Night shift

Went out last night for a drive around. Although winds had been light during the day a breezy easterly picked up at dusk and made the whole session a bit of a trial. Doing the Älemossen circuit produced six roding woodcock but I could not hear any nightjars in the windy conditions. Luckily I got my year-tick, a bird picked up against the clear sky feeding high over a plantation at Brödalt. I met Martin Ekenberg half way round but he was faring no better. Driving down to the coast I checked Petersberg (singing thrush nightingale) and then Klarningen (brief burst of quail) before prematurely calling it off at midnight.