The spring is slowly arriving, but last Sunday there was a heavy snowfall even in
southernmost Sweden, and up north there is still 1-2 m snow.
SWEDISH RARITY REPORT March 10 - April 9 1997
Sources: Fax from the Swedish hotline Club 300 + local e-mail.
Most of the rarities listed below are not official Swedish records until accepted
by the national or local rarities committees.
Abbreviations: m=male, f=female, 2y=second calender year age
English name, scientific name (Swedish name)
Number, sex, place (Province) date
White-billed Diver, Gavia adamsii (vitnäbbad islom)
1 w at Gubbanäsan (Halland) 12.3, 1 2y at Busör (Halland) 15.3, 1 2y at Kronholmen
(Gotland) 8.4.
Sooty Shearwater, Puffinus griseus (grå lira)
1 at Hönö (Bohuslän) 3.4.
Great White Egret, Egretta alba (ägretthäger)
1 at Kilsviken (Värmland) 19.3.
Lesser White-fronted Goose, Anser erythropus (fjällgås)
1 at Katrineholm (Södermanland) 8.4.
Red-crested Pochard, Netta rufina (rödhuvad dykand)
1 m Lake Hornborgasjön (Västergötland) 19.3-2.4, 1 at Lake Krankesjön (Scania) 29.3.
Steller s Eider, Polysticta stelleri (alförrädare)
2 f at Furilden (Gotland) 12.3, 2 f at Nyköping (Södermanland) 16.3 and 29.3, 1 at
Visby 8.4.
King Eider, Somateria spectabilis (praktejder)
1 m Gubbanäsan (Halland) 11.3, 1 ad m Påarp (Halland) 9-12.3, 1 ad m Lindö Udde (Blekinge)
12.3 and another one 19.3, 1 ad m Mellbystrand (Halland) 15.3, 1 ad m Vinga (Västergötland)
15.3, 1 ad m Tyludden (Halland) 18.3, 1 ad m Värö bruk (Halland) 19.3, then the period 21.3-8.4 there were 14 more at almost the same localities.
Little Crake, Porzana parva (mindre sumphöna)
1 2y m seen at Magle wetlands, Hässleholm (Scania) 16-30.3.
Grey Phalarope, Phalaropus fulicarius (brednäbbad simsnäppa)
1 w at Tyludden (Halland) 29.3-2.4.
Iceland Gull, Larus glaucoides (vitvingad trut)
1 3y at Lomma (Scania) 30.3.
Mediterranean Gull, Larus melanocephalus (svarthuvad mås)
1 ad Arlövs ängar (Scania) 5-8.4, and prob. the same in Malmö 8.4.
Snowy Owl, Nyctea scandiaca (fjälluggla)
1 2y f at Lake Tåkern (Östergötland) 22-27.3, 1 at Umeå (Västerbotten) 2.4.
Lesser Spotted Eagle, Aquila pomarina (mindre skrikörn)
1 subad at Sandby (Öland) 31.3. (a strange observation....)
Water Pipit, Anthus spinoletta (vattenpiplärka)
3 at Kråkenabben (Blekinge) the whole winter, seen until 15.3. 1 at Vellinge ängar
(Scania) 31.3, 1 at Furilden (Gotland) 6.4, 2-3 at Segerstad (Öland) 23.3.
Crested Lark, Galerida cristata (tofslärka)
1 at Falun (Dalarna) the whole winter, seen until 16.3.
Stonechat, Saxicola torquata (svarthakad busk-, västlig ras)
1 at Lake Bolmen (Småland) 30.3.
Firecrest, Regulus ignicapillus (brandkronad kungsfågel)
During the period 21.3-9.4; 2 at Getterön (Halland), 3 at Subbe (Halland), 2 at Lindö
(Blekinge) + in Scania at Rönnen, Klagshamn, Kåseberga, Ystad and Abbekås.
In total at least 15.
Erling Jirle
Swedish coordinator EuroBirdNet / Fuglenett