EuroBirdNet - since 1990.
Uno Unger has made a compilation of the number of recorded species in January in Sweden the last years.
Jan 1998 was the best year so far, with 199 recorded species. This year produced 189. 182 species was seen both years.
In total 241 species have been seen in Januari in Sweden. 1 new for January this year; Bimaculated Lark, Melanocorypha bimaculata.

SWEDISH RARITY REPORT 25 January - 14 February 1999.

Sources: Mainly Swedish hotline Club 300.
Most of the rarities listed below are not official Swedish records until accepted by the national or local rarities committees.

National characters:
aa = a ring (pronounced as eau in Beau)
ae = a dots (pronounced as a in Mary)
oe = o dots (pronounced as the first u in furniture)

Shortenings: m=male, f=female, 2y=second calender year age, w = winter plumage

English name, scientific name (Swedish name)
Number, sex, place (Province) date
Great Northern Diver/Loon, Gavia immer (svartnäbbad islom)
1 Soten (Bohuslän) 30.1, 1 Mellbystrand (Halland) 5.2, 2 Ramsvik (Bohuslän) 6.2.

Yellow-billed Loon/White-billed Diver, G. adamsii (vitnäbbad islom)
1 Ekeviken (Gotland) 4.2, 1 Hovs Hallar (Scania) 6.2, 1 Lindö udde (Blekinge) 6.2, 1 juv Hälleviks hamn (Blekinge) 12.2, 1 Stora Karlsö (Gotland) 13.2, 1 Hammarudd (Gotland) 13.2.

Great Shearwater, Puffinus gravis (större lira)
1 Mellbystrand (Halland) 5.2. Seen between 09.25-15.20.

Sooty Shearwater, P. griseus (grålira)
1 Viking strand, Helsingborg (Scania) 6.2.

Leach Storm-petrel, Oceanodroma leucorhoa (klykstjärtad stormsvala)
1 Hovs Hallar (Scania) 5.2.
(Feb 3 and 4 there was a hurricane, which brought some seabirds at this unusual time of the year).

European Shag, Phalacrocorax aristotelis (toppskarv)
2 Hermanö (Bohuslän) 30.1, and 4 ad Malön (Halland) as usual.

Gyr Falcon, Falco rusticolus (jaktfalk)
1 juv Stora Karlsö (Gotland) 10-13.2.

King Eider, Somateria spectabilis (praktejder)
1 f Faludden (Gotland) 31.1.

Polysticta stelleri (alförädare)
2 f Abbekås (Scania) 22.1-7.2, 1 f Hallands Väderö (Scania) 14.2.

Glacious Gull, Larus hyperboreus (vittrut)
A good number wintering along the coast (around 20 this winter);
1 2y Glommen (Halland) 24.12-14.2, 1 N. Visby (Gotland) 29.1-5.2, 1 2y Grönhögen (Öland) 30.1, 1 2y Oxelösund (Södermanland) -6.2, 1 3y Koviks udde (Södermanland) 31.1, 1 2y Simrishamn (Scania) 31.1, 2 2y Ystad (Scania) 3-8.2, 1 still there, 1 2y Kåre hamn (Öland) 5.2, 1 2y Mellbystrand (Halland) 6.2, 1 2y Hovs Hallar (Scania) 6.2, 1 2y Ronneby hamn (Blekinge) 7.2, 1 2y Värtahamnen (Södermanland) 13.2, 1 2y Oskarshamn (Småland) -13.2, 1 2y Hummesviks hamn (Södermanland) 14.2.

Iceland Gull, L. glaucoides (vitvingad trut)
1 ad Glommen 10-31.1, 1 2y Arlövs ängar (Scania) 27.1-3.2.

Puffin, Fratercula arctica (lunnefågel)
1 Busör (Halland) 5.2.

Little Auk, Alle alle (alkekung)
Scattered records along the west coast. From the Baltic Sea;
1 Stenboudd (Öland) 7.2, 1 Landsort (Södermanland) 31.1 and 10.2, 1 Nogersund (Blekinge) 12.2, 1 Händelöphuvud (Småland) 13.2.

Snowy Owl, Nyctea scandiaca (fjälluggla)
1 ad f Stordammen, SW Nyköping (Södermanland) 19.1-14.2, 1 ad f Värmdö (Uppland) 3.2.

Hawk Owl, Surnia ulula (hökuggla)
1 S. Doparve gård (Gotland) 29.1.

BIMACULATED LARK, Melanocorypha bimaculata (asiatisk kalanderlärka)
1 Landsort (Södermanland) 30.1-(still there, seen yesterday)
No. 4 for Sweden (the other ones; Haparanda Sandskär (Norrbotten) 1982, and Gotland twice; 1983 and 1996). The first for Södermanland.
The major event in January. Arrived myself 31.1 at 7 in the morning after a snowy drive 550 km from Lund, the well organised Club 300 gave you numbered parking tickets, we came as car No 47 (I heard about up to 92 cars that day). Took 2 hours to get on one of the 3 fishing boats shipping 300 birders or so over to the island Landsort. The Lark was together with other passerines at a house with a bird feeder. Seem to be doing well, still there after 2 weeks.

Water Pipit, Anthus spinoletta (vattenpiplärka)
Several wintering birds as usual; 1 Bingsmarken (Scania), 1-2 Ystad (Scania), 1 Strandbaden, N. Höganäs (Scania), 1 Morfars hamn (Scania) 1 Kråkenabben (Blekinge)

Ring Ouzel, Turdus torquatus (ringtrast)
1 m Almungs (Gotland) 1.2.

Pine Bunting, Emberiza leucocephalos (tallsparv)
1 m Skottsundsåkrarna, Sundsvall (Medelpad) 31.1.
The English names mainly follows 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
Erling Jirle
Swedish coordinator EuroBirdNet / Fugle-nett

PS. Going to South Africa tomorrow. Back March 8. DS.

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