Kicked off early again this morning, walking between Ripagården and Gröthögarna. Two cranes bugling right over my head woke me up. Barnacle geese (160) are still on the move. The seaweed at Dalen produced a single ruff, also two greenshank later on. Watching from the point produced plenty of razorbill (10) commuting past. Again small number sof red-throated divers on the move and two black-throated.
Took the kids to feed the ducks at Båstad after breakfast, a few scoter offshore and one male scaup (easily my latest on the patch). Headed for Klarningen next to have a good look round but the phone rang twice, Martin Ekenberg and Martin Åkesson were watching an alpine swift on Kullen (an hour south)... Alpine swift is a mega here evidently, judging by the attention this bird got. If birds like that were nearby I was determined to stay on patch and see what was about. We went up to Hovs Hallar for a look. Not much doing here in an hour and a half, just 6 swifts through!
A evening/night session beckoned as I still needed tawny and long-eared owl for the year and nightjars are in too. Started at Flytermossen where swifts were abundant (40) and a big flock of house martin (55) and barn swallow (20) were flying about. Nothing unusual in the reedbed. Checked the wetland at Norra Ängalag too, just two dunlin on the coast. Lastly I drove slowly round Älemossen - too cold for nightjars tonight, but did hear both tawny and long-eared owl.
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