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Rare birds in Sweden May 19-25, 2003

Source: Club 300 bird alert system.
Most of the rarities listed below are not official Swedish records until accepted by national or local rarities committees.

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

English name, scientific name (Swedish name)
Number, sex/age, place (Province) day.month
Little Egret, Egretta garzetta (silkeshäger)
1-2 in Scania.

Great Egret, Egretta alba (ägretthäger)
1 Lake Hornborgasjön (Västergötland) 19-24.5.

Black Stork, Ciconia nigra (svart stork)
1 Gotland 21.5, 1 Scania 24-25.5.

Glossy Ibis, Plegadis falcinellus (bronsibis)
1 seen in southern Halland around Halmstad 6-25.5.

Red-breasted Goose, Branta ruficollis (rödhalsad gås)
2 Torö (Södermanland) 21.5, 2 Horsten (Uppland) 21.5, 4-5 Östergötland 21.5.

Egyptian Goose, Alopochen aegyptiacus (nilgås) (cat. C)
1 Stensjö (Halland) 23.5.

Black Kite, Milvus migrans (brunglada)
About 8, in Scania, Dalarna, Gotland, Södermanland, Medelpad and Norrbotten.

Pallid Harrier, Circus macrourus (stäpphäk)
About 4 f, in Norrbotten, Västergötland, Hälsingland, Öland and Östergötland.

Red-footed Falcon, Falco vesperitinus (aftonfalk)
About 15 in southern Sweden.

Little Crake, Porzana parva (mindre sumphöna)
1 Lake Hjälmaren (Västmanland) 19-22.5.

Stone-curlew, Burhinus oedicnemus (tjockfot)
1 Rusele (Lapland) 24.5 - still there 26.5.

Pectoral Sandpiper, Calidris melanotos (tuvsnäppa)
1 Ottenby (Öland) 21-24.5.

Marsh Sandpiper, Tringa stagnatilis (dammsnäppa)
2 in Uppland, 2 in Östergötland, 2 in Närke and 1 at Öland.
Soon time for a breeding population...

Lesser Yellowlegs, Tringa flavipes (mindre gulbena)
1 Ranarpsstrand (Scania) 22-23.5, and the same at Rönnen (Scania) 23.5.

Terek Sandpiper, Xenus cinereus (terksnäppa)
1 Öland 22-23.5.

Mediterranean Gull, Larus melanocephalus (svarthuvad mås)
1 juv Kåseberga (Scania) 20.5.

European Turtle Dove, Streptopelia turtur (turturduva) at least 12.

Alpine Swift, Apus melba (alpseglare)
1 Visby (Gotland) 19.5.

European Bee-eater, Merops apiaster (biätare)
3 Ottenby (Öland) 21.5.

Eurasian Hoopoe, Upupa epos (härfågel)
Bohuslän and Västergötland.

Red-rumped Swallow, Hirundo daurica (rostgumpsvala)
1 Lillhällan (Västerbotten) 23.5, 1 Ottenby (Öland) 23-24.5.
Makes about 10 in total this year.

Citrine Wagtail, Motacilla citreola (citronärla)
In Södermanland, Öland, Småland and Halland.

Common Nightingale, Luscinia megarhyncos (sydnäktergal)
1 ringed Landsort (Södermanland) 20.5, 1 Kolhättan (Bohuslän) 22.5.

BLACK-EARED WHEATEAR, Oenanthe hispanica
1 2y m Ljungby (Småland) 18-21.5

Common Stonechat, Saxicola torquata (svarthakad buskskvätta)
Scania and Öland.

River Warbler, Locustella fluviatilis (flodsångare) about 10

Savi's Warbler, Locustella luscinioides (vassångare) 3

Subalpine Warbler, Sylvia cantillans (rödstrupig sångare)
1 Gammalsby (Öland) 25.5.

Firecrest, Regulus ignicapillus (brandkronad kungsfågel) 3

Short-toed Treecreeper, Certhia brachydactyla (trädgårdsträdkrypare)
1 Falsterbo (Scania) 23-24.5. A singing male, easier than usual to twitch.


The English / scientific / Swedish bird names in the reports follows the Swedish Holarctic list adopted by SOF (Swed. Orn. Union) 1995.
For the whole list incl. explanations, start at; http://www.pheromone.ekol.lu.se/hollisteng.html

To read all reports from 1996 - 2003, go to EBN-Sweden homepage;
http://www.pheromone.ekol.lu.se/eurobirdnet.html
(at the green section at the middle of the page. These reports have the Swedish characters intact)


Erling Jirle,
Swedish coordinator, EuroBirdNet, Erling Jirle

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