Rare birds in Sweden June-July 2004

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Rare birds in Sweden June - July 2004

Here is the compilation of rarities recorded in Sweden 1 June - 31 July.

It has been a terrible, terrible summer in Sweden in June and July.
Only the last week in July it improved and got warm and sunny. And beginning of August is +27 and blue sky.
But most of the time in June and July it has been either cold, windy and extremely rainy, most of the time all of this on the same time. I can't remember a worse summer, and I am 48. And in Lund in southernmost Sweden we had the lowest number of hours with sunshine in all Sweden, 50 or so in 2 months ! It has been a bit better in north Sweden, on the Baltic islands and in Bohuslän

It has been few rarities, not at all the same amount of rare waders like last summer on Öland for example.

Source: Club 300 bird alert system, via Pierre Unge.
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

English name, scientific name (Swedish name)
Number, sex/age, place (Province) day.month
For a map on the locations of all provinces, see http://www.pheromone.ekol.lu.se/sverige.html

Red-breasted Goose, Branta ruficollis (rödhalsad gås)
1 Gotska Sandön (Gotland) 4.6, 1 Bergs mader (Dalsland) 9.6, 1 Beijershamn (Öland) 21.6-2.7, 1 Kalmar Dämme (Småland) 8.7.

Egyptian Goose, Alopochen aegyptiacus (nilgås) (cat. C)
1 in and around Lake Krankesjön (Scania) from 27.6. Still there in beginning of Aug. Moulting.

American Wigeon, Anas americana (amerikansk bläsand)
1 m Oset area (Närke) 4-15.7.

Green-winged Teal, Anas carolinensis (amerikansk kricka) (split 2003)
1 m Lake Draven (Småland) 1.6 and 1 m Sunderbyn (Norrbotten) 17.6.

Ruddy Duck, Oxyura jamaicensis (amerikansk kopparand) (cat. C)
Seen in Uppland, Lapland, Scania, Östergötland.

Cory's Shearwatwater, Calonectris diomedea (gulnäbbad lira)
2, or maybe the same at Vinga (Västergötland) and Svanshall (Scania) 14.6.

Manx Shearwater, Puffinus puffinus (mindre lira)
3 in June in Bohuslän/Halland.

Little Egret, Egretta garzetta (silkeshäger)
1 Skanör (Scania) 5-16.6.

Purple Heron, Ardea purpurea (purpurhäger)
1 Gillsby mosar (Öland) 6-7.6.

Lesser Spotted Eagle, Aquila pomarina (mindre skrikörn)
1 subad Lake Hornborgasjön (Västergötland) 5-21.6.

Red-footed Falcon, Falco vespertinus (aftonfalk) 10 in June

Little Crake, Porzana parva (mindre sumphöna)
1 Husebymaden (Småland) 2-4.6, 1 Lake Hjälmaren (Västmanland) 3-4.6.

Baillon's Crakem Porzana pusilla (dvärgsumphöna)
1 Pumphusängen (Södermanland) 27.6-10.7.

Pectoral Sandpiper, Calidris melanotos (tuvsnäppa)
About 5 on Öland in July, 1 Gotland, 1 Södermanland, 1 halland. All in July.

Marsh Sandpiper, Tringa stagnatilis (dammsnäppa)
1 S. Linköping (Östergötland) 28.6. 2 on Gotland in July.

Terek Sandpiper, Xenus cinereus (tereksnäppa)
1 N. Sunderbyn (Norrbotten) 1-6.6, 1 Stora Ören (Öland) 16.7.

Ring-billed Gull, Larus delawarensis (ringnäbbad mås)
1 Gotland 2-10.6.

White-winged Tern, Chlidonias leucopterus (vitvingad tärna)
1 Svanshalls udde (Östergötland) 13.6, 1 Möckelmosen (Öland) 27-28.6, 1 Husebymaden (Småland) 21.7 and 1 Lake Draven (Småland) 22.7.

Great Skua, Catharacta skua (storlabb)
1 Hönö (Bohuslän) 14.6, 1 Skummeslövsstrand (Halland) 14.6, and probably the same bird at Kattvik/Laxvik (Scania/Halland) 15.6. In July many along the west coast 14-15 July, and also 2 in the Baltic Sea; Sandhammaren (Scania) 10.7, Piteå (Norrbotten) 30.7.

Great Spotted Cuckoo, Clamator glandarius (skatgök)
1 juv Nasumemyr, Tofta skjutfält (Gotland) 7.7.

Great Grey Owl, Strix nebulosa (lappuggla)
1 Nynäs gods (Södermanland) 20-22.7.

European Bee-eater, Merops apiaster (biätare)
1 Getterön (Halland) 1.6, 1 Limmorträsk (Gotland) 5.6, 1 Gotska Sandön 6.6, 1 S. Brantevik (Scania) 6-7.6, 1 Falsterbo (Scania) 10.6, 1 Lomma (Scania) 21.6, 1 Eskilstorp (Scania) 8.7 and 1 Ullevi (Öland) 29.7.

European Turtle Dove, Streptopelia turtur (turturduva) Over 20.

Greater Short-toed Lark, Calandrella brachydactyla (korttålärka)
1 Gotska Sandön 3.6, 1 Svältholmen (Gotland) 28.7.

Red-rumped Swallow, Hirundo daurica (rostgumpsvala)
1 Ottenby (Öland) 5.6, 1 Torhamns udde (Blekinge) 15.6, 1 Lämshaga herrgård (Uppland) 9.7.

Citrine Wagtail, Motacilla citreola (citronärla)
1 Viby (Scania) 11-13.6 and 1-2 Lake Stockviken (Gotland) 19-31.7.

Isabelline Wheatear, Oenanthe isabellinus (isabellastenskvätta)
1 Torhamns udde (Blekinge) 17.6.

Arctic Warbler, Phylloscopus borealis (nordsångare)
1 Njulla, Abisko (Lapland) 14.6-8.7, and 2 there 9-11.7.

Firecrest, Regulus ignicapillus (brandkronad kungsfågel)
1 m Ö. Sönnarlöv 5-27.6, 1 Lake Rössjön (Scania) 7.6, 1 Rigeleje (Scania) 7.7, 1 Ravlunda (Scania) 17-18.7 and 1 Kullaberg (Scania) 31.7.
This species is an irregular breeder in south Sweden, and should become a regular breeder soon I think.

Short-toed Treecreeper, Certhia brachydactyla (trädgårdsträdkrypare)
The one from April still in Lerhamn (Scania) whole of May (1.5 - 31.5) and was also reported 27.7.

Lesser Grey Shrike, Lanius minor (svartpannad törnskata)
1 Gotska Sandön 2.6 and 1 m Sebybadet (Öland) 14-31.7.

Rose-coloured Starling, Sturnus roseus (rosenstare)
1 juv Västergarn (Gotland) 4-6.7 and 1 m Galterö, V. Brännö (Västergötland) 26.7.

Black-headed Bunting, Emberiza melanocephala (svarthuvad sparv)
1 m Brantevik (Scania) 6-7.6. New species for Scania.

Little Bunting, Emberiza pusilla (dvärgsparv)
1 Abisko (Lapland) 7.7 and 1 Stordalen (Lapland) 9.7.

The English / scientific / Swedish bird names in the reports follows the Swedish Holarctic list, version 2, 2004 (also on this web site).
For the whole list incl. explanations, start at; http://www.pheromone.ekol.lu.se/hollisteng.html

To read earlier reports from 1996 - 2004, go to EBN-Sweden homepage;
http://www.pheromone.ekol.lu.se/eurobirdnet.html#Swedish_section

Erling Jirle,
Swedish coordinator, EuroBirdNet, e-mail

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