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Birding in Sweden with Grandma

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Sweden has recorded 480 bird species

 

Take the kids to Sweden
Never-ending Days of Fun for the Whole Family

Keep your bird book handy as you will see plenty of birds too.

Sweden is one of the most child-friendly destinations you're likely to visit, filled with attractions for the whole family and lots of little, but oh-so-important conveniences that parents truly appreciate. In Sweden, your kids become part of our family!
Sweden's national bird is the Eurasian Blackbird. (see pic to the left)

 

 

DVD in the Spotlight 

Kestrel's Eye

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Director-photographer Mikael Kristersson spent years filming a pair of handsome kestrels (European falcons) in the church tower of a small Swedish town. He captures their life of hunting, eating, grooming, mating, nesting, and raising a brood with astounding intimacy and little human intrusion. We watch the male hunt, hovering like a hummingbird before diving for a field mouse or a lizard, than take the kill to his mate.

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Birding Links - featuring cranes of Hornborga Lake 

Cranes Dancing at Homborga Lake
Hornborga lake is located between the two large lakes V?rn and V?ern north of Gothemburg in Sweden. Cranes are gathering in large numbers here every year to dance and mate before going to their final summer destination further north in Norway and Sweden. Every day there are 8.000-10.000 cranes in this relatively small location. People are coming in large numbers to watch the cranes and it is a real show they are putting on here.
Wild Birds of Sweden
All pictures are taken of wild birds in their natural habitat unless otherwise noted.
Wings Birding Tour to Sweden
Wings Birding Tour to Sweden: There are few sights in the world of birdwatching as impressive as those of birds on migration. The sheer numbers involved, together with the sense of urgency and the ever-present chance of a rarity, make any migration hotspot an exciting place to visit. Our seven-day tour to Sweden takes in arguably the best places in Europe for watching migrating birds - Falsterbo and ?and near the southern tip of the Fenno-Scandinavian peninsula.
Welcome to Lake Hornborga
At Lake Hornborga, there are two Naturum information centres, walking tracks, bird towers, hide-outs, the cafeteria and grazing native breeds.
List of Species at Lake Hornborga
List of bird species at Lake Hornborga

Featuring cranes of Hornborga Lake 

The Lake of the Cranes

Every year in April, thousands of Cranes come to this Lake to rest on their miagrating further up north in Scandinavia

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Birds of Northern Europe 

Birds of Europe (World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series)

This is the second, completely revised and enlarged edition of an outstanding, interactive CD-ROM describing and illustrating in full-colour 447 European bird species.

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Bird Songs and Calls of Britain and Northern Europe (Collins Field Guide)

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New Amazon Plexo- Sweden 

The Rough Guide to Sweden 4 (Rough Guide Travel Guides) by Rough Guides

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Swedish Bird Links 

EuroBirdNet-Sweden
Information about EuroBirdNet plus a Swedish section (SverigeBirdnet) with rarity reports, the official Swedish Holarctic List, and links.
Lake Annsjon Bird Observatory
Lake Annsjon Bird Observatory, Sweden, monitors bird populations in an area in the middle of the Scandinavian mountain range. This site contains news reports and scientific results, as well as a description of Lake Annsjon Bird Observatory.
The Golden Eagle
Personal birding site of M? Grundsten with site guides for Lake Angarn and V?d?pecies lists, and photographs.
Birds.se
Digiscoped photos of Swedish birds, with more than 195 species including common, rare, and ringed birds. In Swedish and English.
List of Bird of Sweden
Sweden is a country in northwestern Europe. It has recorded 480 bird species as listed on this site. These include nine globally threatened species, and one introduced species
Falsterbo Bird Observatory
This site is updated often with current bird news.
Great photographs too.
Building Stork Platforms
Du kan enkelt bygga en plattform som storkarna gärna bygger sitt bo på. Sätt sedan upp plattformen på ditt hustak.

Diametern på hela plattformen bör var mellan 110 och 130 cm.

Eurasian Nuthatch 

The Eurasian Nuthatch, Sitta europaea, is a small passerine found throughout temperate Europe and Asia, although not in Ireland. It belongs to the nuthatch family Sittidae.

This bird is the most common and most widespread nuthatch, and is often referred to just as the Nuthatch.

Hooded Crow 

The Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix) (sometimes called Hoodiecrow) is a Eurasian bird species in the crow genus. Widely distributed, it is also known locally as Scotch Crow, Danish Crow, and Grey Crow in Ireland, which is what its Welsh name, Brân Lwyd, translates as. Found across northern, eastern and southeastern Europe, and the Middle East, it is an ashy grey bird with black head, throat, wings, tail and thigh feathers, as well as a black bill, eyes and feet. Like other corvids it is an omnivorous and opportunistic forager and feeder.

It is so similar in morphology and habits to the Carrion Crow (Corvus corone) that for many years they were considered by most authorities to be merely geographical races of one species. The fact that hybridization was observed where their ranges overlapped added weight to this view. However, since 2002, the Hooded Crow has been elevated to full species status after closer observation; the hybridisation was less than expected and hybrids had decreased vigour. Within the Hooded Crow species itself, four subspecies are recognized, with one, the Mesopotamian Crow, possibly distinct enough to warrant species status itself.

Jackdaw - often seen at Lake Hornborga 

The Jackdaw (Corvus monedula), sometimes known as the Eurasian Jackdaw, European Jackdaw, or formerly simply daw, is one of the smallest species (34?39 cm in length) in the genus of crows and ravens. It is a black-plumaged bird with grey nape and distinctive white irises. Like all corvids, it is omnivorous. It is found across Europe, western Asia and North Africa. Four subspecies are currently recognised.

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Bird books and a delux bird feeder

Heritage Farms 7533 Absolute Squirrel Proof Wild Bird Feeder

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Field Guide to Birds of Britain and Northern Europ

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National parks in Sweden: Europe's last wilderness

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Bird Songs and Calls of Britain and Northern Europe (Collins Field Guide)

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The Common Pochard - often seen at Lake Hornborga 

The Common Pochard (Aythya ferina) is a medium-sized diving duck.

The adult male has a long dark bill with a grey band, a red head and neck, a black breast, red eyes and a grey back. The adult female has a brown head and body and a narrower grey bill band. The triangular head shape is distinctive. Pochards are superficially similar to the closely related North American Redhead and Canvasback.

Their breeding habitat is marshes and lakes with a metre or more water depth. Pochards breed in much of temperate and northern Europe into Asia. They are migratory, and winter in the southern and west of Europe.

These are gregarious birds, forming large flocks in winter, often mixed with other diving ducks, such as Tufted Duck, which they are known to hybridise with.

These birds feed mainly by diving or dabbling. They eat aquatic plants with some molluscs, aquatic insects and small fish. They often feed at night, and will upend for food as well as the more characteristic diving.

Category: Image - :20050514-003-aythya-ferina.jpg|left|thumb|Pochard male

In the British Isles, birds breed in eastern England and lowland Scotland, and in small numbers in Northern Ireland, with numbers increasing gradually. Large numbers overwinter in Great Britain, after retreating from Russia and Scandinavia.

The Pochard is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.

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Mallard Duck and the Canada Goose are often seen at Lake Hornborga, Sweden 

Up-close with Mallard Ducks

Mallard Drake Duck Magnet

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Wild greylag goose filmed in Hjälstaviken, Sweden 

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Birds of Northern Sweden 

Grey-headed woodpecker, Gråspett

Birds filmed in my backyard, all the same morning in Skellefteå in northern Sweden, march 18 2008. Redpoll, Blue tit, Collared dove and the beautiful Grey-headed woodpecker. (Gråsiska, blåmes, turkduva och gråspett.)

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Holds boarding pass, passport and ID 

Travelon ID & Boarding Pass Holder w/ Snap Closure 6250

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* Easy, hands-free check-in; Travel documents and ID hang securely around your neck
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Caspian Terns, Breeding Colony on Island in Baltic Sea, Sweden



Caspian Terns, Breeding Colony on Island in Baltic Sea, Sweden Photographic Print

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ElizabethJeanAllen

Nice lens. My family originated from Sweden but I've never been there. Someday I'll be birdwatching beyond my backyard
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Lizzy

Posted July 26, 2008

Irenemaria

Well of those 480 birds I have seen a little over one hundred. Thank you for a lovely Swed-lens :)

Posted May 21, 2008

mulberry

Very nicely done; a great resource for birders!

Posted March 07, 2008

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