SWEDISH RARITY REPORT August 18-24


The incredible summer weather continues, warmest day sofar this year today in southern Sweden, up to 32.3 Celsius, and the warmest summer since 1860.
Sources: Fax from the Swedish hotline Club 300.
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

English name, Scientific name (Swedish name)
Number, sex, place (Province) date
Great Northern Diver, Gavia immer (svartnäbbad islom)
This strange bird in Lake Vallsjön (Småland) has been here for months, seen 21.8.

Storm Petrel, Hydrobates pelagicus (stormsvala)
1 caught and ringed at the Härmanö (Bohuslän) 18.8.

Sooty Shearwater, Puffinus griseus (grålira)
1 at Stora Karlsö (Gotland) 23.8.

Shag, Phalacrocorax aristoteles (toppskarv)
1 subad at Malö (Bohuslän) 22.8.

Ruddy Shelduck, Tadorna ferruginea (rostand)
1 at Foteviken (Scania) 15-19.8 and 1 m at Getterön (Halland) 17-24.8.

American Wigeon, Anas americana (amerikansk bläsand)
1 ad m at Getterön (Halland) 11-24.8.

At Näsbyholm (Scania):
1 juv/subad Spotted Eagle, Aquila clanga (större skrikörn) 23-24.8.
1 escaped Saker, Falco cherrug (tatarfalk) with long leather bands 23.8.
1 subad LESSER Spotted, A. pomarina (mindre skrik-) 12-21.8...

Black Kite, Milvus migrans (brun glada)
1 at Bredviksberget (Norrbotten) 19.8.

Red-footed Falcon, Falco vespertinus (aftonfalk)
1 juv at Augstens (Gotland) 22.8.

Black-winged Pratincole, Glareola nordmanni (svartvingad vadarsvala)
1 ad at Kapelludden 12-13.8, and then at Ottenby (Öland) 18-23.8.

Pectoral Sandpiper, Calidris melanotos (tuvsnäppa)
1 at Rådde (Västergötland) 23-24.8.

Mediterranean Gull, Larus melanocephalus (svarthuvad mås)
1 subad at Landsort (Södermanland) 23.8, 1 juv at Arlövs ängar (Scania) 24.8.

Citrine Wagtail, Motacilla citreola (citronärla)
1 juv at Åhus (Scania) 16-22.8, 1 of the race flavissima at Arlövs ängar (Scania) 23.8.

Short-toed Lark, Calandrella brachydactyla (korttålärka)
1 at Åstholmen (Gotland) 22-24.8.

Two-barred Crossbill, Loxia leucoptera (bändelkorsnäbb)
7 at Högstens Mon (Småland) 18.8, 3-4 at Skatudden (Uppland) 22.8, 1 at Varberg (Halland) 20.8, 2 at Lerjan (Halland) 20 and 21.8.
Erling Jirle
Swedish coordinator EuroBirdNet / Fuglenett
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