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SWEDISH RARITY REPORT 8 November - 31 December 1999

The last report covering the 20th century. A mild and windy period.

The EBN-Sweden website now has an updated Holarctic list with all accepted Swedish records by the Swedish rarities committee up to 31 Dec 1998 (published Dec-99).
See; http://www.pheromone.ekol.lu.se/hollisteng.html

The swedish list is now 459.
New species for Sweden 1998: Blyth's Pipit, Anthus godlewski (mongolpiplärka).
There was also a new race for Europe in 1998 (i.e. west of Ural) ;
Red-breasted Flycatcher, Ficedula parva albicilla (taigaflugsnappare).
(Races are not listed in the Holarctic list though).
Sources: Mainly from the Swedish hotline run by Club 300.
Most of the rarities listed below are not official Swedish records until accepted by the 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

Great Northern Loon, Gavia immer (svartnäbbad islom) 12

Yellow-billed Loon, Gavia adamsii (vitnäbbad islom) 6

(Good numbers of migrating Red-throated Loon, Gavia stellata, smålom: 2000 at Revsudden (Småland) 19.11 and 1200 Simrishamn (Scania) 20.11)

Great Shearwater, Puffinus gravis (större lira)
1 individual found with a broken wing (and later killed) in the Lake Vänern at Baggerud (Värmland). Probably caught a in fishing tackle.
Lake Vänern is the largest lake in Sweden.

European Storm-petrel, Hydrobates pelagicus (stormsvala)
1 Hovs Hallar and Svanshall (Scania) 4.12, 1 Malmö (Scania) 4.12, 1 Falsterbo (Scania) 7.12,

Leach s Storm-petrel, Oceanodroma leucohoa (klykstjärtad stormsvala)
1 Hönö (Bohuslän) 27.11.
The end of Nov and the beginning of Dec was very windy, with the hurricane Carola Dec 3-4, which felled many thousands of trees in southern Sweden. High numbers of Leach S.P. was found from 29 Nov-4 Dec, in total around 90 along the west coast, with highest number 28 at Skummeslöv (Halland) 4.12 and 6 there 18.12.

European Shag, Phalacrocorax aristotelis (toppskarv)
Wintering birds along the west coast;
2 Hallands Väderö (Scania) 21.11.
1 Busör (Halland).
1 Malön (Halland) 13.11.
6 Nidingen (Halland) 20.12.
50 Segelskären - Ursholmarna (Bohuslän) 13.11.
20 Väderöarna (Bohuslän) 14.11.

Little Egret, Egretta garzetta (silkeshäger)
1 Trönninge ängar (Halland) 29.11.

Great Egret, Egretta alba (ägretthäger)
1 Mellbystrand (Halland) 4.12.

Lesser White-fronted Goose, Anser erythropus (fjällgås)
2 Mörbylånga (Öland) 13.11, 4 Lake Tåkern (Östergötland) 13.11.

Red-breasted Goose, Branta ruficollis (rödhalsad gås)
1 Vombs ängar (Scania) 5-12.12.

King Eider, Somateria spectabilis (praktejder)
1 f Grundskatan (Västerbotten) 27.11, 2 f Järnäsklubb (Ångermanland) 30.11, 1 ad m Kullen (Scania) 1.12,1 1y m Abbekås (Scania) 10-11.12, 1 Sillhällarna (Västerbotten) 28.12.

Steller s Eider, Polysticta stelleri (alförrädare)
1 f Näsby (Öland) 11.11, 1 f Hovs Hallar (Scania) 1.12, 1 f Ottenby (Öland) 5-11.12, 1 ad m Påskallavik (Småland) 20-27.12, 1 f Väddö (Uppland) 24.11, 2 Abbekås (Scania) 10.12, 1 f Utlängan (Blekinge) 16.12, 2 f Örsten (Uppland) 26.12, 1 Norsholmen (Gotland) 29.12.

Long-tailed Duck, Clangula hyemalis (alfågel)
High numbers of migrating birds, for example;
18700 at Simrishamn (Scania) 20.11.

White-tailed Eagle, Haliaeetus albicilla (havsörn)
Good numbers of wintering birds in south Sweden, especially were carrions are put out. The highest number was 38 eagles (!!) at the same carrion at Lake Åsnen (Småland) 5.12 (+ 7 more in the area).

Pallid Harrier, Circus macrourus (stäpphök)
1 1y Skanör-Falsterbo (Scania) from 16 Dec-still there.
(Got it on my new millenium list Jan 1, after some heavy partying in Falsterbo...).

Gyr Falcon, Falco rusticolus (jaktfalk)
1 1y Påarp (Halland) 9.11, 1 ad Bäl-Vallstena (Gotland) 30.11, 1 1y Lausviken (Gotland) 24.12.

Red Phalarope, Phalaropus fulicarius (brednäbbad simsnäppa)
1 Busör (Halland) 30.11, 1 Hovs Hallar (Scania) 4.12,

Pomarine Jaeger, Stercorarius pomarinus (bredstjärtad labb) 45

Great Skua, Catharacta skua (storlabb) 6

Mediterranean Gull, Larus melanocephalus (svarthuvad mås)
1 ad Malmö (Scania) 27.11.

Glaucous Gull, Larus hyperboreus (vittrut)
1 2-3y at Glommen (Halland) last period and this period.
1 2y Byxelkrok (Öland) 23.11-19.12, 1 1y Luleå (Norrbotten) 29.11, 1 1y Bredvik (Ångermanland) 30.11, 1 1y Ottenby (Öland) 6.12,1 1y Torekov (Scania) 25.12.

Iceland Gull, L. glaucoides (vitvingad trut)
1 1y Träslövsläge (Halland) 24.12.

Black-legged Kittiwake, Rissa tridactyl (tretåig mås)
8000 S Hönö (Bohuslän) 27.11 is a very good number !
Also 1245 here 7.12.

White-winged Tern, Chlidonias leucopterus (vitvingad tärna)
1 1y Enköping (Uppland) 7-15.11. 16.11 found dead.

Atlantic Puffin, Fratercula arctica (lunnefågel) 23

Little Auk, Alle alle (alkekung)
Highest counts:
30 Segelskären-Ursholmarna (Bohuslän) 13.11.
At Hönö (Bohuslän): 151 27.11, 36 28.11, 553 29.11, 185 1.12, and 27 7.12 makes a total of almost 1000 here.
At Hovs Hallar (Scania) best day 1.12 with 192.

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Snowy Owl, Nyctea scandiaca (fjälluggla) INVASION !
Unusual high numbers , probably due to lack of food in the north;
1 Eskön (Gästrikland) 12.11, 1 Dalhem-Roma (Gotland) 18.11, 1 Landsort (Södermanland) 19-21.11, 1 f Morups tånge (Halland) 20.11, 1 S Uddevalla (Bohuslän) 21.11, 1 Skogstorp (Halland) 21.11, 1 Lilla Aspholmen (Västmanland) 21.11, 1 Rättvik (Dalarna) 2-30.11 (killed by a car 30.11), 1 ad m Junsele (Ångermanland) 16.11, 1 Skellefteå (Västerbotten) 19.11, 1 SE Malung (Dalarna) 21.11, 1 ad m Horssten (Uppland) 23.11, 1 f W Almunge (Uppland) 23.11, 1 f Lynga (Halland) 25.11, 1 f Träslövsläge (Halland) 26.11, 1 ad m Västerås city center (Västmanland) 27.11, 1 f Ottenby (Öland) 27.11, 1 f Bjuröklubb (Västerbotten) 27.11, 1 f Falköping (Västergötland) 28.11, 1 f Visingsö (Småland) 28.11, 1 f S Eksjö (Småland) 28-30.11, 1 1y m N Uppsala (Uppland) 30.11-1.12, 1 f Mariestad (Västergötland) 1.12, 1 Hammarö (Värmland) 5-8.12, 1 Persnäs (Öland) 6.12, 1 SW Eskilstuna (Södermanland) 9-10.12, 1 Hindsekind (Småland) 11.12, 1 Lövstaslätten (Uppland) 15.12, 1 St. Brunneby (Öland) 16.12, 1 Hävringe (Södermanland) 23.12, 1 f S Sandbyborg (Öland) 26.12, 1 f Landsort (Södermanland) 29.12, 1 f Vara (Västergötland) 29.12, 1 f Ottenby (Öland) 29.12, 1 subad m Stormaren (Öland) 31.12 and finally 1 young f + 1 young m Gessie villastad (Scania) from middle of Dec, and still there. THIS MAKES A TOTAL OF AROUND 35 !!
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Northern Hawk Owl, Surnia ulula (hökuggla)
in Halland, Västergötland, Uppland, Småland, Bohuslän and Södermanland at least 14.

ORIENTAL TURTLE DOVE, S. orientalis (större turturduva)
No. 14 for Sweden: 1 1y Voullerim (Lapland) 12-28.11.

Eurasian Hoopoe, Upupa epops (härfågel)
1 Kristinehamn (Värmland) 8-9.11, 1 Varberg (Halland) 24.11

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CHIMNEY SWIFT, Chaetura pelagica (skorstensseglare)
The one seen 6-7.11 came back 12-13.11 at the same spot at Gårdby (Öland) ! The first for Scandinavia.

I have found the following records from Europe during the autumn-99;
UK: 7 in October (5 records before 1999)
Ireland: 7 in October
Portugal: 5 in October
Sweden: 1 in November
The number of European records increased from 5 to 25 in 2 months !
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Richard s Pipit, Anthus richardi (större piplärka)
1 Svältholmen (Gotland) 13.11, 1 Morups tånge (Halland) 14.11, 1 Kronholmen (Gotland) 15.11,1 Utlängan (Blekinge) from 3 Dec - still there.

Water Pipit, Anthus spinoletta (vattenpiplärka)
As usual one wintering at Kråkenabben (Blekinge).
1 Torhamns udde (Blekinge) 22.11, 1 Utlängan (Blekinge) 3-5.12, 1 Åhus (Scania) 5.12, 1 Stenkrossen, Skälderviken (Scania) 19.12.
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PINE BUNTING, Emberiza leococephalos (tallsparv)
1 2y m Sandvik, Hisingen (Bohuslän) 24.12-still there.
No. 16 for Sweden.

Little Bunting, Emberiza pusilla (dvärgsparv)
1 1y Hindås (Västergötland) 4-21.12.
PROBABLE ESCAPES

Egyptian Goose, Alopochen aegyptiacus (nilgås)
1 Sandön, Skälderviken (Scania) 20.12.

Ruddy Duck, Oxyura jamaicensis (amerikansk kopparand)
1 Falsterbo (Scania) 14.11.
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The English / scientific / Swedish bird names above follows the Swedish Holarctic list adopted by SOF (Swed. Orn. Union) 1995.
For the whole list incl. explanations, start at;
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