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SWEDISH RARITY REPORT. November 1 - December 21, 2000

A pretty calm period. The major event was the invasion of Pine Grosbeaks, Pinicola enucleator, just 2 years after the last one.
Sources: Mainly from the Swedish hotline run by Club 300 + the newly started report system SVALAN:
http://svalan.environ.se/rappsyst/dagens.asp (only in Swedish)
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)
1 w Simrishamn (Scania) 7.11, 1 Busör (Halland) 12.11, 1 Lake Glåpen (Västmanland) 1-13.11, 1 s Båden (Öland) 15.11, 1 Busör (Halland) 25-26.11, 1 Båstad (Scania) 1.12, 1 Tofta (Gotland) 17.12.

Yellow-billed Loon, Gavia adamsii (vitnäbbad islom)
1 Östergarn (Gotland) 7.11, 1 Rönnskärs udde (Uppland) 10.11, 1 northern tip of Öland 18.11, 1 Revsudden (Småland) 18.11, 1 Glåpen (Västmanland) 3-11.12.

Leach's Storm-petrel, Oceanodroma leucorhoa (klykstjärtad stormsvala)
1 Rörö (Bohuslän) 11.11, 1 Hönö (Bohuslän) 11.11.

European Shag, Phalacrocorax aristotelis (toppskarv)
1 Busör (Halland) and 1 Gubbanäsan (Halland)the whole period.

Red-breasted Goose, Branta ruficollis (rödhalsad gås)
1 southern Öland -12.11, 1 Vanneberga area (Scania) 18-30.11

Long-tailed Duck, Clangula hyemalis (alfågel)
High count: 20 380 towards south at Segerstad (Öland) 7.11.

Glaucous Gull, Larus hyperboreus (vittrut)
1 1y Bro (Uppland) 3.12, 1 3y Glommen (Halland) as usual, will stay this winter also probably. 1 Gnien (Västmanland) 7.12.

Mediterranean Gull, Larus melanocephalus (svarthuvad mås)
1 ad Nyköping (Södermanland) 20-29.11.

Little Gull, Larus minutus (dvärgmås)
High count: 3309 Segerstad (Öland) and 1050 Faludden (Gotland) 7.11.

Sabines Gull, Larus sabini (tärnmås)
1 1y Busör (Halland) 13-19.11.

Great Skua, Catharacta skua (storlabb)
1 Ripagården (Scania) 11.11, 1 Glommen and Busör (Halland) 14.12.

Barn Owl, Tyto alba (tornuggla)
1 Ottenby (Öland) 3.11.

Great Grey Owl, Strix nebulos (lappuggla)
Seen irregularly at Skummeslövstrand (Halland) in October and from the beginning of November to December, same specimen as during last summer. Still there today, 21.12.

Northern Hawk Owl, Surnia ulula (hökuggla) (rare in southernmost Sweden);
1 Svalöv (Scania) 28.11-17.12, 1 Esmared-Hilleshult (Halland) 16.12.

Brunnich's Murre, Uria lomvia (spetsbergsgrissla)
1 Gubbanäsan (Halland) 8.11.

Eurasian Hoopoe, Upupa epops (härfågel)
1 Umeå (Västerbotten) 9.11.

Water Pipit, Anthus spinoletta (vattenpiplärka)
1 Gröthögarna (Scania) 31.10-16.12, 1 Kämpinge (Scania) 4-10.11, 1 Ripagården (Scania) 11.11, 1 Åhus (Scania) 12-18.11, 1 Bingsmarken (Scania) 14.11, 1 Hållsund (Bohuslän) 18.11, 1-2 Örtofta (Scania) 18.11-17.12, 1 Utlängan (Blekinge) 4-19.11+15.12, 1 Tjurpannan (Bohuslän) 25-26.11, 1 Grytskär (Scania) 20.12.

DESERT WHEATEAR, Oenanthe desert (ökenstenskvätta)
1 m Glommens sten (Hl) 5.11, 1 f Tjurpannan (Bohuslän) 25-26.11, 1 m Forsmark (Uppland) 26.11.

Lesser Whitethroat, Sylvia curruca ssp.
1 bird of one of an eastern "desert" race at Landsort (Södermanland) 20-26.11.

Pallas's Leaf Warbler, Phylloscopus proregulus (kungsfågelsångare)
1 Digran (Gotland) 6.11, 1 Skummeslövsstrand (Halland) 11.11, 1 Hittarp, Helsingborg (Scania) 13.11.

Yellow-browed Warbler, Phylloscopus inornatus (taigasångare)
1 Uddevalla (Bohuslän) 6.11, 1 Skummeslövsstrand (Halland) 11.11.

Hume's leaf Warbler, Phylloscopus humei (bergstaigasångare)
1 Skummeslövsstrand (Halland) 11.11 (nice set of Phylloscopus here this day).

Firecrest, Regulus ignicapillus (brandkronad kungsfågel)
1 m Skummeslövsstrand (Halland) 9.11.

Lesser Grey Shrike, Lanius minor (svartpannad törnskata)
1 1y Hörle damm (Småland) 17.12.

Little Bunting, Emberiza pusilla (dvärgsparv)
1 Örtofta (Scania) 6.12.

Two-barred Crossbill, Loxia leucoptera (bändelkorsnäbb)
6-7 Degerberga (Scania) 17.11.

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 Invasion species:
PINE GROSBEAK, Pinicola enucleator (tallbit)
The first flocks, a few small consisting of 4-5 birds occured around 4.10 in Uppland and Småland.

Then the major influx came, in the beginning of November, at the east coast:
760 Örudden (Uppland) 10.11.
2100 Väddö (Uppland) 11.11.
1181 Örudden (Uppland) 11.11.
9 Strandskogen (Öland) 11.11.
636 Örudden (Uppland) 12.11.
1400 Utö (Södermanland) 12.11.

Still flocks of 25 and up to 100 in the middle of Swedan at the east coast (mainly in the provinces Uppland, Södermanland and down to Småland) during the whole of December up to now.

In the end of November they reached southern Sweden;
17 at northern tip of Öland 20.11.
79 Torhamn (Blekinge) 24.11 ( and 40 26.11, 34 3.12)
1 Getterön (Halland) 24.11.
40 Utlängan (Blekinge) 25.11.
10 Ronneby (Blekinge) 25.11.
7 Landön (Scania) 25.11.
12 Nymölla (Scania) 26.11.
4 Edenryd (Scania) 26.11.
10 Sandhamn (Blekinge) 26.11.
21 Tosteberga (Scania) 26.11.
4 Varberg (Halland) 26.11.
60 Notö, Påskallavik (Småland) 2.12.
2 Tosteberga (Scania) 17.12.
1 Nymölla (Scania) 17.12.

I was at Nymölla, Tosteberga and Åhus 17.12, were birds were seen that day, and managed to see 1 (at Tosteberga). They are tricky;
fairly shy and restless, and if you are not lucky to find them in a low Rowan tree (Sorbus aucuparia)(rönn) you have to look up in the canopy of Scots Pine (tall).
I can send road descriptions to the southern localities to interested people.

Today, 21 Decmeber, there are reports from (place, date, time):
1 Övre Bellmansgatan, Uppsala, Upl 21.12 8:40
6 Gävle kommun, Gstr 21.12 18:09
11 Alderholmen, Gävle, Gstr 21.12 18:09
21 Värnamo, Sm 21.12 14:18
3 Bergsjö, Hls 21.12 14:00
3 Värnamo, Sm 21.12 13:47
7 rast Katrineholm, Srm 21.12 13:45
11 Falköping, Vg 21.12 13:14
1 Olsfors kyrka, Vg 21.12 13:00
3 Ljungby kyrka, Ljungby, Sm 21.12 13:00
25 Uppsala, Upl 21.12 13:00
40 Stockvik, spillvattenbäcken, Mpd 21.12 12:30
6 Änggårdsbergen, Vg 21.12 11:00
1 Mälarhöjden, Srm 21.12 09:30
1 Fyrishovsbadet, Uppsala-området, Upl 21.12 09:19


In the report system "Svalan" there are 873 reports between
1 October - 21 December, most observations are along the east coast and middle and southern Sweden, few observations on the west coast.
See f.ex.maps on page;
http://svalan.environ.se/rappsyst/dagens_tallbit1.asp


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POSSIBLE ESCAPES (Category D) or ESCAPES (Category E)

Sacred Ibis, Thresciornis aethiopicus (helig ibis)
1 1y was seen 15-17.12 at Lommarp (Scania), on a field at a farm.
As I have heard, the story goes;
In Germany 9 birds participated in an "freeflying experiment" at a research institute, were they normally were kept in an enclosure.
But all 9 birds left ! Rumours say 1 was seen heading north, and the others south. Most probable it is one of these birds that reached Scania in Sweden, just on the other side of the Baltic Sea.
I think it is very unlikely that it is a bird from the breeding populations in France and elsewere moving all the way up to Sweden in December. Or even less unlikely; from Africa.
So this bird will most likely be placed in Cat. E (or maybe D) and not counted on the official Swedish List (but many birders went for it just to be on the safe side, the Rarities Committee has not decided yet..).

Hooded Merganser, Mergus cucullatus (kamskrake)
1 m Virsbo (Västmanland) 6.11.
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http://www.pheromone.ekol.lu.se/Eurobirdnet.html

Here you also find previous Swedish rarities reports from 1996-2000
http://www.pheromone.ekol.lu.se/Reports/SwReports00.html

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
OBSERVE. This list will soon be updated with the just recently published records from 1999. Hopefully next week.

Cheers,
Erling Jirle.
Swedish coordinator, EuroBirdNet, erling.jirle@ekol.lu.se

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