Personel; Nico, Torben, Lena, Dennis, Magnus, Teresa
Weather; Sunny and very windy. TOO WINDY!
Projects; Great Reed Warbler; Yellowhammer; Skylark; Ortolan Bunting; Wetland Survey
Magnus, Torben and Nico did their weekly Wetland Survey at Nyängen, Nynäsängen; Fräknaboten; Hammarmaden, Hammarboten, Sorbyjön and Killingemaden.
Despite the wind, Lena, Dennis and Teresa managed to have another fantastic and successful day out on the lakes with the vey interesting lives of the Kvismaren' Great Reed Warbler. A few more nests found. A few more to look for tomorrow. 3 more birds caught on the nets and color ringed. Summary: 18 singing males. 18-20 females. 19-21 nests.
As for the Skylark... big success of Torben finding 1 nest with 4 eggs!
A well deserve reward after all the effort and the hours spend on it.
Well done everybody.
Killingemaden: 110 Greylag Goose (plus 112 chicks); 3 Gadwall ; 6 Lapwing; 3 Snipe; 1 Mallard
Sörbysjön: 4 Crane; 2 Coot; 3 Wigeon; 35 Mallard; 62 Black-headed Gull; 28 Lapwing; 4 Redshank; 9 Common Tern; 3 Gadwall; 8 Canada Goose (plus 17 chicks); 2 Teal; 3 Ringed Plover
Hammarboten: 30 Greylag Goose (plus 31 chicks); 10 Lapwing; 1 Snipe; 7 Crane; 3 Common Tern; 2 Wigeon; 4 Whooper Swan; 16 Mallard; 1 Redshank; 3 Gadwall; 13 Black-headed Gull; 1 Little Gull; 2 Canada Goose
Hammarmaden: 215 Greylag Goose (plus 246 chicks); 1 Gadwall; 31 Lapwing; 2 Shoveler; 1 Common Tern; 2 Black-headed Gull; 2 Common Gull; 2 Barnacle Goose
Nyängen: 1 male Mallard; 8 Coot; 3 pairs Red-necked Grebe (including 1 pair with 1 chick and 1 female incubating); 7 Black-headed Gull; 1 Bittern; 9 Black Tern; 7 Gadwall (including 2 nests with 3-7 eggs); 1 female Goldeneye; 4 Mute Swan; 1 Lapwing; 3 Common Tern
Nynäsängen: 1 female Mute Swan (incubating); 7 Gadwall (plus 10 chicks); 1 Herring Gull; 2 Coot; 1 male Garganey; 1 female Goldeneye; 5 Mallard
Fräknaboten: 59 Lapwing; 47 Greylag Goose (plus 90 chicks); 11 Common Tern; 36 Mallard; 16 Black-headed Gull; 2 Shoveler; 2 Wigeon: 2 Whooper Swan; 3 Mute Swan; 4 Crane; 2 Snipe; 2 Gadwall
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