We then headed to Allerumskog. Mrs B's map-reading allowed us to take in the sights and sounds of rural Skåne at some length until we finally arrived at the wetland that has hosted a pair of great white egrets for the past five days. Imagine our pleasure when on arrival we found two dogs swimming lazily in the lake... This site was however interesting for other reasons and soon it was heads down checking out invertebrates (the egrets were probably sky-dancing above us). The easy highlight here were my first Swedish map butterflies.
The kind of maps Mrs B enjoys. Map butterflies colonised SW Skåne in the early 90s and are obviously spreading north. Not sure if they have got to BK yet?The pool here was also good for dragonflies with teneral four-spot chasers much in evidence and a few hairy dragonflies flying about through the marginal vegetation. Nice one.
Hairy dragonfly - a Skåne tick for meDriving home with a double-dip safely in the bag we decided to lunch at Farhult - knot (1) was a year-tick.
FarhultPenultimate stop of the day was at Sandön where we were gob-smacked to find two white-winged black terns. [It transpired that other birders had seen them earlier but still self-found in my book]. A good reason not to carry a pager! Also here were at least eight little gulls, including a spanking adult.
Last stop of the day was a quick check on Ranarpstrand - nothing doing here really in a very quick check.
micro-tern
Yeah forget that twitching lark Phil !! Self found is the path to true enlightenment….. but then I feel I am probably preaching to the converted here…… And yes I know I am a total hypocrite !! I do occasionally crack and go off twitching stuff…. but I bet you got a much better buzz from those terns than you would have from someone else’s egrets !
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