A clean 2K white-tailed eagle, one of two spotted flying together over the village this afternoon.Mrs B and I were out again this morning, walking the coast between Lervik and Ranarpstrand in the sun. A few great crested grebes were moving north offshore. Wigeon have been hard to come by lately, so 14 along this stretch were notable. Migrants were evident too with three shelduck, one ringed plover and a flock of 60 skylark during the walk. Grytskaren was hooching with birds that looked eager to get on with breeding. A flock of 200 eider was moored offshore and herring gulls were on site. Passerines were present too with at least 40 starlings, seven fieldfare and three rock pipits feeding along the foreshore. The best bird came at the end when a male peregrine cruised along the coastline from the south and dropped in for a rest.
Later whilst driving home we had two superb 2K white-tailed eagles near the village and a single migrating sparrowhawk. In the afternoon, I went out alone, for the first time since Nelly died. I checked out Glimminge and Vasaltheden and ended up sawing up strandline firewood and humping it to the car. Nice lot of birds on show with more shelduck (13) and ringed plover (13). A weird-looking mallard x wigeon hybrid was present again, with two wigeon and a handful of mallard. The south-facing pines on Vasaltheden had a few siskin, two curlew fed along the coast and a single stock dove batted south. Walking back through the plantation had a single treecreeper, over 50 siskin and another three stock dove. Birds are on the move and it lifts my spirits as usual.
Adult red kite, hunting over Vasaltheden today.
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