nice one.

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