tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52443363234077051112024-03-13T08:35:58.371-07:00Daniel´s birdblogWelcome to my blog about birds, butterflies, moths and other aspects of nature that I mainly enjoy in Svartådalen – The Black River Valley, in the county Västmanland, Sweden.
This is my turf, where I love to be, where me and my family have a house (in the lovely village Fläckebo), and where I also share a lot of nature experience with visiting people from all around.Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12219995993293120062noreply@blogger.comBlogger998125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244336323407705111.post-79885180653239847152020-07-26T01:50:00.004-07:002020-07-26T01:50:50.225-07:00Exceptional Swallowtail The Common Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) is one of the most stunning butterflies in the north of Europe. It really looks too exotic to be flying even north of the Arctic circle…but it does. Normal years we get them from mid- late May. The cold period in May delayed them a bit this year, but they had a very strong season anyhow. Yesterday - 2 months after the first generation started to fly - a see a newly hatched specimen in the Black River valley. I have never seen a 2.nd generation up here, although they regularly have one in the southwest of Sweden. At the same time my garden is full of Small tortoiseshell caterpillars. They normally don´t produce a 2.nd generation either. Just another 2 examples of a very different butterfly season and maybe climate related.<br />
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<br />Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12219995993293120062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244336323407705111.post-38823561680721978382020-07-21T23:37:00.000-07:002020-07-21T23:37:01.959-07:00Grey phalarope visitA Grey Phalarope from some arctic shore landed on a tiny islet in the inland lake Hjälmaren and spent at least 4 days. We got lucky to see it on it´s last evening present. It´s very unusual that rare waders in summertime spend more than one or two days. Inland finds of this bird are extremely rare and it was only the 2.nd record for the county Västmanland. The bird was moulting from summer to winter plumage and seemed to loose it´s color day by day. On monday evening it was less active than in the mornings and we only saw it resting on the same rock all the time, allowing quite close approach (by boat). The tiny reef Nyckelgrundet in the middle of Hjälmaren is a bit of a bird magnet and we also enjoyed Caspian Terns (5), Red Knots (5), Black Terns (12), Little Gulls (13), Dunlin, Ringed Plover, Oystercatchers, etc. When an Osprey flew past, the Phalarope made itself flat, pressed on to the rock for a while. A great bird to see and a great excursion in good company this beautiful summer´s evening.<br />
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<br />Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12219995993293120062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244336323407705111.post-84736057933513931442020-07-15T06:03:00.003-07:002020-07-21T23:37:23.101-07:00Montagu´s Harrier breeding After many days of unsuccessful Harrier-hunting I finally found a breeding site yesterday. Interestingly also 2 females around the nesting site at the same time and after 3,5 hours of waiting the male came around a couple of times. Above all one of the females actively hunted, caught and delivered prey to the nest about every 30 minutes. Quite a frequency! This is the first breeding I find this year and I do think there are more to come. The Montagu´s Harrier is a declining species in Sweden but they seem to have a good breeding year. Supposedly after a good winter with huge masses of grasshoppers in east Africa. Here they are on their northern limit. The counties of Västmanland and Uppland are the northernmost areas with breeding sites in Sweden. The island Öland is the stronghold for the species. I only got some distant pictures of this very capable female yesterday but maybe next time I will get the male too.<br />
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<br />Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12219995993293120062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244336323407705111.post-67798508311299459872020-07-06T04:50:00.001-07:002020-07-06T04:50:54.325-07:00Record Great Grey Owl season!The Great Grey Owl colonized this part of Sweden from the mid 1990´s and since the year 2000 we have had an active breeding site not far from Västerås. For long it´s been known as the southernmost regular breeding site in Sweden. This year (like last year) the breeding attempt failed and Great Grey Owls got difficult to see in the area. However during the summer rumours have spread about other breeding pairs and it proves that no less than 15 (!) new sites have been found in the north and west of the county - many of them found randomly and sometimes by forest workers who have been attacked by the Owl parents when they´ve come too close to chicks on the ground. Apparently there are enough voles to support them this year. Surprising since the east parts of Västmanland had very few breeding Ural owls this season for instance. Nonetheless, a pair of brothers have started a project with the ambition to ring as many as possible of the females and chicks, using a mist net to catch the adult bird. The first bird to be caught was already ringed…in Norway! Now being at least 5 years old. In total 23 chicks and 3 adults have been ringed, plus this norwegian bird "controlled" as we ringers say. These brothers - Mikael and Patrik Rhönnstad - also know to Birdsafarisweden-visitors for guiding in the area - have built and put up 38 platforms for Great Grey Owls to breed on. We now hope that this is just a building up year and next year will become even better. But nobody knows. What we have learned about Owls through the years here its how unpredictable they are. Anyway this year summarize as a remarkable record year for Great Grey Owl (and the ringing of them) in Västmanland. It´s probably a record for central Sweden in all.<br />
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<br />Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12219995993293120062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244336323407705111.post-68761379511922772020-07-06T02:34:00.004-07:002020-07-06T02:34:45.500-07:00Deciphering damselfliesAs you might remember I was happy about finding Irish Damselfly (Coenagrion lunulatum) on a bog in my area earlier this year. The other day I went out and did my best to photograph damsels on another site. Found no less than 3 different species among only about double that amount of individuals. Arctic Bluet (Coenagrion johanssoni) was new for the site for me (and certainly one of our international attractions here) but Spearhead Bluet (Coenagrion hastulatum) was new even for my county list. There was also Variable Bluet (Coenagrion pulchellum) which is a more common species. The others might well be overlooked though, since not many people look for them and it takes some detailed scrutiny to decipher them. Great fun nature detective work though! Below Arctic Bluet (see the "sfinx-marking" on segment 2), Spearhead Bluet (thor´s hammer on S2) and Variable Bluet (with broken shoulder line) in order of appearance.<br />
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<br />Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12219995993293120062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244336323407705111.post-39457679531136805512020-07-02T02:52:00.002-07:002020-07-02T02:52:12.006-07:00White-letter Hairstreak garden tick The White-letter Hairstreak (Satyrium w-album) is a butterfly not very easy to see here in Västmanland. With the Elm decease it seems to have disappeared (since Elm is the host plant for the species) from previously known areas. Although they do re-appear and sometimes in unexpected places. Last year I had one on my backyard downtown Västerås, now one specimen suddenly sat in front of me on a Jasmine-bush in my garden in Fläckebo. A first for the garden! Since there are no Elm trees nearby I wonder if they can adapt to other host plants?<br />
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<span class="st"> </span>Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12219995993293120062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244336323407705111.post-40979465564037468262020-07-02T02:46:00.003-07:002020-07-02T02:46:48.723-07:00Good times for Osprey<span data-offset-key="7brn-0-0">Had a really good session with fishing Ospreys on Lake Mälaren the other day. Wind and light worked to our advantage and boy did we get Ospreys coming….close and repeatedly. And the best part of the season is yet to come, soon both parents will take more active part in the fishing and in August the fledglings will appear by the boat too. If you´re interested in this unique opportunity to photograph Osprey catching fish at close distance you should consider booking a morning.</span> There are still a few dates available in August. Read more: https://www.birdsafarisweden.com/safari__osprey.html<br />
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<br />Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12219995993293120062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244336323407705111.post-44161183426195227662020-06-21T09:16:00.000-07:002020-06-21T09:16:01.876-07:00Yellow-spotted Whiteface memoriesYellow-spotted Whiteface (Leucorrhinia pectoralis) is a nice, not so common little dragonfly that I am lucky to know some sites for. I saw at least a dozen on a real hotspot for dragons and damsels yesterday. I remember my very first that where shown to me by some visiting british bird watchers, Glyn Sellors and his humorous, lovely bunch of guys of which sadly at least 2 are not among us anymore. Thank you for all the good laughs Mike & Mike & Glynn!<br />
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Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12219995993293120062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244336323407705111.post-29897726140960817042020-06-12T13:35:00.003-07:002020-06-12T13:35:50.273-07:00Frejas Fritillary at lastOn my third attempt I finally spotted my first two Frejas Fritillaries in the county of Västmanland. It flies in the same habitat as Pearl-bordered Fritillary here, but in comparison it´s slightly bigger and duller in coloration, both features visible in flight. Only when you get a proper look you can see the different pattern and the white X on the underwing. I´ve been trying many times through the years to see this butterfly here on it´s southern limit. It´s a northern species much more common on moors and heathland up in the mountains of Lapland. Although known from only a couple of sites, with very few records per year here, this year also revealed new sites which indicates it´s likely to be overlooked after all.<br />
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Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12219995993293120062noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244336323407705111.post-52144176310718874892020-06-08T11:58:00.001-07:002020-06-08T11:58:11.301-07:00Eurasian Baskettail in FläckeboYesterday when doing garden work, a larger Dragonfly passed by and caught my eye. I noticed the wings where very smokey brown and it puzzled me. Luckily it landed in the rough grass not far away. I gently approached till I could get a proper view in my bins and what I saw made me stunned. It looked like a Eurasian Baskettail! (Ephiteca bimaculata) - a species I had only seen once ever before and just flying over a river, not landing to perch. So I did not get any pictures that time. Now this guy sat still right in front of me and remained for a couple of hours, probably very newly hatched. I called my friend and dragon-enthusiast Markus Rehnberg and asked if he´d ever seen one of these in the county? He replied "I have now"! He was just standing on another spot (by a different lake some 40 km away) where he could see several specimen, also sitting in the vegetation as if newly hatched. These creatures are know as notorious "flying-dragons", very difficult to see perched. On average 3,5 records have been reported annually the last 6 years in the county. Needless to say, I was very happy to see and photograph this great looking dragonfly. Today I saw several individuals by the lake, and flying over meadows. Clearly this species is overlooked and probably much more common than we know.<br />
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Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12219995993293120062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244336323407705111.post-73702334288167289332020-06-08T11:34:00.001-07:002020-06-08T11:34:08.317-07:00Irish Damselfly! Finally!Crescent Bluet, a.k.a. Irish Damselfly (Coenagrion lunulatum) is one of few damselflies I have not (knowingly) seen before. Damsels have just started to fly here and last week when I was out butterflying on a bog, I photographed the only blue damsel I saw in that habitat. At a closer look on the computer I started to see characteristics known for C. lunulatum; green underside, green eyes, the wings covered segment 2 so I couldn´t see that, but the tail pattern looked good. Finally the blue spots on the top of the head where clearly separated. I consulted a few friends and experts who all confirmed my suspicion, indeed it was a Coenagrion lunulatum. My first ever and a species (although probably heavily overlooked) with just a handful of records reported in the county. Most other records from more deciduous areas with smaller wetlands. I did not expect to find it on a pine bog! It is however not unknown to appear in such habitats as well.<br />
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Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12219995993293120062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244336323407705111.post-38216697387284127932020-05-11T09:13:00.001-07:002020-05-11T09:13:02.925-07:00Montague´s Harrier arrivalLast week I saw the first Montague´s Harrier for the season, a female near Fläcksjön in the Black River Valley. Today the first male appeared as we drove past the large open fields of Saladamm, north of Sala. I got some half decent/half crap pictures but it´s such a delightful bird I will share them anyway. They are probably the best I ever got anyway! This is a special year for me since I have received the honorable mission to survey this species in our county (Västmanland). A task I very much look forward too since it is a real favorite bird of mine. It´s also a scarce breeding bird with only a few pairs in the area and not even every year. They are quite eruptive and unpredictable, turning up and disappearing. Difficult to survey too, since they hunt over vast areas and are very secretive around the nest.<br />
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<br />Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12219995993293120062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244336323407705111.post-61929466268210167772020-04-29T02:26:00.002-07:002020-04-29T02:26:24.033-07:00Northern Lynx sightingsThere seem to be several Northern Lynx in the Black River area right now. Local nature conservation authorities report from camera traps of one or possibly two different females with cubs. I got lucky to see a single adult male on this passed saturday 25:th of April, slowly walking in front of my car as I drove a quiet forest track. Unfortunately it disappeared behind a bend before I got my camera out. Since I was guiding I focused to make the clients see it, which they didn´t. They could have - because it was just in front of their vehicle, but they focused on a bird in a tree top at that (crucial) moment...This picture of a presumed male, was taken on the 22:nd April by Håkan Olsson from his photo-hide for Capercaillie at the same site as Birdsafarisweden operates a few miles away. There´s also another adult male with a transmitter necklace moving in the area.<br />
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Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12219995993293120062noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244336323407705111.post-46231304378421301802020-04-21T07:25:00.001-07:002020-04-21T07:25:25.651-07:00Capercaillie high seasonThe leking season of Capercaillies are in full swing now. After a cold period with northerly winds the last few days have been more calm and slightly warmer. And that gives effect on the leking Grouse. Ulf Jonfelt (www.jonfelt.se) got these pictures from one of our hide this very morning.<br />
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Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12219995993293120062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244336323407705111.post-43571602903187882782020-03-31T04:31:00.003-07:002020-03-31T04:31:39.938-07:00Scarce Tortoiseshell pop-up!This weekend I saw a Scarce Tortoiseshell (Videfuks in swedish) at the birding site Asköviken near Västerås - a - still scarce - butterfly that is one of my favorites and that I feel I have a special relationship with. When I started seriously with butterflies 2006/2007 the Scarce Tortoiseshell or Yellow-legged Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis xanthomelas) - was a rare species in Sweden, only known from few sites. In my efforts to see all Swedish butterflies I did several long excursions to the southeast trying to see it in Blekinge and Öland (with Pav Johnsson fort instance), but all in vain. In July 2012 a major influx hit Sweden from the east and I went out to the island Runmarö in the Stockholm archipelago, with my wife Anne and a friend (Clas Tegerstrand) and got to see my first ever specimen, with kind help from Anders Haglund (they where in fact in his garden - on a sapping tree). Read the blogpost if you like:<br />
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The following spring I stumbled upon 2 more videfuks in Färna ekopark, when bird guiding with Mikael Rhönnstad and they stayed to be twitched by Markus Rehnberg and Niclas Lignell from Västerås. They where the first (twitchable) in the region. Hopes that they would establish a steady population (no lack of host plants - willow and sallow) came to shame with a really wet and cold summer following the invasion. Since then they have been seen irregularly and in low numbers. After a couple of poor years we saw a spark of hope again 2019 with some specimen seen in the area in late summer. I had already spoke to some people about it this year and as I headed out this weekend I had it in mind, since a previous record on the same spot a couple of years ago. Also on this occasion I had just met Niclas (Lignell) on his way home (who told me he´d been thinking the same…and been looking for it), so on the discovery I called him and he rushed back to see this attractive butterfly. It struck me as so bright brick orange, and soaring around it looked big and powerful, I knew instantly what it was. It kept in the same spot for a good hour or so, chasing away Smal Tortoiseshell and Peacocks who came to close, clearly establishing a territory here. A female Adder and a lot of Blue Wood Anemonies added to this first really spring-like day this year. (T-shirt for a while even) :)<br />
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<br />Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12219995993293120062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244336323407705111.post-74087331595887766402020-03-29T11:14:00.001-07:002020-03-29T11:14:35.308-07:00White-fronted Geese on passageYesterday there where White-fronted Geese present on several locations in my local area. The clear morning sky saw a flock of 60-70 flying northwards rather high up at Asköviken. I heard their piercing calls from far away. Later in the afternoon at least 250 birds where staging/ feeding near Hjälstaviken together with some Bean Geese and Barnacles too. I find these birds fascinating (the White-fronts). Not only have they increased noticeable in the last decades (used be a scarce bird or at least not numerous), but they also tend to stay longer in spring, especially the 100 or so that stage every spring in the Black River Valley. They often linger well into May and stay behind weeks after the more early Bean Geese. That makes me wonder where these birds actually breed? How far into Russia do they fly? Because certainly they don´t breed in Scandinavia. It would be interesting if somebody could raise some funds and start a project to put some transmitters on a few of the White-fronts on spring passage in the Black River area for instance!<br />
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<br />Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12219995993293120062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244336323407705111.post-53183695219340813732020-03-27T08:10:00.000-07:002020-03-27T08:10:00.035-07:00Great Grey Owls in new placesThere seem to be Great Grey Owls around in some new places this spring. We are starting to hope this might be a better breeding season than last year. Although we had summering GGO´s in the area but none bread. Surveys indicate good presence of Ural owls and Pygmy owls too, so it looks hopeful of the birds at least.<br />
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<br />Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12219995993293120062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244336323407705111.post-2641566072817787862020-01-08T09:43:00.001-08:002020-01-08T09:43:39.077-08:00Another Hawk OwlAnother at least two Hawk Owls was spotted near Västerås recently. Got reasonably close to one of them just before dusk today. Always a great bird to see!<br />
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<br />Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12219995993293120062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244336323407705111.post-25397635704312775232019-12-24T11:33:00.002-08:002019-12-24T11:33:44.367-08:00Three Owls in a dayIt was a great day yesterday (despite low clouds and poor light) with a bunch of great birds in the Black River area. Starting with a very unshy Great Grey Owl in broad daylight, soon after a Hawk Owl, adding on Hazel Grouse, Golden Eagle, White-tailed Eagle, several Black Grouse and just by dusk a Ural Owl in hunting mode at very close range.<br />
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Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12219995993293120062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244336323407705111.post-23368372384476301632019-12-19T12:51:00.002-08:002019-12-19T12:51:44.226-08:00Hawk & Ural owl in the Black River ValleyIt´s been a good last few days for birds and photography in the Black
River Valley, Västmanland. Here´s a few samples. Hawk- and Ural Owl,
Nutcrackers, Whooper Swans.<br />
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<br />Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12219995993293120062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244336323407705111.post-47235700443679245652019-12-17T01:35:00.000-08:002019-12-17T01:35:00.045-08:00The SkulkerThe most skulking bird in the swedish forest is the Hazel Grouse. After perhaps a year
without even a glimpse of this descrete, little beauty, 2 males walked up on the forest track in front of my car. Drab weather and poor light but
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Valley yesterday. Snow and brilliant light. This Goshawk female was
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<br />Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12219995993293120062noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244336323407705111.post-83711112673894291252019-11-14T10:29:00.001-08:002019-11-14T10:29:37.343-08:00Hawk Owls moving aroundThere´s been a few Hawk owls reported this late autumn. However they don´t seem to stay in one place for very long. Remains to see if we will get some in wintering territories.<br />
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<br />Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12219995993293120062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244336323407705111.post-4109544458699056482019-11-12T09:55:00.000-08:002019-11-12T09:55:09.435-08:00Golden & White-tailed EaglesThe 2.nd session for the season was equally successful with Golden & White-tailed Eagles coming close to the hide, offering good views and photo possibilities. Ulf Jonfelt got these pictures. If you are interested you are welcome to visit us in the Black River Valley and book our comfortable hide (with heater and loo) for a session or two. Read more here: https://www.birdsafarisweden.com/safari_eagle_photo.html<br />
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