SWEDISH RARITY REPORT January 1-11, 1998
An extraordinary mild period in southern Sweden, sunny and +8 today, also mild but
very snowy in northern Sweden, especially in Ångermanland.
Last days some influx of for exampleShelduck (Tadorna tadorna), pigeons, larks and
Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) in southern Sweden. Still few finches, siskins and crossbills
around.
Got me a Swedish tick today :-)) Desert Wheatear, see below.
Erling
Sources: E-mail from the Swedish hotline Club 300 + local reports.
Most of the rarities listed below are not official Swedish records until accepted
by national or local rarities committees.
Abbreviations : m=male, f=female, 2y=second calender year age, s=summer plumage w=winter
plumage
English name/alt. Eng. name , Scientific name (Swedish name)
Number, sex, place (Province) date
Great Northern Diver/Great Northern Loon, Gavia immer (svartnäbbad islom)
1 subad at Hindens Udde in Lake Vänern (Västergötland) 2-4.1, 1 at Hoburgen (Gotland)
-4.1, 1 passing south at Skanör (Scania) 3.1 and 1 wintering as usual at Haväng (Scania).
Shag/European Shag, Phalacrocorax aristoteles (toppskarv)
4 at Malön (Halland) 2.1.
Pink-backed Pelican, Pelecanus rufescens (rosaryggad pelikan)
This probable escape (but not ringed), a subad, has stayed at Timmernabben (Småland)
since November.
Lesser White-fronted Goose, Anser erythropus (fjällgås)
1 ad with colour ring W. Huseby (Småland) -4.1.
Red-breasted Goose, B. ruficollis (rödhalsad gås)
2 ad at Vombs ängar (Scania) 1-10.1, probably it was one of these two that was found
SE Furuhus mosse (Scania) 11.1.
Red-crested Pochard, Netta rufina (rödhuvad dykand)
The male in Lake Krankesjön (Scania) is back as usual. Seen during the whole period.
King Eider, Somateria spectabilis (praktejder)
1 m w at Kullaberg (Scania) 5.1.
Steller's Eider, Polysticta stelleri (alförrädare)
1 m at Påskalla (Småland) 5-6.1.
Black Kite, Milvus migrans (brun glada)
1 2y at Ystad (Scania), still there today 11.1. Missing feathers in the left wing.
Iceland Gull, Larus glaucoides (vitvingad trut)
1 juv at Vassbotten, Vänersborg (Västergötland) 4-5.1.
Glaucous Gull, L. hyperboreus (vittrut)
1 2y at Vänersborg-Trollhättan area (Västergötland) -5.1, 1 ad Falsterbo (Scania)
2.1, 1 2y at Värmdö (Uppland) -2.1, 1 2y at Flundreviken (Gotland) 2-3.1, 1 2y at
Marsviken and Hummelvik, S. Nyköping (Södermanland) 3-10.1, 1 3y at Simrishamn (Scania)
3.1, 1 subad at Vickleby (Öland) 6.1.
Pomarine Skua/Pomarine Jaeger, Stercorarius pomarinus (bredstjärtad labb)
1 2y passing south at Simrishamn (Scania) 3.1.
Little Auk, Alle alle (alkekung)
Scattered along the west coast, for example 74 in Båstad (Scania) 3.1 and 268 5.1
and lots around the Bjäre peninsula 4.1.
Snowy Owl, Nuctea scandiaca (fjälluggla)
1 at Broddetorp (Västergötland) 11.1
Water Pipit, Anthus spinoletta (vattenpiplärka)
The 2 usual wintering ones during the whole period; 1 at Bingsmarken (Scania) and
1 at Kråkenabben (Blekinge).
Stonechat, Saxicola torquata (svarthakad buskskvätta)
1 m at Sibillas, Ottenby (Öland) 1-6.1.
DESERT WHEATEAR, Oenanthe deserti (ökenstenskvätta)
1 m, prob 2y, at Lerhamn (Scania) 11.1. No. 22 for Sweden. Found by the discoverer
while looking for a Lesser Whitethroat, Sylvia curruca (ärtsångare), also a rare
winter bird.
Arctic Redpoll, Carduelis hornemanni (snösiska)
1 flock consisting of 62 birds !! at Bråhovda, NW Malmköping (Södermanland) 10.1.
Long-tailed Rosefinch, Uragus sibiricus (långstjärtad rosenfink)
This probable escape at Stora Sundby (Södermanland) from Dec 1997 - Jan 3.
Two-barred Crossbill, Loxia leucoptera (bändelkorsnäbb)
1 f at Varberg (Halland) 1.1.
Little Bunting, Emberiza pusilla (dvärgsparv)
1 1y at Örebro (Närke) -5.1.
Erling Jirle
Swedish coordinator EuroBirdNet / Fuglenett
The old established names in English comes first, folIowed with new alternative name
after the Swedish Holarctic list.
The Scientific and Swedish name also follows the Holarctic Bird list adopted by SOF,
see URL;
http://www.pheromone.ekol.lu.se/hollisteng.html
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