SWEDISH RARITY REPORT August 4-10



The weather in July and August has been stable, very varm and sunny, a fantastic summer, but pretty calm concerning rare birds. There is a a fair amount of migrating waders in many places and the usual counting of migrating raptors at Falsterbo started August 1.
Sources: Fax from the Swedish hotline Club 300 and e-mail from Gotland and Västerbotten.
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)
The 2y at Lake Vallsjön (Småland) was NOT reported during this period.

Great White Egret, Egretta alba (ägretthäger)
1 at Hammarsjön (Scania) 24.7-8.8.

Black Stork, Ciconia nigra (svart stork)
3 subad left for Denmark at Falsterbo (Scania) 7.8, and the 3 on Öland was seen until 6.8.

The Ring-billed Gull, Larus delawarensis (ringnäbbad mås) in Halmstad
and Mediterranean Gull, L. melanocephalus (svarthuvad mås) in Malmö was NOT reported during the period !

Ruddy Shelduck, Tadorna ferruginea (rostand)
1 at Hötjärn (?) 6.8.

Short-toed Eagle, Circaetus gallicus (ormörn)
1 at Möckelmossen (Öland) 23.7-7.8.

Black Kite, Milvus migrans (brun glada)
1 at Ottenby (Öland) 7-9.8, 1 at Mariefred (Södermanland) 9.8.

Pectoral Sandpiper, Calidris melanotos (tuvsnäppa)
1 at Sebybadet (Öland) 8.8.

Grey Phalarope, Phalaropus fulicarius (brednäbbad simsnäppa)
1 ad female summering at Gannarveviken (Gotland).

Hoopoe, Upupa epops (härfågel)
1 at Varberg (Halland) 8.8.

Roller, Coracias garrulus (blåkråka)
1 at Gränö (Uppland) 6.8.

Citrine Wagtail, Motacilla citreola (citronärla)
1 juv at Falsterbo (Scania) - 7.8, 1 f at Landsort (Södermanland) - 9.8, 1 juv at Mariefred (Södermanland) 9.8.

Lesser Grey Shrike, Lanius minor (svartpannad törnskata)
1 ad f ringed 8.8, stayed until 10.8 at Utklippan (Blekinge)

Two-barred Crosbill, Loxia leucoptera (bändelkorsnäbb)
5 at Ottenby (Öland) 7.8, 9 at Skatudden (Småland) 9.8, 6 at Utlängan (Blekinge) 9.8. This is all southern Sweden, so some movements of this northern species.
Erling Jirle
Swedish coordinator EuroBirdNet / Fuglenett

SWEDISH RARITY REPORT August 11-17


This summer is the warmest in Sweden since 1860, when measurements started !!!
And it will continue next week with + 29 according to the forecast.
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
The main event this period has been the storm petrels at the west coast;
maybe we have a new breeding species in Sweden !

Storm Petrel, Hydrobates pelagicus (stormsvala)
1 caught and ringed at the Väderöarna islands (Bohuslän) 13.8.
1 caught and ringed at Måseskär island (Bohuslän) 14.8, and 1 seen with the help of a torch in the night, 17.8.
1 flew into a window at Käringön island (Bohuslän) 9.8. Ringed and released.
1 caught and ringed at Ringhals udde (Halland) 16.8.

Shag, Phalacrocorax aristoteles (toppskarv)
1 subad at Nidingen (Halland) 14.8, 1 at Väderörarna islands (Bohuslän) 17.8.

Great White Egret, Egretta alba (ägretthäger)
1 at Arnön (Värmland) -12.8.

Black Stork, Ciconia nigra (svart stork)
1 juv at Falsterbo (Scania) 17.8.

Ruddy Shelduck, Tadorna ferruginea (rostand)
1 at Lomma (Scania) 15.8, 1 at Foteviken (Scania) 15-17.8, 1 at Morups Tånge (Halland) 16.8, 1 at Skanör (Scania) 12.8, 1 f at Ölmeviken (Värmland) 13.8 and 1 m at Getterön (Halland) 17.8.

American Wigeon, Anas americana (amerikansk bläsand)
1 ad m at Getterön (Halland) 11-17.8.

Lesser Spotted Eagle, Aquila pomarina (mindre skrikörn)
1 subad at Näsbyholm (Scania) 12-13.8.

Red-footed Falcon, Falco vespertinus (aftonfalk)
1 juv at Furö (Småland) 16.8.

Grey Phalarope, Phalaropus fulicarius (brednäbbad simsnäppa)
1 ad female summering at Gannarveviken (Gotland), last seen 12.8.

Black-winged Pratincole, Glareola nordmanni (svartvingad vadarsvala)
1 at Hyllingen (Småland) 10.8, 1 at Kapelludden (Öland) 12-13.8.

White-winged Black Tern, Chlidonias leucopterus (vitvingad tärna)
1 juv at Ottenby (Öland) 10.8.

Citrine Wagtail, Motacilla citreola (citronärla)
1 juv at Ottenby (Öland) 12-13.8, 1 at Skanör (Scania) 15.8, 1 juv at Åhus (Scania) 16.8, 1 at Horn (Södermanland) 16.8.

Lesser Grey Shrike, Lanius minor (svartpannad törnskata)
1 ad f ringed 8.8, stayed until 11.8 at Utklippan (Blekinge)

Two-barred Crossbill, Loxia leucoptera (bändelkorsnäbb)
Even more movement since the last period:
2 at Ajvide (Gotland) 11.8, 10 at Skatudden (Uppland) 12.8, 4 at Lejran (Halland) 12.8, 1 at Utlängan (Blekinge) 12.8, 1 at Nidingen (Halland) 14,8.

And the Nils Kjellen, our raptor counter at Falsterbo, had a new species for Sweden, a butterfly !
1 Monarch, Danaus plexippus (Lepidoptera) at Ljungen, Falsterbo (Scania) 19.8.
This is a North American species, but it has colonized the Canary Islands, probably spontaneously, and there are several records from West European countries, but not from Sweden before.
Erling Jirle
Swedish coordinator EuroBirdNet / Fuglenett (and Butterflynet).
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