20th April 2015
Staff: DWE, DHO
Weather: Warm and sunny all day, very pleasant.
Projects: Marsh Harrier and Hooded Crow and Raven
Marsh Harrier;
We spent the morning observing the Harriers from 2 positions, Fiskingemaden platform and the bank at Västamarden. Unfortunately the Harriers seemed to be more interesting in feeding than nest building this morning and no further nests were located. We can hypothesis that there is probably 1 pair in the area around Västamarden. Hopefully we will be able to confirm this soon.
Hooded Crow and Raven;
A frustrating morning where we located more pairs of crows but could not locate nests around Öby kulle and Ormkärret. It seems they may possibly be nesting along the canal somewhere for which we will have to canoe for soon.
After the disappointing morning our spirits were lifted by the presence of the first Barn Swallow of the year flitting past Löten on its travels.
DWE