21-24 May - an excellent 4 days in southern Sweden's Black River valley, again with Daniel Green (see Feb report). A dramatic change in the landscape, from snow and ice to marsh and thick undergrowth. Highlights included Great Grey (7), Ural (8) and Tengmalm's (9) Owls - close-up Black-throated Divers(11,12) - singing Thrush Nightingale (14) and Wryneck - White-tailed Eagle, Hen and Marsh Harriers - nesting Cranes (1), Whooper Swans (13), and Black Terns and Little Gulls over the marshes - a pair of Three-toed Woodpeckers (15) at the nest - lekking Black Grouse - displaying Wood (10) and Green Sandpipers - and migrant waders including 8 Temminck's Stints. Mammals included a LYNX on the roadside one evening, also Moose (16) and Red Squirrel. The landscape is truly memorable, the silent forests giving an amazing sense of space.
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