Red-backed shrikes have got a bit scarce this month - this 1K bird was my first and indicative of a slight fall of migrants at Ripagården. Had a mid-morning walk around Ripagården, with Number 2 and Mrs B today. Light rain fell throughout and it was grey and miserable. A few birds around though. A red-backed shrike in the car park suggested that there might be a few migrants about and there were, but only in low numbers. Highlights included a hunting 1K goshawk, a bar-tailed godwit, one sand martin sitting in the rain with 50 swallows, a garden warbler and two sedge warblers in the reedbed. The crested tit remains in the wood, in a flock of its colleagues. Whinchats (4) and wheatear (1) featured at Ripagården, and many more had dropped out overnight on the high ground along our meandering route home through the hills.
Mystery bird photo - I seem to specialise in these. 
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