Spent a couple of hours with Number 2 at Klarningen this morning. There were very few birds about and those that remained were very jumpy. The best bird of the session, an adult cuckoo, caused mayhem when it overflew the wetland. This was my first September cuckoo in Sweden. Clearly something had disturbed the birds before our arrival, probably raptors.
The pair of whooper swans remains, along with wigeon (4), teal (63) and shoveler (5). Raptors were on the move again with marsh harrier (3), hen harrier (1K), red kite (1) and sparrowhawk (1) through. Waders gave a poor show, apart from 150 lapwing, there were just six snipe and one greenshank.
A quick look at Petersberg produced a flyby black woodpecker and a little grebe (only my second at the site). On the way home we scored a swift travelling up Sinarpsdalen, swifts have got very scarce lately as usual and are always nice to see in September.
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