Flooded

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Not sure what the H-k I am doing today. Obviously! 

Thie week started off quite good. I found a Godleneye with chicks and a Coot with two chicks. 

The dragonflies are starting to fly, but this one looks different in some way. I can´t ID it. 

The deer in the images are the same. In the first image you only see the dark ones upper head. They were resting in a very wet field. We had a rainstorm the day before the images was taken and I was walking in, here and there, 15 cm deep water on the field. It was flooded everywhere. 

At first I did not see the crane as the nest was empty, but later on the creane was back so I think the eggs made it. 

The swifts had arrived and had a great time catching whatever bugs was flying over the water. I did not get any good shots of them but this silhouette was good enough to use. 

I hope you like my crazy Mosaic today. I am very frustrated. 

Below is what happened to a place, Kvismare Bird Observatory, I usually to visit a couple of times every season. I have to drive 1.5h to get there. It is a great place for birding and wildlife.  It is now compelately flooded. In the article they say the waterlevel rised around 1meter. And still rising. The problem with this area is that it is inland and don´t have good connetions with larger lakes. So, it will take a long time for the waterlevel to lower.  😭

"Disaster in Kvismaren!

We have got an insane amount of rain the last couple of days, and the water levels in the area have raised with almost a meter. This has of course ruined all ongoing breedings in the area. Let's just hope that the water levels goes down fast so some species might have a chance of a successful second brood."

Photo from their FB site! The images is only a part of the area of the Observatory. 

© NF Photo 210528

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Newly hatched and other critters

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A brief visit by Orange tip -  Aurora, male

 Three baby coots and a parent.

Newborn coots
I was lucky to arrive at the nest when the first one had hatched. First time I seen them soo young. Luckily the parents did not seem to mind me being there.

 Horse walking on dust

Cows watching birders at Kvismaren Bird Observatory

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A visit to Kvismaren Nature Reserve

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Birders on the Löten platform overlooking Rysjön

A few Greylag geese

 This place was always crowded with ducks. Now it is almost empty!

A group of cranes over head

 Snok! This snake has no venom. And it is very curious. It is my "spirit animal"

Fallow deer bucks resting.

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I and a friend visited Kvismaren a week ago. It was not fun! This place was crowded with birds when I first came here. But last year it was scarce and this time even less. There was more birders then birds :(  Most years at this, migration, time used to be thousands of geese, cranes and swans. Not to mention ducks. It is a sad thing to see what happens to nature and wildlife.

One part of this place, Öby kulle, is known for its snakes. Many people come here in spring to see them wake up and rest in the sun to get warmed up. There used to be two species but I only saw one of them. My favourite the Snok. This one is a swimmer and feeds mostly on fish.

On our way home we spotted a group of Fallow deer bucks. I was able to take a few shots through the car window.

This week we already had several forest fires in the south part of Sweden. That is not normal.  I am selfish and hope they will stay out of my neighborhood.


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Land and sky

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Land and sky

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It was a nice day for a birding trip but we need water. This land should have been green.

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The old shed

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The old shed

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Mute swan, spring edition

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Mute swan

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Wildlife at Rysjön, Kvismaren Nature Reserve

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 Roe Deer, female and twins

 Mostly Greylag goose and Mallards

Common crane

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Preparing for migration south.

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Trees at Sörön

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Trees at Sörön

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This day was the sunny/cloudy kind of day and the new growth was really spring green. This forest is a Nature Reserve and it is very old. The kind of forest you walk slowly, trying to see all of it, and wonder in awe how the trees manage to still stand. Most of them are oak.
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The Fence

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The Fence

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 I was walking on an old farmroad the other day when I spotted a bussard sitting on one pole far away. But I also liked the old fence it was sitting on. 

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Sunlight reflection in Rysjön

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Sunlight reflection in Rysjön

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